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This compact guide teaches
you the basics of installing
and using both the Ruby
scripting language and the
Rails framework for the
quick development of web
applications. Ruby on Rails:
Up and Running covers just
about everything you need -
from making a simple
database-backed application
to adding elaborate Ajaxian
features and all the juicy
bits in between. While Rails
is praised for its
simplicity and speed of
development, there are still
a few steps to master on the
way. More advanced material
helps you map data to an
imperfect table, traverse
complex relationships, and
build custom finders. A
section on working with Ajax
and REST shows you how to
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.
Date: Aug, 31 2006 |