Ruby on Rails For Dummies
Published on 28. June 2007
330 pages
978-0-470-13489-4 (ISBN)
Description
Quickly create Web sites with this poweful tool
Use this free and easy programming language for e-commercesites and blogs
If you need to build Web and database applications quickly butyou don't dream in computer code, take heart! Ruby on Rails wascreated for you, and this book will have you up and running in notime. The Ruby scripting language and the Rails framework let youcreate full-featured Web applications fast. It's even fun!
Discover how to
* Install and run Ruby and Rails
* Use the RadRails IDE
* Create a blog with Ruby
* Connect your Web site to a database
* Build a shopping cart
* Explore Ruby's syntax
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Person
Dr. Barry Burd received an M.S. degree in Computer Scienceat Rutgers University and a Ph.D. in Mathematics at the Universityof Illinois. As a teaching assistant in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois,he was elected to the universitywide "List of Teachers Rankedas Excellent by Their Students" five times.
Since 1980, Dr. Burd has been a professor in the Department ofMathematics and Computer Science at Drew University in Madison, NewJersey. When he's not lecturing at Drew University, Dr. Burdleads training courses for professional programmers in business andindustry. He has lectured at conferences in the United States,Europe, Australia, and Asia. He is the author of several articlesand books, including Java For Dummies, 4th Edition, andJSP: JavaServer Pages, both from Wiley Publishing, Inc.
Content
Introduction.
Part I: Nuts and Bolts.
Chapter 1: Welcome to the World of Ruby on Rails.
Chapter 2: Installing the Software.
Chapter 3: Details on Rails.
Chapter 4: Using RadRails.
Part II: Creating Code.
Chapter 5: Ruby One's Day.
Chapter 6: Ruby Two's Day.
Chapter 7: Weaving the Web.
Part III: Real Rails.
Chapter 8: Action-Packed Adventures.
Chapter 9: Some Things You Can Do with Models.
Chapter 10: I've Been Working on the Rails Code.
Chapter 11: Image Is Everything.
Chapter 12: More Model Magic.
Chapter 13: Cool Things on Rails.
Part IV: The Part of Tens.
Chapter 14: Ten (Times Two) Great Web Sites.
Chapter 15: Ten Features That Set Ruby Apart.
Chapter 16: Ten Pivotal Ruby on Rails Concepts.
Chapter 17: Ten Ways to Override Rails Defaults.
Index.
