Ruby Books
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Practical Ruby Gems
Published 13 years ago includes sample chapter
by David Berube, Apress
Practical Ruby Gems is a comprehensive guide to utilizing and creating Ruby Gemsready-made Ruby code modules that can be easily added to Ruby and Rails projects. This book is ideal for Ruby programmers as well as web developers who use Rails and wish to extend the functionality of their projects. Youll get a prime selection of 34 of the best and most useful Gems, which makes up the core of this book.
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Beginning JBoss Seam: From Novice to Professional
Published 14 years ago includes sample chapter
by Joseph Faisal Nusairat, Apress
Reacting to the popularity of J2EE™ alternatives such as Ruby on Rails and the enterprise Spring Framework, Red Hat JBoss®, Inc. developed JBoss® Seam, a new open source lightweight Java™ EE 5-based contextual application development framework. Beginning JBoss® Seam: From Novice to Professional gets you started as the first book on this popular framework.
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Practical Rails Social Networking Sites
Published 13 years ago includes sample chapter
by Alan Bradburne, Apress
Practical Rails Social Networking Sites shows you the complete development cycle of a social networking community web site. The project develops first as a simple content management system, after which author Alan Bradburne progressively adds features in order to build a full Web 2.0?enabled community-based social networking site using Ruby on Rails.
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Pro Active Record: Databases with Ruby and Rails
Published 13 years ago includes sample chapter
by Chad Pytel, Jon Yurek, Kevin Marshall, Apress
Pro Active Record helps you take advantage of the full power of your database engine from within your Ruby programs and Rails applications. ActiveRecord, part of the magic that makes the Rails framework so powerful and easy to use, is the model element of Rails model/view/controller framework. Its an object-relational mapping library enabling you to interact with databases from both Ruby and Rails applications.
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Beginning Rails: From Novice to Professional
Published 13 years ago includes sample chapter
by Cloves Carneiro Jr., Hampton Catlin, Jeffrey Allan Hardy, Apress
Beginning Rails is the practical starting point for anyone wanting to learn how to build dynamic web applications using the Rails framework for Ruby. You’ll learn how all of the components of Rails fit together and how you can leverage them to create sophisticated web applications with less code and more joy. This book is particularly well suited to those with little or no experience with web application development, or who have some experience but are new to Rails.
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Practical JRuby on Rails Web 2.0 Projects: Bringing Ruby on Rails to the Java Platform
Published 13 years ago includes sample chapter
by Ola Bini, Apress
Discover how JRuby on Rails can be used to create web applications faster and more efficiently while still taking advantage of the vast power of the Java platform. Ruby on Rails is proving itself to be one of the most efficient and powerful agile web development application frameworks available and has had a profound influence on the Java community.
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Beginning Ruby on Rails E-Commerce: From Novice to Professional
Published 14 years ago includes sample chapter
by Jarkko Laine, Christian Hellsten, Apress
Beginning Ruby on Rails E-Commerce: From Novice to Professional is the first book of its kind to guide you through producing e-commerce applications with Railsthe stacked web framework taking the world by storm. The book dives right into the process of creating a production-level web application using agile methodologies and test-driven development combined with Rails best practices.
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The Definitive Guide to Pylons
Published 12 years ago includes sample chapter
by James Gardner, Apress
Spurred by the enormous popularity of Ruby on Rails, web frameworks have revolutionized the way developers of all programming languages tackle the often complex task of web application development. Some of the most exciting activity in this area can be seen in the Python community, one of the wildly popular frameworks to enter the fray being Pylons
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Beginning Ruby: From Novice to Professional
Published 13 years ago includes sample chapter
by Peter Cooper, Apress
Ruby is perhaps best known as the engine powering the hugely popular Ruby on Rails web framework. However, it is an extremely powerful and versatile programming language in its own right. It focuses on simplicity and offers a fully object-oriented environment. Beginning Ruby is a thoroughly contemporary guide for every type of reader wanting to learn Ruby, from novice programmers to web developers to Ruby newcomers.
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The Definitive Guide to Django: Web Development Done Right
Published 13 years ago includes sample chapter
by Jacob Kaplan-Moss, Adrian Holovaty, Apress
Django, the Python–based equivalent to the Ruby on Rails web development framework, is presently one of the hottest topics in web development today. In The Definitive Guide to Django: Web Development Done Right, Adrian Holovaty, one of Django’s creators, and Django lead developer Jacob Kaplan–Moss show you how they use this framework to create award–winning web sites.