Beginning Ruby on Rails E-Commerce

Name: Beginning Ruby on Rails E-Commerce
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ISBN: 9781590597361

ISBN-10: 1590597362

ISBN-13: 9781590597361

Edition: 2007

Authors: Christian Hellsten, Jarkko Laine

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Beginning Ruby on Rails E-Commerce: From Novice to Professionalis the first book of its kind to guide you through producing e-commerce applications with Rails--the 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. You'll take advantage of the latest crop of Rails plug-ins and helpers that will radically improve your programming schedule. You'll also create a real application step-by-step, plus the book is driven by real-world cases throughout. You will begin by learning how to install Rails and quickly create a product…

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List price: $34.99
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Apress L. P.
Publication date: 11/9/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 448
Size: 7.00" wide x 9.25" long x 0.98" tall
Weight: 1.848
Language: English

A biography is not available for this author.

Jarkko Laine is the owner and chief executive officer of O'Design, a Rails-based web design shop. He has been using Ruby on Rails since 2004 and has contributed patches to the core developer team, as well as contributing to several Rails plug-ins. He has provided Rails consultancy for a number of high-profile organizations, including a major mobile phone manufacturer, Starnet Systems, and Reforge Oy. He has also taught Rails at the university level and delivers lectures about Rails around the world. He lives in Tampere, Finland, with his girlfriend Maria and a growing list of pending household chores. For more information about the book, please visit www.railsecommerce.com .




Project Setup and Proof of Concept


Introducing the Emporium Project


Installing the Software


Installing Ruby


Installing RubyGems


Installing Ruby on Rails


Installing MySQL


Installing the MySQL Driver


Introducing Scrum


Creating the Emporium Application


Creating the Skeleton Application


Creating the Emporium Database


Starting Emporium for the First Time


How Does Ruby on Rails Work?


Implementing the About Emporium User Story


Running the Generate Script


Modifying the Generated View


Creating the Layout


Modifying the Generated Controller


Summary



Author Management


Using Test-Driven Development


Testing in Rails


Unit Testing


Functional Testing


Integration Testing


Creating the ActiveRecord Model


Using ActiveRecord Migrations


Running Unit Tests


Creating the Controller


Implementing the User Stories


Adding an Author


Listing Authors


Viewing an Author


Editing an Author


Deleting an Author


Adjusting the Flash Notifications


Summary



Book Inventory Management


Getting the Requirements


Using Scaffolding


Implementing the Publisher Administration Interface


Updating the Schema with the Publishers Table


Generating Publisher Code with the Scaffolding Script


Completing the Add Publisher User Story


Completing the View Publisher User Story


Completing the Edit Publisher User Story


Implementing the Book Administration Interface


Updating the Schema with the Books Table


Creating the Book Model


ActiveRecord Mapping


Modifying the Generated Models


Cloning the Database


Unit Testing Validations


Unit Testing the ActiveRecord Mappings


Generating Book Administration Code with the Scaffolding Script


Integration Testing


Completing the Add Book User Story


Completing the Upload Book Cover User Story


Completing the List Books User Story


Completing the View Book User Story


Completing the Edit Book User Story


Testing the Delete Book User Story


Summary



Book Catalog Browsing


Getting the Book Catalog Requirements


Implementing the Book Catalog Interface


Implementing the Browse Books User Story


Implementing the View Book Details User Story


Implementing the Search Books User Story


Implementing the Get Latest Books User Story


Creating an RSS Feed


Summary



Shopping Cart Implementation


Getting the Shopping Cart Requirements


Setting Up the Shopping Cart


Creating the Controller


Adding a Functional Test


Creating the Models


Modifying the Controller


Creating the Views


Implementing the User Stories


Implementing the Add Items to the Cart User Story


Implementing the Remove Items from the Cart User Story


Implementing the Clear the Cart User Story


Summary



Forum Implementation


Getting the Forum Requirements


Using the Threaded Forum Plugin


Setting Up the Forum


Updating the Database Schema


Modifying the Model


Unit Testing the Model


Generating the Controller and View


Implementing the User Stories


Implementing the Post to Forum User Story


Implementing the View Forum User Story


Implementing the View Post User Story


Implementing the Reply to Post User Story


Summary



Tagging Support


Getting the Tagging Requirements


Using the Tagging RubyGem


Setting Up for Tagging


Updating the Database Schema


Preparing the Models


Unit Testing the Model


Using the Console to Test the Model


Implementing the User Stories


Implementing the Assign Tags User Story


Implementing the Edit Tags User Story


Implementing the List Tags and Show Tag User Stories


Implementing the Recommend Books User Story


Summary



Security


Getting the Authentication Requirements


Using the Authentication Plugin


Implementing the User Stories


Implementing the Log In User Story


Implementing the Fail Log In User Story


Implementing the Reset Password User Story


Protecting Your Application


Cross-Site Scripting


URL and Form Manipulation


SQL Injection


Cross-Site Request Forgery


Summary



Checkout and Order Processing


Getting the Checkout and Order-Processing Requirements


Implementing the Check Out User Story


Creating the Models


Adding Validations to the Model


Creating the Controller and Integration Test


Creating the View


Saving the Order Information


Integrating with Payment Gateways


Installing the Active Merchant Plugin


Integrating with PayPal


Integrating with Authorize.Net


Using the Payment Gem


Implementing the Administrator User Stories


Implementing the View Orders User Story


Implementing the View Order User Story


Implementing the Close Order User Story


Calculating Shipping Costs and Taxes


Using the Shipping Gem


Calculating Taxes


Summary



Multiple Language Support


Getting the Localization Requirements


Using the Globalize Plugin


Localizing with Globalize


Setting Up Globalize


Implementing the User Stories


Implementing the Change Locale User Story


Implementing the Translation User Stories


Translating the View and the Book Model


Translating the View


Translating the Model


Localizing Dates, Numbers, and Currency


Localizing Dates


Localizing Numbers and Currencies


Adding Unicode (UTF-8) Support


Setting Character Encoding in HTML


Setting Character Encoding for the HTTP Response


Changing the Database to Use UTF-8


Summary



Acceptance Testing


Using Selenium


Writing Selenium Tests


Selenium Commands


Selenium Test Formats


The First Acceptance Test


Recording Selenium Tests


Using the Selenium IDE


Recording the View Forum Acceptance Test


Recording the Post to Forum Acceptance Test


Recording the Show Post Acceptance Test


Recording the Reply to Post Acceptance Test


Summary



Application Deployment


Setting Up the Production Environment


Connecting to the Production Server: SSH


Installing the Web Server: LightTPD


Installing the Application Server: Ruby on Rails and FastCGI


Installing the Database Server (MySQL)


Configuring LightTPD


Creating the Production Database


Deploying the Application Manually


Copying the Application


Creating Users and Groups


Starting LightTPD


Starting FastCGI Processes


Automating Deployment


Installing Capistrano


Creating the Capistrano Deployment Recipe


Running the Setup Task


Deploying to Production


Starting LightTPD


Summary



Performance Optimization


Performance and Scaling


Measuring Performance


Checking the Log File


Using Rails Analyzer


Caching


Page Caching


Action Caching


Fragment Caching


Fragment Stores


Caching ActiveRecord Objects


Common Performance Problems in Rails


Rendering Speed


Database Access


Summary


Index