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Agile Web Development with Rails A Pragmatic Guide

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ISBN-10: 097669400X

ISBN-13: 9780976694007

Edition: 2005

Authors: Dave Thomas, David Heinemeier Hansson, Leon Breedt, Mike Clark, Thomas Fuchs

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Rails is a full-stack, open-source web framework that enables you to create full-featured, sophisticated web-based applications, but with a twist... A full Rails application probably has less total code than the XML you'd need to configure the same application in other frameworks. With this book you'll learn how to use "ActiveRecord to connect business objects and database tables. No more painful object-relational mapping. Just create your business objects and let Rails do the rest. You'll learn how to use the "Action Pack framework to route incoming requests and render pages using easy-to-write templates and components. See how to exploit the Rails service frameworks to send emails,…    
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Book details

List price: $34.95
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Pragmatic Programmers, LLC, The
Publication date: 8/16/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 450
Size: 7.25" wide x 8.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.848
Language: English

Introduction
Rails is Agile
Finding Your Way Around
Acknowledgments
Stuff in Flux
Getting Started
The Architecture of Rails Applications
Models, Views, and Controllers
Active Record: Rails Model Support
Action Pack: the View and Controller
Installing Rails
Installing on Windows
Installing on Mac OS X
Installing On Unix/Linux
Rails and Databases
Rails and ISPs
Instant Gratification
Creating a New Application
Hello, Rails!
Linking Pages Together
What We Just Did
Building an Application
The Depot Application
Incremental Development
What Depot Does
Let''s Code
Task A: Product Maintenance
Iteration A1: Get Something Running
Iteration A2: Add a Missing Column
Iteration A3: Validate!
Iteration A4: Prettier Listings
What We Just Did
Task B: Catalog Display
Iteration B1: Create the Catalog Listing
Iteration B2: Add Page Decorations
What We Just Did
Task C: Cart Creation
Sessions
More Tables, More Models
Iteration C1: Creating a Cart
Iteration C2: Handling Errors
Iteration C3: Finishing the Cart
What We Just Did
Task D: Checkout!
Iteration D1: Capturing an Order
Iteration D2: Show Cart Contents on Checkout
What We Just Did
Task E: Shipping 1
Iteration E1: Basic Shipping
What We Just Did
Task F: Administrivia
Iteration F1: Adding Users
Iteration F2: Logging In
Iteration F3: Limiting Access
Finishing Up
More Icing on the Cake
What We Just Did
Task T: Testing
Tests Baked Right In
Testing Models
Testing Controllers
Using Mock Objects
Test-Driven Development
Running Tests with Rake
Performance Testing
What We Just Did
Rails in Depth
Rails in Depth 175
So Where''s Rails?
Directory Structure
Rails Configuration
Naming Conventions
Active Support
Logging in Rails
Debugging Hints
What''s Next
Active Record Basics
Tables and Classes
Columns and Attributes
Primary Keys and IDs
Connecting to the Database
CRUD-Create, Read, Update, Delete
Relationships Between Tables
Transactions
More Active Record
Acts As
Aggregation
Single Table Inheritance
Validation
Callbacks
Advanced Attributes
Miscellany
Action Controller and Rails
Context and Dependencies
The Basics
Routing Requests
Action Methods
Cookies and Sessions
Flash-Communicating Between Actions
Filters and Verification
Caching, Part One
Action View
Templates
Builder templates
RHTML Templates
Helpers
Formatting Helpers
Linking to Other Pages and Resources
Pagination
Form Helpers
Layouts and Components
Caching, Part Two
Adding New Templating Systems
The Web, V2.0
Introducing Ajax
The Rails Way
The User Interface, Revisited
Where To Go From Here
Action Mailer
Sending E-Mail
Receiving E-Mail
Testing E-Mail
Web Services on Rails
What AWS is (and What It Isn''t)
The API Definition
Dispatching Modes
Using Alternate Dispatching
Method Invocation Interception
Testing Web Services
Protocol Clients
Securing Your Rails Application
SQL Injection
Cross Site Scripting (CSS/XSS)
Avoid Session Fixation Attacks
Creating Records Directly From Form Parameters
Don''t Trust ID Parameters
Don''t Expose Controller Methods
File Uploads
Don''t Cache Authenticated Pages
Knowing That It Works
Deployment and Scaling
Picking a Production Platform
A Trinity of Environments
Iterating in the Wild
Maintenance
Scaling: The Share-Nothing Architecture
Finding and Dealing With Bottlenecks
Case Studies: Rails Running Daily
Appendices A Introduction to Ruby
Ruby Is an Object-Orien