Agile Web Development with Rails
By: Sam Ruby, Dave Thomas, David Heinemeier Hansson; with Leon Breedt, Mike Clark, Justin Gehtland, James Duncan Davidson, and Andreas Schwarz
Contributors: Leon Breedt; Mike Clark; Justin Gehtland; James Duncan Davidson; Andreas Schwarz
Edition: Third Edition
Series: The Facets of Ruby
Publisher: Pragmatic Bookshelf
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Raleigh, NC
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 767
ISBN-13: 9781934356166
First sentence: Ruby on Rails is a framework that makes it easier to develop, deploy, and maintain web applications.
Description: [from back cover]

Ruby on Rails is a full-stack MVC web framework that helps you produce high-quality, beautiful-looking web applications in less time than you'd think possible.  You concentrate on the application, and rails takes care of the details.  You can even write JavaScript-enable applications without writing a line of JavaScript code.

Rails has Evolved over the years, and this book has evolved along with it.  We still start with a step-by-step walkthrough of building a real application, and we still have in-depth chapters looking at the built-in Rails features.  But we also now feature a new emphasis on Rails resources and highlight the best-practices used by today's Rails developers.

With this book, you'll  
• Follow along with an extended tutorial as we write a web-based store application;  
• Learn how Rails eliminates tedious configuration and housekeeping;  
• Find out how to internationalize your applications;  
• See how to incorporate Ajax, REST, web services, and e-mail handling into your application;  
• Test your applications as you write them using the built-in unit, function, and integration-testing frameworks; and  
• Deploy your applications, easily and securely.  

This book covers Rails 2—it's a major rewrite of the previous edition.