Ruby on Rails Tutorial Learn Web Development with Rails

by Hartl, Michael

• ISBN13: 9780134077703
• ISBN10: 0134077709
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2015-04-29
• Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional

Summary

“Ruby on Rails™ Tutorial by Michael Hartl has become a must-read for developers learning how to build Rails apps.”

—Peter Cooper, Editor of Ruby Inside

 

Used by sites as diverse as Twitter, GitHub, Disney, and the Yellow Pages, Ruby on Rails is one of the most popular frameworks for developing web applications, but it can be challenging to learn and use. Whether you’re new to web development or new only to Rails, Ruby on Rails™ Tutorial, Third Edition, is the solution.

 

Best-selling author and leading Rails developer Michael Hartl teaches Rails by guiding you through the development of three example applications of increasing sophistication, focusing on the fundamental techniques in web development needed for virtually any kind of application. The updates to this edition include simplified installation via a standard development environment in the cloud, use of the default Rails stack throughout, a light-weight testing approach, an all-new section on image upload, and an all-new chapter on account activation and password resets, including sending email with Rails.

 

This indispensable guide provides integrated tutorials not only for Rails, but also for the essential Ruby, HTML, CSS, and SQL skills you’ll need when developing web applications. Hartl explains how each new technique solves a real-world problem, and then he demonstrates it with bite-sized code that’s simple enough to understand, yet novel enough to be useful. Whatever your previous web development experience, this book will guide you to true Rails mastery.

 

This book will help you

• Install and set up your Rails development environment, including a pre-installed integrated development environment (IDE) in the cloud
• Go beyond generated code to truly understand how to build Rails applications from scratch
• Learn testing and test-driven development (TDD)
• Effectively use the Model-View-Controller (MVC) pattern
• Structure applications using the REST architecture
• Build static pages and transform them into dynamic ones
• Master the Ruby programming skills all Rails developers need
• Create high-quality site layouts and data models
• Implement registration and authentication systems, including validation and secure passwords
• Update, display, and delete users
• Upload images in production using a cloud storage service
• Implement account activation and password reset, including sending email with Rails
• Add social features and microblogging, including an introduction to Ajax
• Record version changes with Git and create a secure remote repository at Bitbucket
• Deploy your applications early and often with Heroku

Author Biography

Michael Hartl is the author of the Ruby on Rails™ Tutorial, the leading introduction to web development with Ruby on Rails. His prior experience includes writing and developing RailsSpace, an extremely obsolete Rails tutorial book, and developing Insoshi, a once-popular and now-obsolete social networking platform in Ruby on Rails. In 2011, Michael received a Ruby Hero Award for his contributions to the Ruby community. He is a graduate of Harvard College, has a Ph.D. in Physics from Caltech, and is an alumnus of the Y Combinator entrepreneur program.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: From zero to deploy
Chapter 2: A toy app
Chapter 3: Mostly static pages
Chapter 4: Rails-flavored Ruby
Chapter 5: Filling in the layout
Chapter 6: Modeling users
Chapter 7: Sign up
Chapter 8: Log in, log out
Chapter 9: Updating, showing, and deleting users
Chapter 10: Account activation and password resets
Chapter 11: User microposts
Chapter 12: Following users