Agile Web Development with Rails 5.1

Foreword to the Rails 5 Edition

You’ve made a great decision to learn Ruby on Rails. The language, framework, and community have never been in better shape, and the community has never been easier to join than it is today. The early days of the frontier are gone, and while some of the cowboy excitement went with it, what we have instead is a sophisticated, modern, and functional state.

The spoils of such progress will hopefully become apparent as you work your way through this book. Ruby on Rails takes care of an inordinate amount of what most developers need most of the time. In the world of web development, that’s an awful lot! An overwhelming lot at times.

But don’t be intimidated. You don’t need to understand every fine point and every ...