Ruby for Rails: Ruby Techniques for Rails Developers
“Closes the gap between Ruby as a language and Rails as a framework. The breadth of knowledge is astounding!”
—Benjamin S. Gorlick, Software Engineer and Developer
“Code examples are concise and useful. I highly recommend it.”
—Mark Eagle, Java Architect, MATRIX Resources, Inc
“A comprehensive tutorial on Ruby and on Rails”
—Bob Hutchison, CTO, Recursive Design Inc.
“I absolutely recommend it!”
—Andrew Oswald, Java Architect, Chariot Solutions
The word is out: with Ruby on Rails you can build powerful Web applications easily and quickly! And just like the Rails framework itself, Rails applications are Ruby programs. That means you can’t tap into the full power of Rails unless you master the Ruby language.
Ruby for Rails helps Rails developers achieve Ruby mastery. Each chapter deepens your Ruby knowledge and shows you how it connects to Rails. You’ll gain confidence working with objects and classes and learn how to leverage Ruby’s elegant, expressive syntax for Rails application power. And you’ll become a better Rails developer through a deep understanding of the design of Rails itself and how to take advantage of it.
Newcomers to Ruby will find a Rails-oriented Ruby introduction that’s easy to read and that includes dynamic programming techniques, an exploration of Ruby objects, classes, and data structures, and many neat examples of Ruby and Rails code in action.
Ruby for Rails: the Ruby guide for Rails developers!
What’s Inside
Classes, modules, and objects
Collection handling and filtering
String and regular expression manipulation
Exploration of the Rails source code
Ruby dynamics
Many more programming concepts and techniques!
About the Author
A Ruby community leader, David A. Black is a director of Ruby Central, the parent organization of the annual International Ruby Conference (RubyConf) and the International Rails Conference. David is a Ruby core contributor and the creator and maintainer of the Rails-based Ruby Change Request Archive (RCRchive). He lives and works as a consultant in New Jersey.