Learning Rails 3: Rails from the Outside In

by Simon St. Laurent, Edd Dumbill

If you’re a web developer or designer ready to learn Rails, this unique book is the ideal way to start. Rather than throw you into the middle of the framework’s Model-View-Controller architecture, Learning Rails 3 works from the outside in. You’ll begin with the foundations of the Web you already know, and learn how to create something visible with Rails’ view layer. Then you’ll tackle the more difficult inner the database models and controller code. All you need to get started is HTML experience. Each chapter includes exercises and review questions to test your understanding as you go.

Genres: Programming, Computers, Reference, Technical

411 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2012

About the author

Simon St. Laurent is a Content Manager at LinkedIn Learning, focusing primarily on front-end web projects. He has been co-chair of the Fluent conference and of OSCON. He's authored or co-authored books including Introducing Elixir, Introducing Erlang, Learning Rails 3, XML Pocket Reference, 3rd, XML: A Primer, and Cookies.

You can find more of his writing on technology, Quakerism, and the Town of Dryden at simonstl.com.

Reviews

[Andrew · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent book for newcomers to Rails.