Enterprise Recipes With Ruby and Rails

by Schmidt, Maik

• ISBN13: 9781934356234
• ISBN10: 1934356239
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-11-01
• Publisher: Oreilly & Associates Inc

Summary

With more than 50 recipes, this book shows you how to integrate existing legacy code using Ruby and Ruby on Rails and also how to create new and highly functional applications for the enterprise. You can build completely new systems by enhancing and combining existing components in creative, compelling new ways.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. xiii
Acknowledgments	p. xvii
Preface	p. xix
Security & E-commerce Recipes	p. 1
Implement Enterprise-wide Security	p. 3
Protect Information with Symmetric Ciphers	p. 5
Protect Secrets with Asymmetric Ciphers	p. 11
Verify Data Integrity with Signatures	p. 15
Generate Real Random Numbers	p. 19
Create Strong and Convenient Passwords	p. 23
Store Passwords Securely	p. 29
Reanimate Good Old Basic Authentication	p. 33
Implement a Single Sign-on System with OpenID	p. 37
Authenticate with LDAP	p. 45
Process E-commerce Payments	p. 49
Charge Credit Cards with ActiveMerchant	p. 51
Integrate ActiveMerchant with Rails	p. 57
Transfer Money with PayPal	p. 65
Databases & XML Recipes	p. 75
Get the Most Out of Databases	p. 77
Execute Stored Procedures	p. 79
Feed Rails Databases from the Outside	p. 87
Access Databases from Different Vendors Simultaneously	p. 95
Manage Data with Subversion	p. 101
Tame File and Data Formats	p. 107
Manipulate CSV with Ruby	p. 109
Read and Write Fixed-Length Records	p. 115
Harness JSON in Ruby	p. 123
Master Binary Data	p. 127
Process XML Documents the Ruby Way	p. 133
XML Data Binding on Steroids	p. 135
Use XML Files as Models	p. 139
Handle Large XML Documents	p. 147
High-Performance Parsing	p. 153
Work with HTML and Microformats	p. 159
Build Plain-Vanilla XML Documents	p. 167
Build Arbitrary XML Documents	p. 169
Networking & Messaging Recipes	p. 173
Perform Basic Networking Tasks with Ease	p. 175
Harness the Power of Sockets	p. 177
Find Solutions Quickly with open-uri	p. 183
Get the Most Out of HTTP	p. 187
Scrape Screens with WWW::Mechanize	p. 193
Use and Build Web Services	p. 199
Publish Resources with REST	p. 201
Use REST Services	p. 209
Build Your Own SOAP Services	p. 215
Use SOAP Services with WSDL	p. 219
Talk to Message Brokers	p. 223
Transfer Messages with Files	p. 225
Create a Messaging Infrastructure	p. 233
Integrate with JMS	p. 243
Connect to Message Queues with ActiveMessaging	p. 249
Integration & Administration Recipes	p. 257
Speak Foreign Languages	p. 259
Embed C and C++	p. 261
Mix Java and Ruby Code	p. 269
Use RMI Services	p. 275
Mix Ruby and .NET with IronRuby	p. 279
Maintain and Administer Your Applications	p. 289
Turn Your Code into Daemons and Services	p. 291
Monitor Your Applications with Monit	p. 301
Let god Take Care of Your System	p. 307
Create Plug-ins for Common Tasks	p. 313
Avoid Code Duplication with Generators	p. 319
Test the Easy Way	p. 323
Improve Your Testing with RSpec	p. 325
Integrate RSpec with Rails	p. 333
Create Mock Objects with RSpec	p. 337
Prototype Services with Sinatra	p. 345
Get Documentation Nearly for Free	p. 355
Generate Documentation Automatically	p. 357
Annotate Your Models Automatically	p. 365
Create Great Reports	p. 369
Bibliography	p. 379
Index	p. 381
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