Beginning Ruby on Rails
- 4h 15m
- Steven Holzner
- John Wiley & Sons (US)
- 2007
Ruby on Rails is the revolutionary online programming tool that makes creating functional e-commerce web sites faster and easier than ever. With the intuitive, straightforward nature of Ruby and the development platform provided by Rails, you can put together full-fledged web applications quickly, even if you're new to web programming.
You will find a thorough introduction to both Ruby and Rails in this book. you'll get the easy instructions for acquiring and installing both; understand the nature of conditionals, loops, methods, and blocks; and become familiar with Ruby's classes and objects. you'll learn to build Rails applications, connect to databases, perform necessary testing, and put the whole thing together to create real-world applications such as shopping carts and online catalogs--apps you can actually use right away.
What you will learn from this book
- How to install and use Ruby and Rails
- Object-oriented programming with Ruby
- Rails fundamentals and how to create basic online applications
- How to work with HTML controls, use models in Rails applications, and work with sessions
- Details on working with databases and creating, editing, and deleting database records
- Methods for handling cookies and filters and for caching pages
- How to connect Rails with Ajax
Who this book is for
This book is for anyone who wants to develop online applications using Ruby and Rails. A basic understanding of programming is helpful; some knowledge of HTML is necessary.
About the Author
Steven Holzner is the award-winning author of more than 100 programming books. He's been involved in Ruby on Rails for a long time, and does commercial Rails development. He's also been on the faculty of Cornell University and MIT, as well as having been a contributing editor for PC Magazine.
In this Book
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Welcome to Ruby
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Conditionals, Loops, Methods, and Blocks
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Classes and Objects
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Welcome to Rails
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Building Simple Rails Applications
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Connecting to Databases
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Working with Databases
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Validating and Testing
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Controlling the Action with the Action Controller
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Getting the Big Picture with Views
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Ajax and Rails
