Ruby on Rails: Up and Running by Bruce Tate

by Bruce A. Tate

In just a matter of days, you can develop powerful web applications with Rails that once took weeks or months to produce with other web frameworks. If that sounds too good to be true, it isn't. Find out for yourself with Up and Running, the concise and popular book that not only explains how Rails works, but guides you through a complete test drive.

Perfect for beginning web developers, this thoroughly revised edition teaches you the basics of installing and using Rails 2.1 and the Ruby scripting language. While Rails is praised for its simplicity, there are still a few tricky steps to master along the way. Up and Running offers lots of examples and covers just about everything you need to build functional Rails applications right away. Learn how

See how fast you can go on Rails, and how reliable it's become with the stability and power of version 2.1. With Up and Running , you'll discover why Rails is a remarkable new way to build database-driven web applications.

Genres: Programming, Computers, Reference

Paperback

First published August 1, 2006

Reviews

[Ethan · Rating 4 out of 5]

If you are running rails 2.x get ready to learn. The book was written before that. Check out the errata on the O'Reilly site and Google your heart out or just email me. I can help. Rails is a genius concept and practice.