Agile Web Development with Rails 8 (Pragmatic Programmer)
Wednesday, 13 August 2025

This book shows how Rails can be used to produce high-quality, beautiful-looking web applications quickly. Sam Ruby and Dave Thomas start with a step-by-step walkthrough of building a real application, then move on to look in depth at the built-in Rails features. 

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The book has an extended tutorial as you write a web-based store application. This shows how to eliminate tedious configuration and housekeeping, seamlessly incorporate JavaScript, send and receive emails, manage background jobs with ActiveJob, and build real-time features using WebSockets and ActionCable.

Author: Sam Ruby and Dave Thomas
Publisher: Pragmatic Bookshelf
Date: August 2025
Pages: 475
ISBN: 978-8888651346
Print: B0DXPFFXD9
Audience: Rails developers
Level: Introductory/Intermediate
Category: Ruby

 

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