Summary
Rails 3 in Action is a collaboration between Rails community leaders, Ryan Bigg and Yehuda Katz, that covers Rails 3.1 making it the most up-to-date resource available. But it's much more than just a Rails 3 reference book. You'll learn to do Rails the right way, so you can build stable, scalable, and maintainable apps that will satisfy even the most demanding clients.
About the BookRails 3 is a full stack, open source web framework powered by Ruby and this book is an introduction to it. Whether you're just starting or you have a few cycles under your belt, you'll appreciate the book's guru's-eye-view of idiomatic Rails programming.
You'll master Rails 3.1 by developing a ticket tracking application that includes RESTful routing, authentication and authorization, state maintenance, file uploads, email, and more. You'll also explore powerful features like designing your own APIs and building a Rails engine. You will see Test Driven Development and Behavior Driven Development in action throughout the book, just like you would in a top Rails shop.
It is helpful for readers to have a background in Ruby, but no prior Rails experience is needed.
 Purchase of the print book comes with an offer of a free PDF, ePub, and Kindle eBook from Manning. Also available is all code from the book. 
What's Inside<ul>
<li>Covers Rails 3.1 from the ground up</li>
<li>Testing and BDD using RSpec and Cucumber</li>
<li>Working with Rack</li>
</ul>
Table of Contents<ol>
<li>Ruby on Rails, the framework</li>
<li>Testing saves your bacon</li>
<li>Developing a real Rails application</li>
<li>Oh CRUD!</li>
<li>Nested resources</li>
<li>Authentication and basic authorization</li>
<li>Basic access control</li>
<li>More authorization</li>
<li>File uploading</li>
<li>Tracking state</li>
<li>Tagging</li>
<li>Sending email</li>
<li>Designing an API</li>
<li>Deployment</li>
<li>Alternative authentication</li>
<li>Basic performance enhancements</li>
<li>Engines</li>
<li>Rack-based applications</li>
</ol>

Rails 3 in Action

Computers & Technology

Katz, Yehuda

Bigg, Ryan

Web Development & Design

Manning Publications

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