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Beginning Rails 4

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  • Beginning Rails 4 is a book that will guide you from never having programmed with Ruby, to having a Rails application built and deployed to the web.

  • You’ll learn how to combine all the components of Rails to develop your own web applications.

  • You will use test driven development to make sure your application works exactly like you expect.

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxii
  2. Introducing the Rails Framework

    • Adam Gamble, Cloves Carneiro Jr., Rida Al Barazi
    Pages 1-11
  3. Getting Started

    • Adam Gamble, Cloves Carneiro Jr., Rida Al Barazi
    Pages 13-25
  4. Getting Something Running

    • Adam Gamble, Cloves Carneiro Jr., Rida Al Barazi
    Pages 27-43
  5. Introduction to the Ruby Language

    • Adam Gamble, Cloves Carneiro Jr., Rida Al Barazi
    Pages 45-59
  6. Working with a Database: Active Record

    • Adam Gamble, Cloves Carneiro Jr., Rida Al Barazi
    Pages 61-80
  7. Advanced Active Record: Enhancing Your Models

    • Adam Gamble, Cloves Carneiro Jr., Rida Al Barazi
    Pages 81-120
  8. Action Pack: Working with the View and the Controller

    • Adam Gamble, Cloves Carneiro Jr., Rida Al Barazi
    Pages 121-150
  9. Advanced Action Pack

    • Adam Gamble, Cloves Carneiro Jr., Rida Al Barazi
    Pages 151-189
  10. JavaScript and CSS

    • Adam Gamble, Cloves Carneiro Jr., Rida Al Barazi
    Pages 191-201
  11. Sending and Receiving E-Mail

    • Adam Gamble, Cloves Carneiro Jr., Rida Al Barazi
    Pages 203-217
  12. Testing Your Application

    • Adam Gamble, Cloves Carneiro Jr., Rida Al Barazi
    Pages 219-250
  13. Internationalization

    • Adam Gamble, Cloves Carneiro Jr., Rida Al Barazi
    Pages 251-266
  14. Deploying Your Rails Applications

    • Adam Gamble, Cloves Carneiro Jr., Rida Al Barazi
    Pages 267-272
  15. Databases 101

    • Adam Gamble, Cloves Carneiro Jr., Rida Al Barazi
    Pages 273-279
  16. Git

    • Adam Gamble, Cloves Carneiro Jr., Rida Al Barazi
    Pages 281-283
  17. Git

    • Adam Gamble, Cloves Carneiro Jr., Rida Al Barazi
    Pages 285-296
  18. Back Matter

    Pages 297-303

About this book

Beginning Rails 4 is a book that will guide you from never having programmed with Ruby, to having a Rails application built and deployed to the web. You’ll learn how to combine all the components of Rails to develop your own web applications. You will use test driven development to make sure your application works exactly like you expect.

You will learn how to use Git for source control and best practice techniques to create applications like a pro. Essential, and often-missed, information on testing and learning to program with Ruby are also covered.

This book is well suited for someone with little to no Ruby or Rails experience, or possibly even someone with no experience developing web applications at all. Beginning Rails 4 does assume a basic familiarity with the web and typical web terms, but doesn’t require you to be an expert of these. This book will springboard your journey into web application development, and show you how much fun building web applications with Ruby on Rails can be.

  • Learn to create Rails applications from the bottom up
  • Learn the basics of the Ruby programming language
  • Completely updated for Rails 4, including new information on turbo links, etc.

Beginning Rails 4 gently guides you through designing your application, writing tests for the application, and then writing the code to make your application work as expected.

About the authors

Adam Gamble is a professional web developer currently workingfor Isotope 11 in Birmingham, AL. He has over 10 years experience building webapplications for everything from startups to multiple Fortune 500 companies.His passion for technology has enabled him to turn a hobby into a career thathe loves.

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Buying options

eBook USD 39.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

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