Appendix B. Quick Reference
The whole purpose of this book has been to get you up and running quickly with Ruby on Rails. Youâve learned how the core pieces of Rails work and how to use Rails to build a basic web application. Rails contains more features and capabilities than can be covered in a quick-start book like this. This appendix contains a concise list of the features of Rails with links to more information.
Substantial parts of this quick reference are taken from âWhat Is Ruby on Railsâ by Curt Hibbs,[*] the âInVisible Ruby On Rails Reference 1.1.2â by InVisible GmbHd,[â ] and the official Ruby on Rails API documentation (http://api.rubyonrails.com). This appendix is released under the Creative Commons license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/) and can be downloaded from this bookâs web site: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/rubyrails.
General
Documentation
- API for local installation
gem_server
- Official Rails API
- Searchable Rails API
- Ruby documentation
- Excellent multi-API documentation
Includes Ruby, Ruby on Rails, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, DOM, and more: http://www.gotapi.com
Supported Web Servers
WEBrick |
Mongrel |
Lighttpd |
Apache |
MS IIS |
Learn more: http://wiki.rubyonrails.org/rails/pages/FAQ#webservers.
Supported Databases
DB2 |
Firebird |
MySQL |
Oracle |
PostgreSQL |
SQLite |
SQL Server |
Learn more: http://wiki.rubyonrails.org/rails/pages/DatabaseDrivers.
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