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Ruby on Rails: Up & Running
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 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.
Preface
1. Zero to Sixty: Introducing Rails
Rails Strengths
Putting Rails into Action
Organization
The Web Server
Creating a Controller
Building a View
Tying the Controller to the View
Under the Hood
What's Next?
2. Active Record Basics
Active Record Basics
Introducing Photo Share
Schema Migrations
Basic Active Record Classes
Attributes
Complex Classes
Behavior
Moving Forward
3. Active Record Relationships
belongs_to
has_many
has_one
What You Haven't Seen
Looking Ahead
4. Scaffolding
Using the Scaffold Method
Replacing Scaffolding
Generating Scaffolding Code
Moving Forward
5. Extending Views
The Big Picture
Seeing Real Photos
View Templates
Setting the Default Root
Stylesheets
Hierarchical Categories
Styling the Slideshows
6. Ajax
How Rails Implements Ajax
Playing a Slideshow
Using Drag-and-Drop to Reorder Slides
Drag and Drop Everything (Almost Everything)
Filtering by Category
7. Testing
Background
Ruby's Test::Unit
Testing in Rails
Wrapping Up
A. Installing Rails
B. Quick Reference
Index
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