Appendix C. Rails Essentials

Chances are you learned about Rails from watching beginner screencasts or studying our highly rated companion in the Professional Ruby Series, the excellent Ruby on Rails Tutorial by Michael Hartl. Those resources will get you through the initial slope of the learning curve and on a trajectory toward serious productivity. But to continue making progress, it helps to know the tools that real Rails masters use every day.

C.1 Environmental Concerns

No, I’m not about to go off on a tangent about carbon credits and global warming. As a Rails pro, you’re going to spend a lot of time using the command line, so you might as well save yourself as much confusion and extra typing as possible. The following little tips and tricks ...

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