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his practical hands-on guide
Ruby for Rails helps Rails
Beginning Ruby on Rails
Rails Cookbook is not an
for first-time Ruby on Rails
developers achieve Ruby
introduces web development
introductory tutorial, but a
programmers will walk you
mastery. Each chapter
with Ruby on Rails, a
problem-solving book that
through installing the
deepens your Ruby knowledge
powerful new framework. You
provides coding solutions
required software on a
and shows you how it
will learn how to develop
for a wide range of tasks.
Windows, Mac or Linux
connects to Rails. You'll
basic applications by
For every problem addressed
computer, and then jumps
gain confidence working with
implementing four projects.
in the book, you'll find a
into an introduction to the
objects and classes and
Some of the topics covered
worked-out solution or
Ruby programming syntax.
learn how to leverage Ruby's
through the projects include
"recipe"-- a
The application that the
elegant, expressive syntax
form handling, CSS,
short, focused piece of code
book builds, a
for Rails application power.
security, database
that you can insert directly
user-generated news Website,
And you'll become a better
integration,
into your applications.
is added upon chapter by
Rails developer through a
model-view-controller
Topics covered in the book
chapter, and concepts such
deep understanding of the
architecture, and
include developing scalable
as user authentication,
design of Rails itself and
test-driven programming.
web applications,
sessions, cookies and basic
how to take advantage of it.
Projects include a task
test-driven development,
AJAX usage are gradually
manager, a RSS aggregator, a
working with active record,
introduced. The book
community manager (similar
and deploying Rails
finishes of with chapters on
in nature to MySpace.com),
applications. A discussion
reusable code, debugging,
and one that utilizes the
on each solution is
and deployment on a live web
Amazon API.
included, so that you can
server. By the end of the
learn to adapt the
book you'll have a solid
problem-solving techniques
grasp of Ruby on Rails
to similar situations. This
development and its
ultimate Rails code
practical applications in
sourcebook will save you
the real-world.
hundreds of hours.
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Using a conversational tone
The Money Train is an e-book
The book quickly reviews
This compact guide teaches
and lots of easy-to-follow
for Ruby on Rails with tips
Rails development and then
you the basics of installing
examples, popular For
on how to build an
move to essential enterprise
and using both the Ruby
Dummies author Barry Burd
e-commerce site using the
subjects like Web Services
scripting language and the
gently introduces
Rails framework. You'll get
(and their relationships
Rails framework for the
programming novices to
a head start on building
with SOA), data persistence,
quick development of web
Web-database processing and
your own online store by
messaging, interoperability
applications. Ruby on Rails:
development with Ruby on
learning from someone who
with other platforms,
Up and Running covers just
Rails (RoR)
The book ranges
has been there and done
handling documents and
about everything you need -
from Ruby and RoR basics,
that. Code and schema
search, spell-checking, and
from making a simple
installation, and writing
samples are included to help
report generation. It also
database-backed application
simple Ruby programs to
you know before-hand what
covers new Web 2.0
to adding elaborate Ajaxian
using RoR with Ajax and
you'll be up against and how
technologies like Ajax and
features and all the juicy
creating a blog, a shopping
to tackle some common
the read-write Web. It is
bits in between. While Rails
cart, and other real-world
problems.
rich in examples and covers
is praised for its
projects
numerous interesting topics
simplicity and speed of
readers will be surprised to
development, there are still
see, such as advanced search
a few steps to master on the
with Ferret, how to access
way. More advanced material
del.icio.us and Flickr from
helps you map data to an
Ruby, or how to use Yahoo's
imperfect table, traverse
general search from Ruby.
complex relationships, and
The book closes with a look
build custom finders. A
at the Semantic Web and why
section on working with Ajax
it makes sense to adopt
and REST shows you how to
semantic Web technologies.
exploit the Rails service
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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