Ruby on Rails™ Tutorial: Learn Web Development with Rails, Second Edition

Chapter 1. From Zero to Deploy

Welcome to Ruby on Rails^™ Tutorial. The goal of this book is to be the best answer to the question, “If I want to learn web development with Ruby on Rails, where should I start?” By the time you finish the Rails Tutorial, you will have all the skills you need to develop and deploy your own custom web applications with Rails. You will also be ready to benefit from the many more advanced books, blogs, and screencasts that are part of the thriving Rails educational ecosystem. Finally, since the Rails Tutorial uses Rails 3, the knowledge you gain here represents the state of the art in web development. (The most up-to-date version of the Rails Tutorial can be found on the book’s website at http://railstutorial.org