Beginning Rails 4, 3rd ed. by Gamble, Adam -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover Title Copyright Dedication Contents at a Glance Contents About the Authors About the Technical Reviewer Introduction Chapter 1: Introducing the Rails Framework

The Rise and Rise of the Web Application The Web Is’t Perfect The Good Web Framework Enter Rails

Rails Is Ruby Rails Encourages Agility Rails Is Opinionated Software Rails Is Open Source

The MVC Pattern

The MVC Cycle The Layers of MVC

The Libraries That Make Up Rails Rails Is Modular Rails Is No Silver Bullet Summary

Chapter 2: Getting Started

An Overview of Rails Installation Installing on Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion

Installing the Apple Developer Tools (Xcode) Installing Command Line Tools Installing Homebrew Installing RVM Installing Rails

Installing on Windows

Installing Ruby Installing Rails Installing SQLite

Installing on Linux

Installing Ruby Installing Rails Installing SQLite

Creating Your First Rails Application

Starting the Built-In Web Server Generating a Controller Creating an Action Creating a Template

Summary

Chapter 3: Getting Something Running

An Overview of the Project Creating the Blog Application

Creating the Project Databases Creating the Article Model Creating a Database Table Generating a Controller Up and Running with Scaffolding Adding More Fields Adding Validations Generated Files

Summary

Chapter 4: Introduction to the Ruby Language

Instant Interaction Ruby Data Types

Strings Numbers Symbols Arrays and Hashes

Language Basics

Variables Operators Blocks and Iterators Control Structures Methods

Classes and Objects

Objects Classes

Ruby Documentation Summary

Chapter 5: Working with a Database: Active Record

Introducing Active Record: Object-Relational Mapping on Rails

What About SQL? Active Record Conventions

Introducing the Console Active Record Basics: CRUD

Creating New Records Reading (Finding) Records Updating Records Deleting Records

When Good Models Go Bad Summary

Chapter 6: Advanced Active Record: Enhancing Your Models

Adding Methods Using Associations

Declaring Associations Creating One-to-One Associations Creating One-to-Many Associations Applying Association Options Creating Many-to-Many Associations Creating Rich Many-to-Many Associations

Advanced Finding

Using the where Method Using an SQL Fragment Using an Array Condition Syntax Using Association Proxies Other Finder Methods Default Scope Named Scope

Applying Validations

Using Built-In Validations Building Custom Validation Methods

Making Callbacks

Updating the User Model

Reviewing the Updated Models Summary

Chapter 7: Action Pack: Working with the View and the Controller

Action Pack Components

Action Controller Action View Embedded Ruby Helpers Routing RESTful Resources Action Pack Request Cycle

A Controller Walk-Through

Setting Up Routes Revisiting the Scaffold Generator Rendering Responses Redirecting Understanding Templates Working with Layouts Looking at the Article Form Using Form Helpers Processing Request Parameters Revisiting the Controller Displaying Error Messages in Templates The edit and update Actions Revisiting the Views Staying DRY with Partials

Summary

Chapter 8: Advanced Action Pack

Generating a Controller Nested Resources Sessions and the Login/Logout Logic

Lying in State Using the Session Session as a Resource Logging In a User Logging Out a User

Improving Controllers and Templates

Cleaning Up the Articles Index Page Adding Categories to the Article Form Using Controller Callbacks Requiring Authentication with Filters Applying Filters to Controllers

Adding Finishing Touches

Using Action View Helpers Escaping HTML in Templates Formatting the Body Field Adding Edit Controls Making Sure Articles Have Owners Adding Custom Helpers Giving It Some Style

Summary

Chapter 9: JavaScript and CSS

Asset Concatenation and Compression

Secondary Languages Asset Pipeline Locations

Turbolinks Let’s Build Something!

Ajax and Rails jQuery and DOM Moving to Practice

Summary

Chapter 10: Sending and Receiving E-Mail

Setting Up Action Mailer

Configuring Mail Server Settings Configuring Application Settings

Sending E-Mail

Handling Basic E-Mail Sending HTML E-Mail Adding Attachments Letting Authors Know About Comments

Receiving E-Mail

Using a Rails Process Reading E-Mail Using POP or IMAP

Summary

Chapter 11: Testing Your Application

How Rails Handles Testing Unit Testing Your Rails Application

Testing the Article Model Testing Validations

Functional Testing Your Controllers

Testing the Articles Controller Creating a Test Helper Running the Full Test Suite

Integration Testing

Integration Testing the Blog Application Story-Based Testing

Running the Full Test Suite Summary

Chapter 12: Internationalization

Internationalization Logic in Rails Setting Up i18n in the Blog Application Localizing the Blog Application to Brazilian Portuguese Bilingual Blog Summary

Chapter 13: Deploying Your Rails Applications

Set Up an Account with Heroku Preparing Your Git Repository That’s it! Summary

Appendix A: Databases 101

Examining a Database Table Working with Tables

Selecting Data Inserting Data Updating Data Deleting Data

Understanding Relationships SQL and Active Record

Appendix B: The Rails Community

Beginning Rails 4 Channels Rails Mailing Lists Rails IRC Channel Rails Blogs and Podcasts Rails Guides Rails APIs Rails Source and Issue Tracking

Appendix C: Git

What Is Source Control Management? How Does It Work? Git

Installing Git Setting Global Parameters Initializing a Repository Ignoring Files Adding and Committing Branching and Merging Remote Repositories and Cloning Learning More

Other SCM Systems Online Resources

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