Ruby on Rails Tutorial: Learn Web Development with Rails, 7th Edition

Length: 896 pages
Edition: 7
Language: English
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional
Publication Date: 2022-11-28
ISBN-10: 013804984X
ISBN-13: 9780138049843
Sales Rank: #888535 (See Top 100 Books)

“Ruby on Rails™ Tutorial by Michael Hartl has become a must-read for developers learning how to build Rails apps.”
–Peter Cooper, Editor of Ruby Inside

Used by sites as varied as Hulu, GitHub, Shopify, and Airbnb, Ruby on Rails is one of the most popular frameworks for developing web applications, but it can be challenging to learn and use. Whether you’re new to web development or new only to Rails, Ruby on Rails™ Tutorial, Seventh Edition, is the solution.

Best-selling author and leading Rails developer Michael Hartl teaches Rails by guiding you through the development of three example applications of increasing sophistication. The tutorial’s examples focus on the general principles of web development needed for virtually any kind of website. The updates to this edition include full compatibility with Rails 7.

This indispensable guide provides integrated tutorials not only for Rails, but also for the essential Ruby, HTML, CSS, and SQL skills you need when developing web applications. Hartl explains how each new technique solves a real-world problem, and then he demonstrates it with bite-sized code that’s simple enough to understand while still being useful. Whatever your previous web-development experience, this book will guide you to true Rails mastery.

This book will help you

Set up your Rails development environment
Record version changes with Git and create a secure remote repository at GitHub
Deploy your applications early and often with Heroku
Go beyond generated code to truly understand how to build Rails applications from scratch
Learn testing and test-driven development (TDD)
Effectively use the model-view-controller (MVC) pattern
Structure applications using the REST architecture
Build static pages and transform them into dynamic ones
Master the Ruby programming skills all Rails developers need
Create high-quality site layouts and data models
Implement registration and authentication systems, including validation and secure passwords
Update, display, and delete users
Upload and display images using Active Storage and Amazon S3
Implement account activation and password reset, including sending email with Rails
Integrate JavaScript with Rails using Importmap
Add social features and microblogging, including an introduction to Hotwire and Turbo

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Cover Page
About This eBook
Halftitle Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Foreword
Preface
    Chapter by Chapter
    Additional Features
    Final Thoughts
    Learn Enough Scholarships
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Chapter 1. From Zero to Deploy
    1.1 Up and Running
    1.2 The First Application
    1.3 Version Control with Git
    1.4 Deploying
    1.5 Conclusion
    1.6 Conventions Used in This Book
Chapter 2. A Toy App
    2.1 Planning the Application
    2.2 The Users Resource
    2.3 The Microposts Resource
    2.4 Conclusion
Chapter 3. Mostly Static Pages
    3.1 Sample App Setup
    3.2 Static Pages
    3.3 Getting Started with Testing
    3.4 Slightly Dynamic Pages
    3.5 Conclusion
    3.6 Advanced Testing Setup
Chapter 4. Rails-Flavored Ruby
    4.1 Motivation
    4.2 Strings and Methods
    4.3 Other Data Structures
    4.4 Ruby Classes
    4.5 Conclusion
Chapter 5. Filling in the Layout
    5.1 Adding Some Structure
    5.2 Sass and the Asset Pipeline
    5.3 Layout Links
    5.4 User Signup: A First Step
    5.5 Conclusion
Chapter 6. Modeling Users
    6.1 User Model
    6.2 User Validations
    6.3 Adding a Secure Password
    6.4 Conclusion
Chapter 7. Sign Up
    7.1 Showing Users
    7.2 Signup Form
    7.3 Unsuccessful Signups
    7.4 Successful Signups
    7.5 Professional-Grade Deployment
    7.6 Conclusion
Chapter 8. Basic Login
    8.1 Sessions
    8.2 Logging In
    8.3 Logging Out
    8.4 Conclusion
Chapter 9. Advanced Login
    9.1 Remember Me
    9.2 “Remember Me” Checkbox
    9.3 Remember Tests
    9.4 Conclusion
Chapter 10. Updating, Showing, and Deleting Users
    10.1 Updating Users
    10.2 Authorization
    10.3 Showing All Users
    10.4 Deleting Users
    10.5 Conclusion
Chapter 11. Account Activation
    11.1 Account Activations Resource
    11.2 Account Activation Emails
    11.3 Activating the Account
    11.4 Email in Production
    11.5 Conclusion
Chapter 12. Password Reset
    12.1 Password Resets Resource
    12.2 Password Reset Emails
    12.3 Resetting the Password
    12.4 Email in Production (Take 2)
    12.5 Conclusion
    12.6 Proof of Expiration Comparison
Chapter 13. User Microposts
    13.1 A Micropost Model
    13.2 Showing Microposts
    13.3 Manipulating Microposts
    13.4 Micropost Images
    13.5 Conclusion
Chapter 14. Following Users
    14.1 The Relationship Model
    14.2 A Web Interface for Following Users
    14.3 The Status Feed
    14.4 Conclusion
Index
Credits
Code Snippets