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A. NotodikromoLearn Rails 6https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-6026-5_1

1. First Things Rails

Adam Notodikromo1 
(1)
Tokyo, Japan
 

At the risk of sounding glib, every piece of software really is a work of art.

We engineers make something out of nothing, sparking an idea into its own living universe. If we say, “Let there be a person!” lo and behold, we can have that.

This chapter is not a typical introductory chapter. The primary goal of this chapter is to acquaint you with the process of developing and deploying a Rails app. You will learn how to create a database and how to make use of it. We will also build a web interface for our app. Guesto will be born, and billions of Earthlings can have access to it. This chapter hopes ...

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