Research Catalog

Title

Agile web development with rails : a Pragmatic guide / Dave Thomas, David Heinemeier Hansson ; with Leon Breedt ... [et al.]

Author

Thomas, David, 1956-

Publication

Raleigh, N.C. : Pragmatic Bookshelf, c2005.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Holdings

Details

Additional Authors

• Hansson, David Heinemeier.
• Breedt, Leon.
• Pragmatic Programmers (Firm)

Description

x, 558 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Summary

• Rails is a full-stack, open source web framework that enables you to create full-featured, sophisticated web-based applications, but with a twist ... A full Rails application probably has less total code than the XML you'd need to configure the same application in other frameworks. With this book you'll learn how to use "ActiveRecord" to connect business objects and database tables. No more painful object-relational mapping. Just create your business objects and let Rails do the rest. You'll learn how to use the "Action Pack" framework to route incoming requests and render pages using easy-to-write templates and components. See how to exploit the Rails service frameworks to send emails, implement web services, and create dynamic, user-centric web-pages using built-in Javascript and Ajax support. There are extensive chapters on testing, deployment, and scaling.^
• You'll see how easy it is to install Rails using your web server of choice (such as Apache or lighttpd) or using its own included web server. You'll be writing applications that work with your favorite database (MySQL, Oracle, Postgres, and more) in no time at all. You'll create a complete online store application in the extended tutorial section, so you'll see how a full Rails application is developed---iteratively and rapidly. Rails strives to honor the Pragmatic Programmer's "DRY Principle" by avoiding the extra work of configuration files and code annotations. You can develop a real-time: make a change, and watch it work immediately. Forget XML. Everything in Rails, from templates to control flow to business logic, is written in Ruby, the language of choice for programmers who like to get the job done well (and leave work ontime for a change). Rails is the framework of choice for the new generation of Web 2.0 developers.^
• Agile Web Development with Rails is the book for that generation, written by Dave Thomas (Pragmatic Programmer and author of Programming Ruby) and David Heinemeier Hansson, who created Rails.

Series Statement

Facets of Ruby series

Uniform Title

Facets of Ruby series.

Subject

• Web site development > Handbooks, manuals, etc
• Ruby (Computer program language) > Handbooks, manuals, etc

Genre/Form

Handbooks and manuals

Note

• "Version: 2005-7-4"--T.p verso.
• "Pragmatic Programmers"--Cover.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 531) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

1. Introduction -- Part I. Getting started -- 2. The architecture of Rails applications -- 3. Installing Rails -- 4. Instant gratification -- Part II. Building an application -- 6. The Depot application -- 6. Task A: Product maintenance -- 7. Task B: Catalog display -- 8. Task C: Cart creation -- 9. Task D: Checkout! -- Task E: Shipping -- 11. Task F: Administrative -- Task T: Testing -- Part III. The Rails framework -- 13. Rails in depth -- 14. Active record basics -- 15. More active record -- 16. Action controller and Rails -- 17. Action view -- 18. The Web V2.0 -- 19. Action mailer -- 20. Web services on Rails -- 21. Securing your Rails application -- 22. Deployment and scaling -- Part IV. Appendices -- A. Introduction to Ruby -- B. Configuration parameters -- C. Source code -- D. Resources -- Index.

ISBN

097669400X

LCCN

• 9780976694007
• 852766001087

OCLC

61343697

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library