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Ruby on Rails is the super-productive new way to develop
full-featured
web applications. With Ruby on Rails, powerful web applications
that
once took weeks or months to develop can now be produced in a
matter of
days. If it sounds too good to be true, it isn't.
If you're like a lot of web developers, you've probably
considered
kicking the tires on Rails - the framework of choice for the
new
generation of Web 2.0 developers. Ruby on
Rails: Up and Running from O'Reilly takes you out for a test
drive and shows you just how fast
Ruby on Rails can go.
This compact guide teaches you the basics of installing and using
both
the Ruby scripting language and the Rails framework for the
quick
development of web applications. Ruby on
Rails: Up and
Running covers just about everything you
need - from making a simple database-backed application to
adding elaborate Ajaxian features and all the juicy bits in
between.
While Rails is praised for its simplicity and speed of
development,
there are still a few steps to master on the way. More advanced
material helps you map data to an imperfect table, traverse
complex
relationships, and build custom finders. A section on working with
Ajax
and REST shows you how to exploit the Rails service frameworks to
send
emails, implement web services, and create dynamic user-centric
web
pages. The book also explains the essentials of logging to find
performance problems and delves into other performance
optimizing
techniques.
As new web development frameworks go, Ruby on Rails is the talk of
the
town. And Ruby on Rails: Up and
Running can make
sure you're in on the discussion.
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