Rails Cookbook
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Author(s): R. Orsini
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN: 9780596527310
Format: softback
515pp
Price: £28.50
Review Date: 07 June 2007
Review: Ruby on Rails has revolutionised the process of developing Web applications, enabling Web developers to become faster and more efficient. This ‘cookbook’ provides ‘recipes’ ranging from the basics, such as installing rails and setting up a development environment, to the latest techniques, such as developing RESTful Web services. There are chapters on: Rails development; Active Record; Active Controller; Action View; RESTful development; Rails application testing; JavaScript and Ajax; Action Mailer; Debugging Rails applications; Security; Performance; hosting and deployment; Extending Rails and Plug-ins; and Graphics.