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Ruby on Rails For Dummies
Quickly create Web sites with this poweful tool Use this free and easy programming language for e-commerce sites and blogs If you need to build Web and database applications quickly but you don't dream in computer code, take heart! Ruby on Rails was created for you, and this book will have you up and running in no time. The Ruby scripting language and the Rails framework let you create full-featured Web applications fast. It's even fun! Discover how to
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368 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2007
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June 23, 2010
Barry Burd, Ruby on Rails for Dummies (Wiley, 2007)
You gotta love an author whose domain name is burdbrain. That said, Ruby on Rails for Dummies has exactly the same strengths and weaknesses as the rest of the Rails books I've read over the past few months. The biggest weakness, of course, is that the book is dated, like the vast majority of Rails books. Nothing to be done about it; software moves on, books are static. On the other hand, like the rest of the books, it's a solid tutorial in how to get yourself up and running on (an earlier version of) Rails. The datedness is not normally a huge thing, but since the database access methods have changed between then and now, those coming into this without some supplementary materials may find themselves confused when a number of examples error out. Still, as long as you recognize this and supplement with more recent online tutorials, this is a solid book. ***
You gotta love an author whose domain name is burdbrain. That said, Ruby on Rails for Dummies has exactly the same strengths and weaknesses as the rest of the Rails books I've read over the past few months. The biggest weakness, of course, is that the book is dated, like the vast majority of Rails books. Nothing to be done about it; software moves on, books are static. On the other hand, like the rest of the books, it's a solid tutorial in how to get yourself up and running on (an earlier version of) Rails. The datedness is not normally a huge thing, but since the database access methods have changed between then and now, those coming into this without some supplementary materials may find themselves confused when a number of examples error out. Still, as long as you recognize this and supplement with more recent online tutorials, this is a solid book. ***
February 9, 2009
It was overall a good how-to book. I did not like the fact that macs were not treated well. But that was fine because he provides a website for the mac stuff.
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