Book description
The Ruby on Rails 3 Tutorial: Learn Rails by Example by Michael Hartl has become a must read for developers learning how to build Rails apps.
—Peter Cooper, editor of Ruby Inside
Learn Rails 3 Development Hands-On, from a World-Class Expert
Using Rails 3, developers can build web applications of exceptional elegance and power. Although its remarkable capabilities have made Ruby on Rails one of the world’s most popular web development frameworks, it can be challenging to learn and use. Ruby on Rails™ 3 Tutorialis the solution. Leading Rails developer Michael Hartl teaches Rails 3 by guiding you through the development of your own complete sample application using the latest techniques in Rails web development.
Drawing on his experience building RailsSpace, Insoshi, and other sophisticated Rails applications, Hartl illuminates all facets of design and implementation—including powerful new techniques that simplify and accelerate development.
You’ll find integrated tutorials not only for Rails, but also for the essential Ruby, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and SQL skills you’ll need when developing web applications. Hartl explains how each new technique solves a real-world problem and demonstrates it with bite-sized code that’s simple enough to understand, yet novel enough to be useful. Whatever your previous web development experience, this book will guide you to true Rails mastery.
This book will help you
Install and set up your Rails development environment
Go beyond generated code to truly understand how to build Rails applications from scratch
Learn Test Driven Development (TDD) with RSpec
Effectively use the Model-View-Controller (MVC) pattern
Structure applications using the REST architecture
Build static pages and transform them into dynamic ones
Master the Ruby programming skills all Rails developers need
Define high-quality site layouts and data models
Implement registration and authentication systems, including validation and secure passwords
Update, display, and delete users
Add social features and microblogging, including an introduction to Ajax
Record version changes with Git and share code at GitHub
Simplify application deployment with Heroku
Table of contents
- Praise for Ruby on Rails™ 3 Tutorial
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Foreword by Derek Sivers
- Foreword by Obie Fernandez
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
- Chapter 1. From Zero to Deploy
- Chapter 2. A Demo App
- Chapter 3. Mostly Static Pages
- Chapter 4. Rails-Flavored Ruby
- Chapter 5. Filling in the Layout
- Chapter 6. Modeling and Viewing Users, Part I
- Chapter 7. Modeling and Viewing Users, Part II
- Chapter 8. Sign Up
- Chapter 9. Sign In, Sign Out
- Chapter 10. Updating, Showing, and Deleting Users
- Chapter 11. User Microposts
- Chapter 12. Following Users
- Index
- Footnotes
Product information
- Title: Ruby on Rails™ 3 Tutorial: Learn Rails™ by Example
- Author(s):
- Release date: December 2010
- Publisher(s): Addison-Wesley Professional
- ISBN: 9780132564229
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