Pro Rails 4

Pro Rails 4 takes you to the next level as a Rails developer. It covers the new advanced features of Rails 4, including: ActiveSupport::Concerns, Russian doll caching, ActionController::Live, and more. You will learn common gems that professionals use to build polished Rails applications, and advanced testing techniques such as mocking and factories. Pro Rails 4 dives right into development, you won't waste time installing Ruby or Rails. You will immediately start building out professional code using test-driven development and advanced techniques for programming in Rails 4. You'll also learn how to use the CoffeeScript language with Rails and how to script your stylesheets using Sass to control the appearance of your Rails application. After completing this book you will have a firm grasp of the Rails framework and be ready to build polished Rails applications. This book is well suited for a Rails developer who knows how to build basic applications, but wants to build professional Ruby on Rails applications. It assumes you have a grasp of the basic Rails framework as well as Ruby.