September 2007
Beginner
1424 pages
43h 19m
English
Convention is the ruler of all. | ||
| --Pindar | ||
Where the telescope ends, the microscope begins. Which of the two has the grander view? | ||
| --Victor Hugo | ||
...We grow more partial for the observer’s sake. | ||
| --Alexander Pope | ||
Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. | ||
| --George Santayana | ||
Let’s look at the record. | ||
| --Alfred Emanuel Smith | ||
All that matters is that the miraculous become the norm. | ||
| --Henry Miller | ||
OBJECTIVES
In this chapter you will learn:
Basic Ruby programming.
How to use the Rails framework.
The Model-View-Controller paradigm.
How to use ActiveRecord to model a database.
How to construct web applications that interact with a database.
How to create a web-based message forum.
How to develop Ajax-enabled applications ...
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