In just a few days you can learn how to build full-fledged applications with the Ruby scripting language that are light on code, highly scalable, and contain everything from templates to control flow. Rails in a Nutshell is your one-stop resource, complete with a third-party API Quick Reference for both Rails 3.0 and 2.3, as well as information on little-known and undocumented features.
- Understand the basics of Ruby
- Build clean and maintainable applications with models, controllers, views, migrations, mail, and web services
- Integrate pre-fab tools and libraries into your applications with RubyGems
- Become familiar with Rails packages such as ActiveRecord to connect business objects and database tables, ActiveResource for web services, and more
- Learn about the new Rack web server interface, and more
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