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Learn Rails the way the Rails core team recommends it along with the tens of thousands of developers who have used this broad far-reaching tutorial & reference If you're new to Rails you'll get step-by-step guidance If you're an experienced developer get the comprehensive insider information you need for the latest version of Ruby on Rails The new edition of this award-winning classic is completely updated for Rails 51 & Ruby 24 with information on system testing Webpack & advanced Java Script Ruby on Rails helps you produce high-quality beautiful-looking web applications quickly---you concentrate on creating the application & Rails takes care of the details Rails 51 brings many improvements & this edition is updated to cover the new features & changes in best practices We start with a step-by-step walkthrough of building a real application & 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 & housekeeping; seamlessly incorporate Ajax & Java Script; send emails & manage background jobs with Active Job; build real-time features using Web Sockets & Action Cable Test your applications as you write them using the built-in unit integration & system testing frameworks; internationalize your applications; & deploy your applications easily & securely New in this edition is support for Webpack & advanced Java Script as well as Rails' new browser-based system testing Rails 10 was released in December 2005 This book was there from the start & 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 & 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

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