Ruby on Rails™ 3 Tutorial: Learn Rails™ by Example

Chapter 1. From Zero to Deploy

Welcome to Ruby on Rails™ 3 Tutorial: Learn Rails by Example. The goal of this book is to be the best answer to the question, “If I want to learn web development with Ruby on Rails, where should I start?” By the time you finish Ruby on Rails Tutorial, you will have all the knowledge you need to develop and deploy your own custom web applications. You will also be ready to benefit from the many more advanced books, blogs, and screencasts that are part of the thriving Rails educational ecosystem. Finally, since Ruby on Rails Tutorial uses Rails 3.0, the knowledge you gain here will be fully up to date with the latest and greatest version of Rails.¹

Ruby on Rails Tutorial follows essentially the same approach as ...