Beginning Ruby on Rails
Rails Cookbook is not an
This compact guide teaches
Ruby for Rails helps Rails
E-Commerce: From Novice to
introductory tutorial, but a
you the basics of installing
developers achieve Ruby
Professional is the first
problem-solving book that
and using both the Ruby
mastery. Each chapter
book of its kind to guide
provides coding solutions
scripting language and the
deepens your Ruby knowledge
you through producing
for a wide range of tasks.
Rails framework for the
and shows you how it
e-commerce applications with
For every problem addressed
quick development of web
connects to Rails. You'll
Rails--the stacked web
in the book, you'll find a
applications. Ruby on Rails:
gain confidence working with
framework taking the world
worked-out solution or
Up and Running covers just
objects and classes and
by storm. The book dives
"recipe"-- a
about everything you need -
learn how to leverage Ruby's
right into the process of
short, focused piece of code
from making a simple
elegant, expressive syntax
creating a production-level
that you can insert directly
database-backed application
for Rails application power.
web application using agile
into your applications.
to adding elaborate Ajaxian
And you'll become a better
methodologies and
Topics covered in the book
features and all the juicy
Rails developer through a
test-driven development
include developing scalable
bits in between. While Rails
deep understanding of the
combined with Rails best
web applications,
is praised for its
design of Rails itself and
practices. You'll take
test-driven development,
simplicity and speed of
how to take advantage of it.
advantage of the latest crop
working with active record,
development, there are still
of Rails plug-ins and
and deploying Rails
a few steps to master on the
helpers that will radically
applications. A discussion
way. More advanced material
improve your programming
on each solution is
helps you map data to an
schedule. You'll also create
included, so that you can
imperfect table, traverse
a real application
learn to adapt the
complex relationships, and
step-by-step, plus the book
problem-solving techniques
build custom finders. A
is driven by real-world
to similar situations. This
section on working with Ajax
cases throughout.
ultimate Rails code
and REST shows you how to
sourcebook will save you
exploit the Rails service
hundreds of hours.
frameworks to send emails,
implement web services, and
create dynamic user-centric
web pages. The book also
explains the essentials of
logging to find performance
problems and delves into
other performance optimizing
techniques.
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The Money Train is an e-book
Using a conversational tone
The book quickly reviews
Beginning Ruby on Rails
for Ruby on Rails with tips
and lots of easy-to-follow
Rails development and then
introduces web development
on how to build an
examples, popular For
move to essential enterprise
with Ruby on Rails, a
e-commerce site using the
Dummies author Barry Burd
subjects like Web Services
powerful new framework. You
Rails framework. You'll get
gently introduces
(and their relationships
will learn how to develop
a head start on building
programming novices to
with SOA), data persistence,
basic applications by
your own online store by
Web-database processing and
messaging, interoperability
implementing four projects.
learning from someone who
development with Ruby on
with other platforms,
Some of the topics covered
has been there and done
Rails (RoR)
The book ranges
handling documents and
through the projects include
that. Code and schema
from Ruby and RoR basics,
search, spell-checking, and
form handling, CSS,
samples are included to help
installation, and writing
report generation. It also
security, database
you know before-hand what
simple Ruby programs to
covers new Web 2.0
integration,
you'll be up against and how
using RoR with Ajax and
technologies like Ajax and
model-view-controller
to tackle some common
creating a blog, a shopping
the read-write Web. It is
architecture, and
problems.
cart, and other real-world
rich in examples and covers
test-driven programming.
projects
numerous interesting topics
Projects include a task
readers will be surprised to
manager, a RSS aggregator, a
see, such as advanced search
community manager (similar
with Ferret, how to access
in nature to MySpace.com),
del.icio.us and Flickr from
and one that utilizes the
Ruby, or how to use Yahoo's
Amazon API.
general search from Ruby.
The book closes with a look
at the Semantic Web and why
it makes sense to adopt
semantic Web technologies.
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