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Rails 5 Revealed

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  • © 2016

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Authors:
  1. Alan Bradburne

    1. Reading, United Kingdom

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  • A one of a kind early adopter short book on the new Rails 5 web framework

  • A practical treatment on using the new Rails 5 as it stands now

  • A new ActionCable for HTML5 web sockets and faster web linking are covered

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. Upgrading to Rails 5

    • Alan Bradburne
    Pages 1-5

  3. Changes from Rails 4.2

    • Alan Bradburne
    Pages 7-22

  4. Active Record

    • Alan Bradburne
    Pages 23-33

  5. Testing

    • Alan Bradburne
    Pages 35-42

  6. Rails API

    • Alan Bradburne
    Pages 43-59

  7. Action Cable

    • Alan Bradburne
    Pages 61-79

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 81-82
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About this book

This short early adopter book details both how you'll upgrade existing web applications from Rails 4.2 to 5 and how to create new applications in Rails 5. The headline features, Rails API and Action Cable are each looked at in detail, building small example projects to demonstrate how to build a JSON API and add real-time interactions in order to create a single-page application.


All the breaking changes are shown, along with how to fix your app to work with the new release. The improvements to ActiveRecord and the testing framework are fully detailed. After reading and using Rails 5 Revealed, you’ll be poised to move forward with building your apps with the latest major release of Ruby on Rails. 





What You'll Learn
  • Discover the new features in Rails 5 and how to upgrade your application from Rails 4.2
  • Gain knowledge about the changes to ActiveRecord
  • See the improvements to the Rails testing framework
  • Build API servers using Rails API
  • Create WebSocket applications using Action Cable

 

Who This Book Is For


Existing Rails developers who are looking to quickly get up to speed with the changes in the new Rails 5 framework.




Authors and Affiliations

  • Reading, United Kingdom

    Alan Bradburne

About the author

Alan Bradburne is the co-founder of IncrediblInc Ltd. (IncrediblInc-dot-com), a London-based Ruby on Rails development company specializing in developing community sites for both end-users and enterprise clients. Alan has over 10 years of experience in the web and mobile development industries, and has worked for Motorola, Nextel and Sun Microsystems. Prior to founding IncrediblInc, he created Phlog.net, the world's first dedicated mobile photo blogging community. He also developed the social networking site Cudlz.com. He lives in Berkshire, England with his wife.

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