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  • Beginning Rails: From Novice to Professional

    About The File:
    File Format | PDF
    File Size | 2.12 MB
    Pages | 375
    Language | English
    Category | Programming Ruby
    Description:  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 framework that 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
    Introducing the Rails Framework
    Getting Started
    Getting Something Running
    Working with a Database: Active Record
    Advanced Active Record: Enhancing Your Models
    Action Pack:Working with the View and the Controller
    Improving Interaction with Ajax
    Sending and Receiving Mail
    Testing Your Application
    Extending Rails with Plugins
    Deploying Your Rails Applications
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