Rails 7 completely redefines what it means to produce fantastic user experiences and provides a way to achieve all the benefits of single-page applications - at a fraction of the complexity. Rails 7 integrates the Hotwire frameworks of Stimulus and Turbo directly as the new defaults, together with that hot newness of import maps. The result is a toolkit so powerful that it allows a single individual to create modern applications upon which they can build a competitive business. The way it used to be.
Ruby on Rails helps you produce high-quality, beautiful-looking web applications quickly - you concentrate on creating the application, and Rails takes care of the details. Rails 7 brings many improvements, and this edition is updated to cover the new features and changes in best practices.
We start with a step-by-step walkthrough of building a real application, and in-depth chapters look at the built-in Rails features. Follow along with an extended tutorial as you write a web-based store application. Eliminate tedious configuration and housekeeping, seamlessly incorporate JavaScript, send and receive emails, manage background jobs with ActiveJob, and build real-time features using WebSockets and ActionCable. Test your applications as you write them using the built-in unit, integration, and system testing frameworks, internationalize your applications, and deploy your applications easily and securely.
Rails 1.0 was released in December 2005. This book was there from the start, and didn't just evolve alongside Rails, it evolved with Rails. It has been developed in consultation with the Rails core team. In fact, Rails itself is tested against the code in this book.
What You Need:
All you need is a Windows, Mac OS X, or Linux machine to do development on. This book will take you through the steps to install Rails and its dependencies. If you aren't familiar with the Ruby programming language, this book contains a chapter that covers the basics necessary to understand the material in the book.
Author(s): Sam Ruby, Dave Thomas
Edition: 1
Publisher: Pragmatic Bookshelf
Year: 2023
Language: English
Commentary: Publisher's PDF
Pages: 474
City: Raleigh, NC
Tags: Ruby; Web Applications; Application Development; Object-Oriented Programming; Unit Testing; Rails
Cover
Table of Contents
Foreword to the Rails 7 Edition
Preface to the Rails 7 Edition
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Rails Simply Feels Right
Rails Is Agile
Who This Book Is For
How to Read This Book
Part I—Getting Started
1. Installing Rails
Installing on Windows
Installing on macOS
Installing on Linux
Choosing a Rails Version
Setting Up Your Development Environment
Rails and Databases
2. Instant Gratification
Creating a New Application
Hello, Rails!
Linking Pages Together
When Things Go Wrong
3. The Architecture of Rails Applications
Models, Views, and Controllers
Rails Model Support
Action Pack: The View and Controller
4. Introduction to Ruby
Ruby Is an Object-Oriented Language
Data Types
Logic
Organizing Structures
Marshaling Objects
Pulling It All Together
Ruby Idioms
Part II—Building an Application
5. The Depot Application
Incremental Development
What Depot Does
Let's Code
6. Task A: Creating the Application
Iteration A1: Creating the Product Maintenance Application
Iteration A2: Making Prettier Listings
7. Task B: Validation and Unit Testing
Iteration B1: Validating!
Iteration B2: Unit Testing of Models
8. Task C: Catalog Display
Iteration C1: Creating the Catalog Listing
Iteration C2: Adding a Page Layout
Iteration C3: Using a Helper to Format the Price
Iteration C4: Functional Testing of Controllers
Iteration C5: Caching of Partial Results
9. Task D: Cart Creation
Iteration D1: Finding a Cart
Iteration D2: Connecting Products to Carts
Iteration D3: Adding a Button
10. Task E: A Smarter Cart
Iteration E1: Creating a Smarter Cart
Iteration E2: Handling Errors
Iteration E3: Finishing the Cart
11. Task F: Hotwiring the Storefront
Iteration F1: Moving the Cart
Iteration F2: Creating a Hotwired Cart
Iteration F3: Highlighting Changes
Iteration F4: Broadcasting Updates with Action Cable
12. Task G: Check Out!
Iteration G1: Capturing an Order
Iteration G2: Adding Fields Dynamically to a Form
Iteration G3: Testing Our JavaScript Functionality
13. Task H: Sending Emails and Processing Payments Efficiently
Iteration H1: Sending Confirmation Emails
Iteration H2: Connecting to a Slow Payment Processor with Active Job
14. Task I: Logging In
Iteration I1: Adding Users
Iteration I2: Authenticating Users
Iteration I3: Limiting Access
Iteration I4: Adding a Sidebar, More Administration
15. Task J: Internationalization
Iteration J1: Selecting the Locale
Iteration J2: Translating the Storefront
Iteration J3: Translating Checkout
Iteration J4: Adding a Locale Switcher
16. Task K: Receive Emails and Respond with Rich Text
Iteration K1: Receiving Support Emails with Action Mailbox
Iteration K2: Storing Support Requests from Our Mailbox
Iteration K3: Responding with Rich Text
17. Task L: Deployment and Production
Configuring the Database
Managing Secrets
Building a Docker Image
Getting Up and Running
Checking Up on a Deployed Application
18. Depot Retrospective
Rails Concepts
Documenting What We've Done
Part III—Rails in Depth
19. Finding Your Way Around Rails
Where Things Go
Naming Conventions
20. Active Record
Defining Your Data
Locating and Traversing Records
Creating, Reading, Updating, and Deleting (CRUD)
Participating in the Monitoring Process
Transactions
21. Action Dispatch and Action Controller
Dispatching Requests to Controllers
Processing of Requests
Objects and Operations That Span Requests
22. Action View
Using Templates
Generating Forms
Processing Forms
Uploading Files to Rails Applications
Using Helpers
Reducing Maintenance with Layouts and Partials
23. Migrations
Creating and Running Migrations
Anatomy of a Migration
Managing Tables
Advanced Migrations
When Migrations Go Bad
Schema Manipulation Outside Migrations
24. Customizing and Extending Rails
Creating a Reusable Web Component
Testing with RSpec
Creating HTML Templates with Slim
Customizing Rails in Other Ways
Where to Go from Here
Bibliography
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