Agile Web Development with Rails: A Pragmatic Guide
Written by Clement Faria on November 19, 2009 under Web Development.
Product Description
Rails is a full-stack, open source web framework that enables you to create full-featured, sophisticated web-based applications, but with a twist… A full Rails application probably has less total code than the XML you’d need to configure the same application in other frameworks. With this book you’ll learn how to use “ActiveRecord” to connect business objects and database tables. No more painful object-relational mapping. Just create your business objects and let … More >>
Agile Web Development with Rails: A Pragmatic Guide
Thomas DeBenning
November 19, 2009 at 5:17 am
When trying to do a book on the combination of the two I don’t like it. I purchased this book because it was one of the few books on Ruby on Rails available. I certainly understand how Rails and Ruby benefits the Agile developer. Unfortunately I was looking for a more traditional technical book on a single technology topic, not two put together.
Once I got over that the book was fine but I have read better books and I have read worse.
Rating: 3 / 5
Robert Maagdenberg
November 19, 2009 at 7:30 am
I thought the book was well written , concise with plenty of examples–especially the part about the css style sheets. I myself will recommend this book to any one who is interested in web development as I have currently used much of their work in my client sites such as:
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Take a look of what I have implemented as it pertains to the book
Rating: 4 / 5
E. Richardson
November 19, 2009 at 9:50 am
It is difficult to write a book that is useful to both first time users and advanced users. I bought this book without ever having used ruby before. I have since started training people in Rails development. I still use my well worn copy quite frequently.
Rating: 5 / 5
K. Victor Volle
November 19, 2009 at 12:44 pm
Would have been 5 stars, but …
Wait for the second edition. Ruby on Rails has changed very much.
If you (as of this writing) search for the ISBN (0977616630) of the second edition, Amazon will “find” the first edition (ISBN: 097669400X).
Rating: 1 / 5
Antonio A. Rodriguez
November 19, 2009 at 1:35 pm
I’ve played with web development in PHP, and though I enjoy it, the time required to develop the structure and functionality of a website takes a while. After hearing a presentation on Ruby on Rails, I decided that I would check it out. After perusing many websites, I found it to be very quick in developing the structure, but I had minor trouble with the functionality, mainly because of my unfamiliarity with Ruby.
After acquiring experience with Ruby, this book is a great way to understand the Rails methodology. Don’t expect it to teach you Ruby, though; the main focus of the book is the Rails framework and the Agile development process. Be ready to invest in a good Ruby reference along with purchasing this.
Rating: 5 / 5