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Ruby on Rails has taken the world by storm. First released in the mid-2004, this open source framework has single-handedly changed the landscape of Web development. It’s both powering and defining the "Web 2.0" revolution on the web, providing a radical shift in the way we think about web applications.

Beginning Ruby on Rails is for anybody who wishes to join the revolution. You'll learn how all of the components of the Rails framework fit together and how you can leverage them to create sophisticated web applications. The book features sleeves-rolled-up, practical examples and walkthroughs, and you'll also learn the vital philosophy behind Rails. In addition, you’ll learn how to get up and running quickly with the Ruby programming language that underpins Rails and makes it so powerful.

Specifically, Beginning Ruby on Rails will teach you all about:

• ActiveRecord, and how it makes working with databases a pleasure;

• ActionPack, and how it wires applications together with meaningful URLs;

• REST-enabled services;

• AJAX interface techniques for dynamic web pages

• ActionMailer, which can send and recieve mail;

• … plus how to extend your application with plugins, and, most importantly, how to test your code.

The book includes three superb sample projects that put all the concepts to work, showing you to no uncertain terms how to design, develop, and deploy software using Ruby on Rails.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #697849 in Books
• Published on: 2007-08-03
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: .80" h x 7.12" w x 9.20" l, 1.43 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 361 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9781590596869
• Condition: New
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Review

From the reviews:

"This book on Rails, a Web application development framework based on Ruby language, is both timely and accessible to beginners. … this is an excellent book for a novice in both Web applications and the Rails framework. At the end of the book, the readers will have developed a fairly sophisticated Web application while learning about Rails." (Suma Adabala, ACM Computing Reviews, October, 2008)

About the Author

Cloves Carneiro Jr. is a software engineer and web application developer with ten years of programming experience using Ruby, Java, Delphi, C and ASP. Shortly after its release he embraced the Ruby on Rails platform and philosophy as his primary tool for building web applications. Together with the co-author of Beginning Ruby on Rails, Jeffrey Allan Hardy, he owns and runs Visionist (www.visioni.st), a Ruby on Rails consulting and training company, which has clients around the world.

As a developer Cloves has created a large number of Enterprise level web applications for companies in the telecommunication and financial industries throughout North America, such as Cablevision, MTS, and Bell Canada.

Born in Brazil, and living for some years in Canada, he now lives in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, with his wife Jane.

Jeffrey Allan Hardy is a web developer and programmer with over six years experience building large scale web applications in ASP, .NET and PHP. He's used Ruby on Rails since its first public release in 2004. Since then he has developed countless Rails applications and worked with companies around the world to help them to make the switch to Rails. Together with the co-author of Beginning Ruby on Rails, Cloves Carneiro Jr, he owns and runs Visionist (www.visioni.st), a Ruby on Rails consulting and training company.

He currently works with Unspace (www.unspace.ca), a boutique consulting firm in Toronto, Canada that specializes in Rails development and which is an active participant in the global Ruby on Rails community.

He blogs at http://quotedprintable.com and lives somewhere in the deep Canadian wilderness with his wife, his dog, and a cat.