Rails in a Nutshell Upplaga 1

Kick your web development skills into high gear by learning to build effective database-driven websites with Rails 3. This handy book provides a concise yet thorough introduction to the framework, an overview of commands and configurations, and details on every Rails component -- all in an easy-to-use reference you can rely on every day. Rails eliminates many of the problems common to other web application frameworks with its built-in components for data persistence, routing, templating, mailing, and more. Rails 3 in a Nutshell contains precisely what you need to know to build full-fledged applications that are light on code, highly scalable, and feature rich. Get started quickly by building example applications with Rails Create clean and maintainable applications with models, views, controllers, migrations, mail, and web services Jump-start your projects with built-in application generators Familiarize yourself with Rails components such as Active Record to connect business objects and database tables, and Active Resource for web services Write unit, functional, and integration tests, and use Rake to run them Learn about existing Rails plug-ins and find out how to write your own Take advantage of little-known and undocumented features