Ruby on Rails Tutorial 3rd Ed (Addison Wesley)
Thursday, 06 August 2015

Used by sites as diverse as Twitter, GitHub, Disney, and the Yellow Pages, Ruby on Rails is one of the most popular frameworks for developing web applications, but can be challenging to learn and use. Leading Rails developer Michael Hartl guides you through the development of three example applications of increasing sophistication, focusing on the fundamental techniques in web development needed for virtually any kind of application. Updates to this 3rd edition include ...<ASIN:0134077709>

simplified installation via a standard development environment in the cloud, use of the default Rails stack throughout, a light-weight testing approach, an all-new section on image upload, and an all-new chapter on account activation and password resets, including sending email with Rails. Introducing his review of the 2nd Ed in which he awards a rating of 4.5 Ian Elliot writes: "This book takes a very realistic approach. It is pretty demanding but worth the effort."

 

Author:Michael Hartl

Publisher: Addison Wesley
Date: April 29, 2015
Pages: 744
ISBN: 978-0134077703
Print: 0134077709
Kindle: B00WN5J43E
Category: Ruby
Level: Intermediate

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See our review of Ruby on Rails 3 Tutorial 2nd Ed in which Ian Elliot gives a rating of 4.5 out of 5. He begins by saying:

"This book takes a very realistic approach. It is pretty demanding but worth the effort."

His conclusion is:

Overall the book is well written and nicely paced. ... As long as you like the "learn by doing" method and are prepared to actually do then this comes highly recommended.

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