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Pro Active Record Databases with Ruby and Rails

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ISBN-10: 1590598474

ISBN-13: 9781590598474

Edition: 2007

Authors: Kevin Marshall, Chad Pytel, Jon Yurek

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Pro ActiveRecord for Rubyhelps 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 Rail's model/view/controller framework. It's an object-relational mapping library enabling you to interact with databases from both Ruby and Rails applications. Because ActiveRecord is configured with default assumptions that mesh perfectly with the Rails framework, Rails developers often find they hardly need think about it at all. However, if you are developing in Ruby without Rails, or are deploying against legacy databases…    
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Book details

List price: $39.99
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Apress L. P.
Publication date: 9/14/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 7.00" wide x 9.25" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English

Kevin Marshall lives in Perth, Scotland. He is a senior programmer with WebXeL.com Ltd and is also IT manager with Spectraglass Ltd--bothcompanies are based in Perth, Scotland. He has been involved in computer programming since 1990, has been doing web-based programming using ASP since 1997, and has been building ASP.NET applications since ASP.NET Beta 2 was released in 2001. He has been an avid Dreamweaver user since version 1 was launched and with the release of MX has moved into developing extensions. WebXeL.com Ltd launched a new website in November 2002 dedicated to the development of free and commercial Dreamweaver MX extensions for ASP.NET. The site can be found at…    

Chad Pytel is the founder and CEO of thoughtbot, a software development firm specializing in Ruby on Rails, and creators of Paperclip, Shoulda, FactoryGirl, and Hoptoad, among other projects. thoughtbot embraces both agile development methodologies and a �getting real� project philosophy. Chad coauthored Pro Active Record: Databases with Ruby and Rails (Apress, 2007) and has presented at various conferences around the world. To follow along with Chad and the rest of the thoughtbot team�s ideas on development, design, technology, and business, visit their blog at http://robots.thoughtbot.com.

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Introducing Active Record
Active Record and SQL
Setting up your database
Core features of Active Record
Bonus Features
Active Record Testing and Debugging
Working with Legacy Schema
Active Record and the Real World
Appendix Active Record Methods in Detail
Inde