Book description
This definitive guide examines how to take advantage of the new Agile methodologies offered when using Ruby on Rails (RoR). You'll quickly grasp the RoR methodology by focusing on the RoR development from the point of view of the beginner- to intermediate-level Microsoft developer. Plus, you'll get a reliable roadmap for migrating your applications, skill set, and development processes to the newer, more agile programming platform that RoR offers.
Table of contents
- Copyright
- Dedication
- About the Author
- Credits
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Getting Started with Rails
- Understanding Rails
- Ruby's Data Types
- Programming Ruby
-
A Working Sample
- Creating a New Rails Application
- Scaffolding and Migrations
- A RESTful Application
- Analyzing the Model
- Analyzing the Controller
- Analyzing the View Layer
- Adding Partials
- Adding Validations
- Adding a Bit of Style
- Setting a Default Time Zone
- Adding Support for Textile
- Using named_scope
- Adding a Custom REST Action
- Summary
- Incremental Development, Logging, and Debugging
- Object-Relational Mapping with ActiveRecord
- Handling Requests with ActionController
- Rendering the User Interface with ActionView
- ActiveResource and Web Services
- Going Into Production
- Additional Resources
- Index
Product information
- Title: Ruby on Rails® for Microsoft Developers
- Author(s):
- Release date: April 2009
- Publisher(s): Wrox
- ISBN: 9780470374955
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