Thanks to the explosive growth in popularity of the Rails framework, the equally popular Ruby programming language now has a great place to hang its hat. The powerful combination of the two provides the perfect toolset to create Web applications that feature concise code, clean syntax, and easy maintenance. This must-have book is your best guide on how to jump on the RoR bandwagon—from the basics of Ruby programming to advanced techniques for experienced Rails developers.
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Get on the RoR track and build powerful Web apps with ease
Thanks to the explosive growth in popularity of the Rails framework, the equally popular Ruby programming language now has a great place to hang its hat. The powerful combination of the two provides the perfect toolset to create Web applications that feature concise code, clean syntax, and easy maintenance. This must-have book is your best guide on how to jump on the RoR bandwagon, from the basics of Ruby programming to advanced techniques for experienced Rails developers.
Get up to speed on Ruby basics, including objects, irb, and built-ins
Explore the Model, Controller, and View layers of the Rails framework
Understand the "convention over configuration" philosophy of Ruby on Rails
Walk through the development of a complete Rails application
Set up a database, build a model, use scripts, and test and debug
Master advanced Rails, including Prototype, Scriptaculous, and topics such as Web Services
About the Author
Timothy Fisher is an RoR evangelist and software architect with the Professional Services Group of Compuware Corporation. He has over fifteen years of experience in the software development industry. Tim started and maintains the Michigan Ruby Users Group Web site, www.rubymi.org, and is also owner and developer of a forthcoming Ruby learning Web site, www.learnruby.org. He is also a technical writer and author.
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Timothy Fisher has been working professionally in the Java software development field since 1997. He has served in a variety of roles including developer, team leader, and chief architect.Tim is currently a consultant for the Compuware Corporation in Detroit, Michigan. Tim also enjoys writing about technology and has been a contributor to Java Developer's Journal and XML Journal. Along with his technology interests,Tim is also passionate about education and the use of advanced Internet technologies for education.You can contact Tim and read his blog at: blog.timothyfisher.com.
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Not a bad Rails book,
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I found this book to be a pretty good overview of the Rails framework. It covers the basics, and is clearly written. I didn't find it to be a "bible" of RoR, in that my expectations of such a book would be a very in depth collection of information. This is why I rate it a 4/5.
That being said, it's a good book, and worth owning if you are new to RoR.
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Great Start!,
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As someone with no previous experience with Ruby on Rails, I found this is very good introduction to this environment. The how-to format was very good at producing results quickly.
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Typos. Lots of them.,
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I think it's interesting that people have given the book good reviews.
Well, okay--the book may be, itself, a good review. But it's not possible to follow along with the example code. A block of code will be shown, which you can type into a file if you want. Then there'll be some analysis of that code...and it's not quite the same code when the author talks about it line-by-line. I was struggling along with the first application in the book, trying different versions to see what would work...oh, and I dunno about other databases, but with PostgresQL choosing "not null" for a field does not prevent saving an empty string (and why should it?)...anyway, I got tired of trying to make stuff actually work. I'm going to read the rest of the book, because I have it in front of me. But if there were a bookstore within 50 miles I'd just get something else. And the book is out of date. Rails 1.2, it says, and 2.3.3 is current. Plus, from the acknowledgements: "I'd like to thank the people at Wiley whom [sic] identified me as a candidate to write this book..." Lots of bad writing in here, which I expect from tech books, but that's just silly. Bad grammar, used to thank his editor....
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