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  • Paperback: 380 pages
  • Publisher: John Wiley & Sons (24 Nov 2006)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0470069155
  • ISBN-13: 978-0470069158
  • Product Dimensions: 44.2 x 23.1 x 2.5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
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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.

Wrox Beginning guides are crafted to make learning programming languages and technologies easier than you think, providing a structured, tutorial format that will guide you through all the techniques involved.


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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.

Wrox Beginning guides are crafted to make learning programming languages and technologies easier than you think, providing a structured, tutorial format that will guide you through all the techniques involved.


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3.0 out of 5 stars Could have been a lot better. Here's why., 15 April 2008
By D. Laffan (Dublin, Ireland) - See all my reviews
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There are several places in this book where you'll just be left scratching your head. It's good in other parts, but there are even flat-out errors in it. It took me three hours of roaming around on the internet to discover the author's error on telling you how to set up your computer to run Ruby in the first place.

Am about half way through the book now, so hopefully the rest of the book is better.

Overall, it's fine. I needed a total beginner's guide, and this is nearly the ideal book, but the errors are hard to fix and that's very frustrating. This book will definitely test your patience. But please note, I'm not saying "don't buy it". I'm saying, it could definitely be better.
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