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Beginning Rails: From Novice to Professional
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Beginning Rails is the practical starting point for anyone wanting to learn how
to build dynamic web applications using the Rails framework for Ruby. You’ll
learn how all of the components of Rails fit together and how you can leverage
them to create sophisticated web applications with less code and more joy.

This book is particularly well suited to those with little or no experience with
web application development, or who have some experience but are new to Rails.
Beginning Rails assumes basic familiarity with web terms and technologies, but
doesn't require you to be an expert.

Topics include:

* A gentle introduction to the Ruby programming language
* Installing Ruby and Rails on a Mac, Linux, or Windows system
* The philosophy behind Rails and why it matters
* The Model-View-Controller architecture
* The basics of relational databases and SQL
* Setting up a MySQL database and creating a schema with migrations
* Experimenting with your live application in the Rails console
* Creating rich relationships between your models
* Using controllers and templates properly
* Leveraging helpers to keep your templates clean and logic free
* Adding Ajax and visual effects to enrich your user interfaces
* JavaScript with Prototype and script.aculo.us
* How to send and receive mail from your application
* Using and creating your own plug-ins
* Ensuring your code against Murphy’s Law through writing tests
* Using Capistrano to deploy your application

Rather than delving into the arcane details of Rails, the focus is on the
aspects of the frameworkthat will become your pick, shovel, and axe. Part
history lesson, part introduction to object-oriented programming, and part
dissertation on open source software, Beginning Rails doesn’t just explain how
to do something in Rails, it explains why.

Every programmer fondly remembers the book that helped them get started. The
goal of Beginning Rails is to become that book for you, today.

Table Of Contents

About the Authors xv
About the Technical Reviewer xvii
Acknowledgments xix
Preface xxi
Introduction xxiii
CHAPTER 1 Introducing the Rails Framework 1
CHAPTER 2 Getting Started 17
CHAPTER 3 Getting Something Running 45
CHAPTER 4 Working with a Database: Active Record 65
CHAPTER 5 Advanced Active Record: Enhancing Your Models 89
CHAPTER 6 Action Pack:Working with the View and the Controller 133
CHAPTER 7 Improving Interaction with Ajax 201
CHAPTER 8 Sending and Receiving Mail 229
CHAPTER 9 Testing Your Application 245
CHAPTER 10 Extending Rails with Plugins 279
CHAPTER 11 Deploying Your Rails Applications 301
APPENDIX A Ruby, a Programmerfs Best Friend 315
APPENDIX B Databases 101 331
APPENDIX C The Rails Community 341
INDEX 345

Product Details

* ISBN: 1590596862
* ISBN-13: 9781590596869
* Format: Paperback, 425pp
* Publisher: Apress L. P.
* Pub. Date: July 2007

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