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    Ruby on Rails® for Microsoft Developers

    • Ruby on Rails® for Microsoft Developers

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    • Publisher: Wrox

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    • Print ISBN: 978-0-470-37495-5

    • Web ISBN: 0-470374-95-0

    • Pages in Print Edition: 479

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    Overview

    This definitive guide examines how to take advantage of the new Agile methodologies offered when using Ruby on Rails (RoR). You'll quickly grasp the RoR methodology by focusing on the RoR development from the point of view of the beginner- to intermediate-level Microsoft developer. Plus, you'll get a reliable roadmap for migrating your applications, skill set, and development processes to the newer, more agile programming platform that RoR offers.

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    Table of Contents

     Index

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    Copyright

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    Dedication

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    About the Author

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    Credits

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    Acknowledgments

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    Introduction

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    1 Token    Chapter 1. Getting Started with Rails
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    Section 1.1. The Rise and Challenges of Web Development

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    Section 1.2. What Is Rails?

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    Section 1.3. A Brief History of Rails

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    Section 1.4. Installing Rails

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    Section 1.5. Editors and IDEs

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    Section 1.6. Whetting Your Appetite

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    Section 1.7. Summary

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    1 Token    Chapter 2. Understanding Rails
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    Section 2.1. Misconceptions about Rails

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    Section 2.2. Understanding MVC

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    Section 2.3. Rails' Standard Packages

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    Section 2.4. Understanding Rails' Main Principles

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    Section 2.5. Rails vs. ASP.NET vs. ASP.NET MVC

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    Section 2.6. Summary

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    1 Token    Chapter 3. Ruby's Data Types
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    Section 3.1. What's Ruby?

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    Section 3.2. Hello, Ruby!

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    Section 3.3. Your New Best Friends

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    Section 3.4. Ruby's Essential Data Types

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    Section 3.5. Summary

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    1 Token    Chapter 4. Programming Ruby
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    Section 4.1. Defining Methods

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    Section 4.2. Conditionals

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    Section 4.3. Looping

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    Section 4.4. Exception Handling

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    Section 4.5. Objects and Classes

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    Section 4.6. Modules and Mixins

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    Section 4.7. Metaprogramming

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    Section 4.8. Method Name Resolution

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    Section 4.9. Alternative Ruby Implementations

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    Section 4.10. Summary

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    1 Token    Chapter 5. A Working Sample
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    Section 5.1. Creating a New Rails Application

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    Section 5.2. Scaffolding and Migrations

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    Section 5.3. A RESTful Application

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    Section 5.4. Analyzing the Model

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    Section 5.5. Analyzing the Controller

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    Section 5.6. Analyzing the View Layer

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    Section 5.7. Adding Partials

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    Section 5.8. Adding Validations

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    Section 5.9. Adding a Bit of Style

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    Section 5.10. Setting a Default Time Zone

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    Section 5.11. Adding Support for Textile

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    Section 5.12. Using named_scope

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    Section 5.13. Adding a Custom REST Action

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    Section 5.14. Summary

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    1 Token    Chapter 6. Incremental Development, Logging, and Debugging
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    Section 6.1. Adding Pagination

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    Section 6.2. Adding Comments

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    Section 6.3. Defining Associations

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    Section 6.4. Nested Resources

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    Section 6.5. Runtime Environments

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    Section 6.6. Logging

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    Section 6.7. Debugging

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    Section 6.8. Rails Directory Structure

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    Section 6.9. Summary

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    1 Token    Chapter 7. Object-Relational Mapping with ActiveRecord
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    Section 7.1. Supported Databases

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    Section 7.2. ActiveRecord Outside of Rails

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    Section 7.3. Object-Relational Mapping

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    Section 7.4. CRUD Operations

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    Section 7.5. ActiveRecord Associations

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    Section 7.6. ActiveRecord Validations

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    Section 7.7. Advanced ActiveRecord

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    Section 7.8. Testing Models

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    Section 7.9. Summary

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    1 Token    Chapter 8. Handling Requests with ActionController
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    Section 8.1. Defining Routes with map.connect

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    Section 8.2. Named Routes

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    Section 8.3. RESTful Routes

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    Section 8.4. Working with Controllers

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    Section 8.5. Rendering

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    Section 8.6. Accessing the Request and Response Environment

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    Section 8.7. Maintaining the State

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    Section 8.8. Filters

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    Section 8.9. Testing Controllers

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    Section 8.10. Summary

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    1 Token    Chapter 9. Rendering the User Interface with ActionView
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    Section 9.1. Working with Templates

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    Section 9.2. Built-in Template Engines

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    Section 9.3. Adding an RSS and Atom Feed

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    Section 9.4. Helpers

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    Section 9.5. Adding a Sprinkle of Ajax

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    Section 9.6. Alternatives

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    Section 9.7. Summary

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    1 Token    Chapter 10. ActiveResource and Web Services
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    Section 10.1. ActiveResource

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    Section 10.2. SOAP, XML-RPC, and ActionWebService

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    Section 10.3. Summary

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    1 Token    Chapter 11. Going Into Production
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    Section 11.1. Security Considerations

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    Section 11.2. Performance and Optimization

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    Section 11.3. Deploying Rails

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    Section 11.4. A Few Enterprise Pointers

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    Section 11.5. Upgrading to Rails 2.3

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    Section 11.6. Summary

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    1 Token    Appendix A. Additional Resources
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    Section A.1. HTML and JavaScript

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    Section A.2. Ruby and Rails

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    Section A.3. Recommended Books

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