Ruby on Rails for Microsoft Developers

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作者：Antonio Cangiano
出版日期：April 6, 2009
出版社：Wrox Press
页数：480
ISBN：ISBN-10: 0470374950 ISBN-13: 978-0470374955
文件格式：PDF


Product Description
This definitive guide examines how to take advantage of the new Agilemethodologies offered when using Ruby on Rails (RoR). You’ll quicklygrasp the RoR methodology by focusing on the RoR development from thepoint of view of the beginner- to intermediate-level Microsoftdeveloper. Plus, you’ll get a reliable roadmap for migrating yourapplications, skill set, and development processes to the newer, moreagile programming platform that RoR offers.From the Back Cover
With its valuablecombination of simplicity and productivity, Ruby on Rails is aportable, extendable, open source web application framework thatquickly gained worldwide acclaim. The aim of this book is to make theenticing Rails methodology more approachable for developers who arealready familiar with Microsoft tools.
After an overview and brief history of the framework, you’ll focuson learning Rails development from the point of view of abeginner-to-intermediate level Microsoft developer.
The author explores all the fundamental aspects of Rails, andincludes comparisons and references to Microsoft development tools thatyou may already be familiar with. In doing so, he provides you with aneasier path to learn how Rails simplifies the design and implementationof web applications.
By serving as a roadmap for migrating your skill set, developmentprocesses, and applications to the newer Agile programming platformthat Rails offers, this book will help you leverage your existingskills so you can quickly take advantage of the full potential of Rails.
What you will learn from this book

• The Rails history and culture, as well as common misconceptions
• How to install Rails on Windows and other platforms
• How to grasp the Model-View-Controller (MVC) architecture pattern as implemented by Rails
• The different philosophies between Rails and Microsoft frameworks like ASP.NET and ASP.NET MVC
• The essentials of the Ruby language and its datatypes
• Techniques for creating and developing a new RESTful Rails application
• Using the ActiveRecord Object-Relational Mapper (ORM) to work with databases
• Publishing and consuming Web Services with Rails
• Getting ready for deployment in production

Who this book is for
This book is for programmers who have experience developing theMicrosoft Windows platform and are interested in learning more about,and getting the most out of, Ruby on Rails.
Wrox guides are crafted to make learning programming languages andtechnologies easier than you think. Written by programmers forprogrammers, they provide a structured, tutorial format that will guideyou through all the techniques involved.