The Facets of Ruby Series - 3: Agile Web Development with Rails, 3rd Edition

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You want to write professional-grade applications: Rails is a full-stack, open-source web framework that supports unit, functional, and integration testing. It promotes good design principles, code consistency, and effective release management. Beyond best practices, Rails makes it enjoyable to develop impressive web applications. It includes built-in support for Ajax, email functionality, internationalization, and REST-based interfaces, simplifying interactions with other applications. This book teaches you to use ActiveRecord for seamless connections between business objects and database tables, eliminating the hassles of object-relational mapping. Schema creation and modification are made easy with versioned migrations. You'll learn to use the Action Pack framework for routing requests and rendering pages with user-friendly templates and components. The book also covers Rails service frameworks for sending emails, implementing web services, and creating dynamic web pages with integrated JavaScript and Ajax support. Extensive testing coverage is included, along with a revised Deployment chapter featuring Phusion Passenger. The book begins with a comprehensive tutorial that builds parts of an online store, showcasing the best features of Rails V2.