Rails: Novice to Ninja, 3rd Edition

Preface

When Simon Mackie approached me to update this book from Rails 2 to Rails 5, I didn’t hesitate. For one, he said “Simon says ‘UPDATE THIS BOOK’!” (groan). For two, I love writing and I love Rails, so this opportunity was a no-brainer. Throughout the process, I have remembered why Rails is such a paragon of productivity, and I've also discovered much I didn’t know about the framework. I honestly believe there is no better way to be productive writing a web application than to write about the technology.

I’d be remiss if I didn’t point out the truly excellent work done by Patrick Lenz on the first two editions of this book. Patrick has a gift for explaining technical things simply, something I leveraged over and over again in this update. ...