Building Dynamic Web 2.0 Websites with Ruby on Rails



	Building Dynamic Web 2.0 Websites with Ruby on Rails Author(s): A P Rajshekhar Publisher: Packt Publishing Date : 2008 Pages : 232 Format : PDF OCR : Yes Quality : Language : English ISBN : 1847193412 This book is a tutorial to creating a complete Web 2.0 website with Ruby on Rails. In this book, each chapter adds a new feature to the site, adding new knowledge, skills, and techniques. In Detail Ruby on Rails is an open source web application framework ideally suited to building business applications; accelerating and simplifying the creation of database-driven websites. Often shortened to Rails or RoR, it provides a stack of tools to rapidly build web applications based on the Model-View-Controller design pattern. What you will learn from this book This book will show you how to assemble RoR's features and leverage its power to design, develop, and deploy a fully featured website. This book will teach you the following: * Installing, configuring, and testing both Ruby and RoR * Setting up the application and database * Managing users and roles * Gathering user comments * Setting up the template and generating migrations for your tables * Using plug-ins; adding and searching a tag * Enhancing usability with AJAX * Developing an administration interface * Deploying the application Who this book is written for This book is for anyone who has basic concepts of object-oriented programming as well as relational databases and wants to develop online applications using Ruby on Rails. Prior knowledge of Ruby or Rails is not expected. Author(s) A P Rajshekhar A. P. Rajshekhar, Senior Developer with Vectorform, has worked on enterprise-level web applications and game development. His endeavors include development of a Learning Management System, a Supply Management Solution and Xbox-based games. He holds a Masters Degree in Computer Applications. He is a regular contributor to Devshed Portal on topics ranging from server-side development (JEE/.Net/RoR) to mobile (Symbian-based) development and game development (SDL and OpenGL) with a total readership of more than 1.4 million.