Foreword to the Rails 7 Edition
It’s been a long time since Ruby on Rails was the new kid on the block, but it’s more relevant than ever for developing websites and services. After more than sixteen years since its original release, Rails continues to mature as a platform that helps you get things done.
One of the secrets of Rails is something that its creator, David Heinemeier Hansson, calls conceptual compression. A careful building and layering of abstractions let you quickly start a task. Then, if and when you need to go deeper and take more control of a particular aspect of Rails, you can. You’ll see this in every facet of Rails. For example, ActiveRecord—Rails’ database layer—helps you quickly get data in and out of databases yet allows ...
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