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The Art of Rails View Larger Image | Edward Benson
Wrox Press, Paperback, Published April 2008, 312 pages, ISBN 0470189487 | List Price: $39.99
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Chapter 1: Emergence(y)of the New Web
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The Art of Rails is a book about the design of modern web applications. This
book identifies and describes the fundamental design strategies that have emerged
for the New Web and demonstrates their application with Ruby on Rails-based
examples. Discussion is kept technical but casual, and code examples serve to
illustrate the point without causing the reader's eyes to gloss over. The book
accomplishes two important objectives: to teach good Rails programmers how to
be great Rails designers, and to communicate to non-Rails developers the fundamental
design strategies that constitute the "Rails" concept so that they may be employed
a la carte to their own web development.
The market and programming community is in great need of a book like this.
The design patterns and methodologies outlined in the book represent the very
latest in web design techniques, and a book that cleanly and enjoyably collects
them will be a hit. The book uses the language of the Rails community, but does
not have to be read as a book about Rails specifically. As such it both serves
as an invaluable resource for Ruby on Rails developers and also a long-lasting
guide to the principles of modern web design and development. The Art of Rails
describes the latest step in the evolution of web application design. The "Rails"
concept, as created by Ruby on Rails, is a completely new way of thinking about
web development, including new abstractions, design methodologies, and programming
techniques. Learning to think like a Rails designer will enable you to quickly
design and write concise code with elegance and maintainability. This book also
examines several of the latest techniques, including REST-based design, Ajax,
and Web Services, in a way that acquaints you with deep understanding of the
fundamental idea so that the mechanics of coding can fall into place.
Table of Contents
1. Emergence(y) of the New Web.
2. The Rails Concept.
3. The Server as an Application.
4. Getting the Most from M, V, and C.
5. Beautiful Web APIs.
6. Resources and REST.
7. The Five Styles of AJAX.
8. Playing with Blocks.
9. Mixins and Monkey Patching.
10. Code That Writes Code (That Writes Code).
11. How I Loved to Stop Worrying and Love the Schema.
12. Behavior-Driven Development and RSpec.
Index.
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