Dimensions
179 x 229 x 39mm
New edition of the best selling, comprehensive guide to the power and depth of the Ruby on Rails framework, updated for Rails 3.
* The author is a widely recognized leader in the Rails and agile communities.
* This book helps the reader extend Rails to meet the particular needs of his development environment, from startups to large enterprises.
* Completely revised for the eagerly anticipated Rails 3, a major update; even experienced Rails developers will need information on it.
Ruby on Rails strips complexity from the development process, enabling professional developers to focus on what matters most: delivering business value. Rails 3 is a major update to the Rails framework, merging Rails with the Merb framework, and bringing the exciting Merb capabilities into Rails. The Rails 3 Way is a comprehensive, authoritative guide to building production quality software with Rails. Pioneering Rails developer Obie Fernandez illuminates the entire Rails 3 API, along with the Ruby idioms, design approaches, libraries, and plug-ins that make Rails so valuable. Drawing on his experience, Frenandez addresses the real challenges development teams face, showing how to use Rails tools and best practices to maximize productivity and build polished applications users will enjoy.Using detailed code examples, Obie systematically covers Rails key capabilities and subsystems. He presents advanced programming techniques, introduces open source libraries that facilitate easy Rails adoption, and offers important insights into testing and production deployment. Dive deep into the Rails codebase together, discovering why Rails behaves as it does and how to make it behave the way you want it to.
