Rails Cookbook: Recipes for Rapid Web Development with Ruby

by Rob Orsini, Zed A. Shaw (Foreword)

Rails Cookbook is packed with the solutions you need to be a proficient developer with Rails, the leading framework for building the new generation of Web 2.0 applications. Recipes range from the basics, like installing Rails and setting up your development environment, to the latest techniques, such as developing RESTful web services.

With applications that are code light, feature-full and built to scale quickly, Rails has revolutionized web development. The Rails Cookbook addresses scores of real-world challenges; each one includes a tested solution, plus a discussion of how and why it works, so that you can adapt the techniques to similar situations. Topics

Whether you're new to Rails or an experienced developer, you'll discover ways to test, debug and secure your applications, incorporate Ajax, use caching to improve performance, and put your application into production. Want to get ahead of the Web 2.0 curve? This valuable cookbook will save you hundreds of hours when developing applications with Rails.

Genres: Reference, Programming

541 pages, Paperback

First published January 16, 2007

About the author

Rob Orsini is the author of the Rails Cookbook (O'Reilly). Rob has been programming the web since the late nineties, and enjoys the leading edge of development with dynamic languages such as Ruby and Python. Additionally, Rob is a musician and a father of three amazing children.

Reviews

[Spencer Uresk · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good book, and there are some interesting and useful examples in there. Beware, though: With how fast rails is changing, a lot of the examples are outdated (such as some of the login stuff) and can be kind of frustrating to try and implement.