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Summary
Rails 4 in Action is a comprehensive introduction to Rails that guides you hands-on through all you'll need to become a competent and confident Rails developer. In it, you'll master Rails 4 by developing a ticket-tracking application that includes RESTful routing, authentication and authorization, file uploads, email, and more.
Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications.
About the Book
Rails is a full-stack, open source web framework powered by Ruby. Now in version 4, Rails is mature and powerful, and to use it effectively you need more than a few Google searches. You'll find no substitute for the guru's-eye-view of design, testing, deployment, and other real-world concerns that this book provides.
Rails 4 in Action is a hands-on guide to the subject. In this fully revised new edition, you'll master Rails 4 by developing a ticket-tracking application that includes RESTful routing, authentication and authorization, file uploads, email, and more. Learn to design your own APIs and successfully deploy a production-quality application. You'll see test-driven development and behavior-driven development in action throughout the book, just like in a top Rails shop.
What's Inside
- Creating your own APIs
- Using RSpec and Capybara
- Emphasis on test-first development
- Fully updated for Rails 4
About the ReaderFor readers of this book, a background in Ruby is helpful but not required. No Rails experience is assumed.
About the AuthorsRyan Bigg,
Yehuda Katz,
Steve Klabnik, and
Rebecca Skinner are contributors to Rails and active members of the Rails community.
Table of Contents- Ruby on Rails, the framework
- Testing saves your bacon
- Developing a real Rails application
- Oh, CRUD!
- Nested resources
- Authentication
- Basic access control
- Fine-grained access control
- File uploading
- Tracking state
- Tagging
- Sending email
- Deployment
- Designing an API
- Rack-based applications
About the author
AUTHOR BIO
Ryan Bigg is a Rails developer living in Melbourne, Australia, recognized for his prolific and accurate answers on IRC and StackOverflow. He was named a Ruby Hero for his work on the Rails Guides and for being generally helpful in the ROR community.
Yehuda Katz is the founder of the EmberJS framework, a former lead developer on SproutCore, and is well-known for his contributions to Rails 4, jQuery, Bundler, and Merb.
Steve Klabnik is a member of the Ruby on Rails team. A prolific open source contributor, he's made contributions to a large number of Ruby projects, including Rails, Sinatra, Rubygems, Rubinius, Resque, Draper, and over 20 gems of his own. When he's not speaking at conferences, working on Rails, or training on Ruby and Rails at Jumpstart Lab, he's reading philosophy books and applying their lessons to software.
Summary
DESCRIPTION
Ruby on Rails is an open source web framework. It's famously simple to build a basic Rails application. Once you've started down the track, however, you discover that Rails is a powerful, deep, and rich full-stack platform capable of tackling virtually any development challenge.
Rails 4 in Action is a fully-revised second edition of Rails 3 in Action. This hands-on, comprehensive introduction to Rails gives readers everything they need to become competent and confident Rails developers. It shows how to develop a ticket tracking application that includes RESTful routing, authentication and authorization, file uploads, email, and more. It explores powerful features like designing APIs and building a Rails engine. The book also provides Test Driven Development and Behavior Driven Development in action throughout the book—just like in a top Rails shop.
RETAIL SELLING POINTS
- Fully updated for Rails 4
- New and improved testing examples
- More options for creating APIs
- Written by Rails community leaders
AUDIENCE
It is helpful for readers to have a background in Ruby, but no prior Rails experience is needed.
ABOUT THE TECHNOLOGY
Ruby on Rails, often called Rails, is an open source web framework for the Ruby programming language. It’s a full-stack platform capable of tackling virtually any development challenge.
