Rails Recipes: Rails 3 Edition

by Chad Fowler

Written for novice to intermediate Rails developers, Rails Rails 3 Edition is packed with solutions to 70 of the most vexing problems you're likely to face on the job. From building custom forms and powering pages with JQuery to integrating with legacy databases, it's all here. Each recipe has been updated to reflect the latest features of Rails 3.1 and each lays out a distinctive solution to a problem you may be facing today or could well encounter tomorrow. In addition, you'll find half the book is stocked with new eye-opening solutions to such common problems as how to extend Rails, test and deploy your sites, or add a web service to your actions. And each recipe not only lays out a succinct solution, but explains its rationale and the technologies that make it work. Loaded with the insights of a Rails community leader, members of the Rails core team and other experts, this is the book you'll want to have at your side as you craft your next project.

Genres: Programming, Reference, Software, Nonfiction, Technical, Technology, Web

280 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2012

About the author

Chad Fowler has been a software developer and manager for some of the world's largest corporations. He recently lived and worked in India, setting up and leading an offshore software development center. He is co-founder of Ruby Central, Inc., a non-profit corporation responsible for the annual International Ruby Conference and The International Rails Conference, and is a leading contributor in the Ruby community.

Reviews

[Serge Boucher · Rating 3 out of 5]

What it says on the cover : 70 solutions to common problems. The recipes seems less advanced to me than what you'd find in most of O'Reilly's Cookbooks, for example, but they're varied enough and the short time you'll need to read the book will probably prove profitable.

[Matt]

Good book. I wont go into details.

[RJ]

Rails Recipes (Pragmatic Programmers) by Chad Fowler (2006)

[Mahmoud Adly · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was a recipe to boost my knowledge of Rails development. Sometimes it has simple recipes, sometimes i get stuck with more complicated ones. All in all, I loved it.

[Dan Ofer · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very useful

[Jan Toth · Rating 4 out of 5]

Book full of useful 70 recipes that solve real application problems. Very suitable for novice and also intermediate RoR programmers.

[Steven · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excellent book of best practices and quick solutions for the practicing Rails developer.