Learn Ruby on Rails: Book One

Get the book that is called "The best Rails book for beginners."

Get this book by renowned teacher and author Daniel Kehoe. No other tutorial does a better job of explaining the concepts. Master the basics. Learn the practices you'll use in the workplace as a professional Rails developer. Learn in a weekend, building a real-life web application, using the newest Rails version.

Is It For You?

• You've got experience with the web and need to learn Rails
• You don't know how to program -- but want to learn
• You want to build an application
• You want to start a career as a professional web developer

What Experts Are Saying

"Learn Ruby on Rails is a great book for anyone starting to learn web development, giving you the context and explanations at the right time in an encouraging way."

"If you're new to web development, I recommend Daniel Kehoe's excellent Learn Ruby on Rails book. Learn Ruby on Rails is the gentlest introduction to Rails that I know of, so it's a great place for beginners to start."

Chapters and Topics

• Introduction - What You'll Learn
• Concepts - How the Web Works, What is Rails?, Gems, Git, Testing, Rails Stacks
• Get Help When You Need It - Stack Overflow, Meetups, Pair Programming, Code Reviews
• Plan Your Product - User Stories, Wireframes and Mockups, Behavior-Driven Development
• Manage Your Project - Kanban, Trello, Agile
• Accounts You May Need - GitHub, Gmail, MailChimp, Heroku
• Get Started - Text Editor, Terminal, Unix commands, Installing Ruby
• Create the Application - Starter Applications, Rails New, Server, Log Messages
• The Parking Structure - Rails Files and Folders Explained
• Time Travel with Git - Configuring Git, Repository, GitIgnore, Git Workflow, GitHub
• Gems - Where Do Gems Live?, Gemfile, Bundler
• Configure - Environment Variables, Config Secrets File, Configure Email
• Static Pages and Routing - Public Folder, Home Page, About Page, Routes
• Request and Response - Browser Developer Tools View, Document Object Model, Model View Controller
• Dynamic Home Page - Naming Conventions, Routing, Model, View, Controller
• Troubleshoot - Interactive Ruby Shell, Rails Console, Logger, Stack Trace, Exceptions
• Just Enough Ruby - Ruby Literacy, Object-Oriented Terminology, Ruby Basics
• Layout and Views - Template Languages, ERB, Application Layout, Boilerplate, Yield, View Helpers
• Front-End Framework - Asset Pipeline, Navigation, Partials, Messages, Zurb Foundation
• Add Pages - High Voltage Gem, Contact Page
• Contact Form - SimpleForm, Params Hash, Validation, ActiveModel, RESTful Controllers, Security
• Spreadsheet Connection - APIs, Connecting to Google Drive, Service-Oriented Architecture
• Send Mail - Mailer, Queueing and Background Jobs
• Mailing List - APIs
• Deploy - Heroku
• Analytics - Google Analytics, Segment, Turbolinks, Page and Event Tracking
• Testing - Why Test?, What Are Tests?, Minitest, Capybara, Feature Tests, TDD
• Rails Composer - Starter Applications
• Rails Challenges - Overcoming Obstacles
• Crossing the Chasm - Building Your Own Applications, Finding a Mentor, Self-Help Strategies
• Level Up - What to Learn Next

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