Beginning Ruby on Rails E-Commerce: From Novice to Professional

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作者：Christian Hellsten, Jarkko Laine
出版日期：July 4, 2008
出版社：Apress
页数：448
ISBN：ISBN-10: 1590597362 ISBN-13: 978-1590597361
文件格式：PDF

Product Description
Beginning Ruby on Rails E-Commerce: From Novice to Professionalis the first book of its kind to guide you through producing e-commerceapplications with Railsthe stacked web framework taking the world bystorm. The book dives right into the process of creating aproduction-level web application using agile methodologies andtest-driven development combined with Rails best practices. Youll takeadvantage of the latest crop of Rails plug-ins and helpers that willradically improve your programming schedule. Youll also create a realapplication step-by-step, plus the book is driven by real-world casesthroughout.
You will begin by learning how to install Rails and quickly create aproduct catalog interfaced with your choice of database technologies.Then youll discover how to build modern, Ajax-powered shopping cartsand add useful features like customer feedback modules. Next youlllearn how to integrate your application with open source packages likethe Ferret full-text search engine, and how to interface with back-endelectronic payment systems. Youll also learn how to make yourapplication work flawlessly with existing production systems using webservices, and then ultimately deploy and tune your application forproduction use.
About the Author
Christian Hellsten is the founder of Aktagon Ltd., a provider ofconsulting services and custom Internet software development, and CTOof Sanda Interactive Ltd. He has worked on large-scale e-businessprojects as a consultant for PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting and IBMBusiness Consulting Services. Christian’s background is in J2EE, but hefell in love with Ruby on Rails at first sight, and has been using itprofessionally ever since to build web applications. When he is notchanging the diapers of his two young daughters at his home in Finland,Christian enjoys researching new and better ways of building software.
Jarkko Laine is the owner and CEO of O’Design, a Rails-based webdesign shop. He has been using Ruby on Rails since 2004 and hascontributed patches to the core developer team, as well as contributingto several Rails plug-ins. He has provided Rails consultancy for anumber of high-profile organizations, including a major mobile phonemanufacturer, Starnet Systems, and Reforge Oy. He has also taught Railsat the university level and delivers lectures about Rails around theworld. He lives in Tampere, Finland, with his girlfriend Maria and agrowing list of pending household chores. For more information aboutthe book, please visit www.railsecommerce.com.