his practical hands-on guide for first-time Ruby on Rails programmers will walk you through installing the required software on a Windows, Mac or Linux computer, and then jumps into an introduction to the Ruby programming syntax. The application that the book builds, a user-generated news Website, is added upon chapter by chapter, and concepts such as user authentication, sessions, cookies and basic AJAX usage are gradually introduced. The book finishes of with chapters on reusable code, debugging, and deployment on a live web server. By the end of the book you'll have a solid grasp of Ruby on Rails development and its practical applications in the real-world.

Ruby for Rails helps Rails developers achieve Ruby mastery. Each chapter deepens your Ruby knowledge and shows you how it connects to Rails. You'll gain confidence working with objects and classes and learn how to leverage Ruby's elegant, expressive syntax for Rails application power. And you'll become a better Rails developer through a deep understanding of the design of Rails itself and how to take advantage of it.

Rails Cookbook is not an introductory tutorial, but a problem-solving book that provides coding solutions for a wide range of tasks. For every problem addressed in the book, you'll find a worked-out solution or "recipe"-- a short, focused piece of code that you can insert directly into your applications. Topics covered in the book include developing scalable web applications, test-driven development, working with active record, and deploying Rails applications. A discussion on each solution is included, so that you can learn to adapt the problem-solving techniques to similar situations. This ultimate Rails code sourcebook will save you hundreds of hours.

Beginning Ruby on Rails introduces web development with Ruby on Rails, a powerful new framework. You will learn how to develop basic applications by implementing four projects. Some of the topics covered through the projects include form handling, CSS, security, database integration, model-view-controller architecture, and test-driven programming. Projects include a task manager, a RSS aggregator, a community manager (similar in nature to MySpace.com), and one that utilizes the Amazon API.

Beginning Ruby on Rails introduces web development with Ruby on Rails, a powerful new framework. You will learn how to develop basic applications by implementing four projects. Some of the topics covered through the projects include form handling, CSS, security, database integration, model-view-controller architecture, and test-driven programming. Projects include a task manager, a RSS aggregator, a community manager (similar in nature to MySpace.com), and one that utilizes the Amazon API.

Using a conversational tone and lots of easy-to-follow examples, popular For Dummies author Barry Burd gently introduces programming novices to Web-database processing and development with Ruby on Rails (RoR) The book ranges from Ruby and RoR basics, installation, and writing simple Ruby programs to using RoR with Ajax and creating a blog, a shopping cart, and other real-world projects

Using a conversational tone and lots of easy-to-follow examples, popular For Dummies author Barry Burd gently introduces programming novices to Web-database processing and development with Ruby on Rails (RoR) The book ranges from Ruby and RoR basics, installation, and writing simple Ruby programs to using RoR with Ajax and creating a blog, a shopping cart, and other real-world projects

The book quickly reviews Rails development and then move to essential enterprise subjects like Web Services (and their relationships with SOA), data persistence, messaging, interoperability with other platforms, handling documents and search, spell-checking, and report generation. It also covers new Web 2.0 technologies like Ajax and the read-write Web. It is rich in examples and covers numerous interesting topics readers will be surprised to see, such as advanced search with Ferret, how to access del.icio.us and Flickr from Ruby, or how to use Yahoo's general search from Ruby. The book closes with a look at the Semantic Web and why it makes sense to adopt semantic Web technologies.

The book quickly reviews Rails development and then move to essential enterprise subjects like Web Services (and their relationships with SOA), data persistence, messaging, interoperability with other platforms, handling documents and search, spell-checking, and report generation. It also covers new Web 2.0 technologies like Ajax and the read-write Web. It is rich in examples and covers numerous interesting topics readers will be surprised to see, such as advanced search with Ferret, how to access del.icio.us and Flickr from Ruby, or how to use Yahoo's general search from Ruby. The book closes with a look at the Semantic Web and why it makes sense to adopt semantic Web technologies.

The Money Train is an e-book for Ruby on Rails with tips on how to build an e-commerce site using the Rails framework. You'll get a head start on building your own online store by learning from someone who has been there and done that. Code and schema samples are included to help you know before-hand what you'll be up against and how to tackle some common problems.