num_pages: 708
description: This encyclopedic book is not only a definitive Rails reference but an indispensable guide to Software-as-a-Service coding techniques for serious craftspersons. I keep a copy in the lab a copy at home and a copy on each of my three e-book readers and it's on the short list of essential resources for my undergraduate software engineering course.---Armando Fox adjunct associate professor University of California BerkeleyEveryone interested in Rails at some point has to follow The Rails Way.---Fabio Cevasco senior technical writer Siemens AG and blogger at H3RALD.comI can positively say that it's the single best Rails book ever published to date. By a long shot.---Antonio Cangiano software engineer and technical evangelist at IBMThis book is a great crash course in Ruby on Rails! It doesn't just document the features of Rails it filters everything through the lens of an experienced Rails developer---so you come our a pro on the other side.---Dirk Elmendorf co-founder of Rackspace and Rails developer since 2005The key to The Rails Way is in the title. It literally covers the way to do almost everything with Rails. Writing a truly exhaustive reference to the most popular Web application framework used by thousands of developers is no mean feat. A thankful community of developers that has struggled to rely on scant documentation will embrace The Rails Way with open arms. A tour de force!---Peter Cooper editor Ruby InsideIn the past year dozens of Rails books have been rushed to publication. A handful are good. Most regurgitate rudimentary information easily found on the Web. Only this book provides both the broad and deep technicalities of Rails. Nascent and expert developers. I recommend you follow The Rails Way.---Martin Streicher chief technology officer McLarchy Interactive; former editor-in-chief of Linux MagazineHal Fulton's The Ruby Way has always been by my side as a reference while programming Ruby. Many times I had wished there was a book that had the same depth and attention to detail only focused on the Rails framework. That book is now here and hasn't left my desk for the past month.---Nate Klaiber Ruby programmerAs noted in my contribution to the What is the Rails Way (To You)? I knew soon after becoming involved with Rails that I had found something great. Now with Obie's book I have been able to step into Ruby on Rails development coming from .NET and be productive right away. The applications I have created I believe to be a much better quality due to the techniques I learned using Obie's knowledge.---Robert Baziner InfoQ.com .NET and Ruby community editor and founding member of the Hartford CT Ruby BrigadeExtremely well written; it's a resource that every Rails programmer should have. Yes it's that good.---Reuven Lerner Linux Journal columnist
language: English
title: The Rails 3 Way
publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional