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“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

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 Tutorial is 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 he demonstrates this 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

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Kindle Edition - Consider buying directly 18 July 2011

By C. Jack

Format:Kindle Edition

Excellent book, great introduction. However I'm giving this book a low score as the updates to bring it up to date with Rails 3.1 are only available online at the site for the book, not in the Kindle version. I would thus consider buying the book directly in this case.

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Great book for beginners 7 Dec 2011

By M. Poreba

Format:Paperback

I went through a free online version of this book before decided to buy the hardcopy one. Great Rails tutorial for beginners, helped me a lot.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful

Rails made easy 14 Mar 2011

By Martin

I took a gamble on this book and I'm glad that I did. I'm about half way through and I'm finding the tutorial a refreshing change. I like the fact that the author shows how the model view controller pattern fits together by not using the scaffolding command and building each part of the pattern individually. This has helped me understand some of the more idiomatic features of Rails. I particularly like the first chapter where Hartl takes you from zero to deploy in nice easy steps.