Ruby for Rails: Ruby Techniques for Rails Developers

By David A. Black

-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,"" written by Ruby expert David Black (with a forward by David Heinemeier Hansson), 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

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1932394699
• ISBN13: 9781932394696
• Release Date: May 2006
• Publisher: Manning Publications
• Length: 493 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 7.4" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Clear but a bit verbose

I found this book to be absolutely essential to understanding what I was doing while programming with Rails. After reading this book a lot of things became clear in the Dave Thomas book (Agile Web Development with Rails). If you're thinking about hiking up the Rails learning curve, you'll be most of the way there once you finish this book. I had no previous experience with Ruby, but I have programmed in C++, Java, PHP,...

A great book for Newcomers

The book's preface indicated that the author is well versed in Ruby, and that he got into Rails when it was brand new. It sounded like he was in a position to teach the subject matter well, and I really liked his angle: Rails was written in Ruby, and Rails extends Ruby... you really cannot fully utilize Rails without learning Ruby, and this book teaches you all about Ruby, with an eye on Rails. Perfect! There are four parts...

This book is phenomenal - you just need to know when to read it.

I am extremely pleased with this book, and I think it's because I read it at the right point in my studies of Ruby and Rails. I have no Ruby background (Java, mostly) and wanted to pick up Ruby on Rails because of how great it all sounded - sidestepping so many of the problems of JSP/ASP/PHP/etc. So, the first book I picked up was the PickAxe book, and read it pretty much from start to finish. It turns into a reference...

Excellent intro to Ruby and Rails

My introduction to rails started with the Agile Development book, which is great, but I kept asking myself - how much of this is Ruby? and how much is specific to Rails? . Ruby for Rails provided me the answers. I really enjoyed reading this book. Even when it covered material that I already knew, it still offered a few new tips for me. I discovered a couple confusing items in the book, and I used the author's forum to ask...

Impressive

There are many good books on Ruby, and on Rails, so many deservedly 5-star rated ones, that you'd think there'd be no room for yet another one. Until you read this one. The author covers everything about Ruby, and he has a special feel for those important, but advanced and sometimes difficult points, which you've always wanted to understand, but didn't quite grasp. His sense of humour is especially nice, because besides keeping...