Ruby on Rails For Dummies 1st Edition by Barry Burd (PDF)

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Quickly create Web sites with this poweful toolUse this free and easy programming language for e-commerce sites and blogsIf you need to build Web and database applications quickly but you don’t dream in computer code, take heart! Ruby on Rails was created for you, and this book will have you up and running in no time. The Ruby scripting language and the Rails framework let you create full-featured Web applications fast. It’s even fun!Discover how toInstall and run Ruby and RailsUse the RadRails IDECreate a blog with RubyConnect your Web site to a databaseBuild a shopping cartExplore Ruby’s syntax

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Editorial Reviews: From the Inside Flap Quickly create Web sites with this poweful toolUse this free and easy programming language for e-commerce sites and blogsIf you need to build Web and database applications quickly but you don’t dream in computer code, take heart! Ruby on Rails was created for you, and this book will have you up and running in no time. The Ruby scripting language and the Rails framework let you create full-featured Web applications fast. It’s even fun!Discover how toInstall and run Ruby and RailsUse the RadRails IDECreate a blog with RubyConnect your Web site to a databaseBuild a shopping cartExplore Ruby’s syntax From the Back Cover Quickly create Web sites with this poweful toolUse this free and easy programming language for e-commerce sites and blogsIf you need to build Web and database applications quickly but you don’t dream in computer code, take heart! Ruby on Rails was created for you, and this book will have you up and running in no time. The Ruby scripting language and the Rails framework let you create full-featured Web applications fast. It’s even fun!Discover how toInstall and run Ruby and RailsUse the RadRails IDECreate a blog with RubyConnect your Web site to a databaseBuild a shopping cartExplore Ruby’s syntax About the Author Dr. Barry Burd received an M.S. degree in Computer Science at Rutgers University and a Ph.D. in Mathematics at the University of Illinois. As a teaching assistant in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, he was elected to the universitywide “List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by Their Students” five times. Since 1980, Dr. Burd has been a professor in the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at Drew University in Madison, New Jersey. When he’s not lecturing at Drew University, Dr. Burd leads training courses for professional programmers in business and industry. He has lectured at conferences in the United States, Europe, Australia, and Asia. He is the author of several articles and books, including Java For Dummies, 4th Edition, and JSP: JavaServer Pages, both from Wiley Publishing, Inc. Read more

Reviews from Amazon users which were colected at the time this book was published on the website:

⭐the book is ok but it is very dated at this point. the procedures to install rails is so different that the book is no longer a valid resource. I did not finish it since I had so much trouble just installing the compiler I figured the work tasks might be hard to perform if the IDE was so different since the time this book was written. I would not recommend this book just because of the out of date references. published in 2007

⭐As Dummies books go, this one is slightly better than average in writing style. The usual problem is that it covers too much ground, is not really for beginners once you get past chapter 3, and with a few silly jokes tries to put a dummies gloss on the whole affair.But the biggest problem here is that all of the underlying software tools that were helpfully provided in screen shots are long gone. The environment is complex and nearly every single featured component as of 2011 is totally different from the versions described in the book.If you visit the author’s web site for help, there is help but it is often in the spirit of “forget the tool in the book, use this instead”. Um, ok but now the book’s instructions are nearly useless.The next edition should drop all the fancy helper apps, which morph every 4 months, and go back to basic building blocks. Yes I mean the command line.

⭐I bought several books including this one to get a basic idea of Ruby for a contract job. The more I studied Ruby the more I came to believe that the supporters are selling a IDE (integrated developer interface) and the language itself has very little to offer. I declined the contract job. PHP has a vastly more comprehensive tool set and the PHP program directory structure is much more manageable.

⭐None of the websites the author directs you to still exist. Then he goes step by step thru how to download and setup Ruby on Rails from these websites, so none of that info is relevant. This book needs to be updated BADLY.

⭐I needed a jumpstart to learing more about Ruby on Rails and this book was the answer. Although most of the software listed is outdated, I easily converted the instructions to apply to the new software. It was a great tool and assisted me in my search for a better web design tool.

⭐Would buy again, love it! Packed well, shipped on time.

⭐Very helpful for school project.

⭐They should consider taking it off the shelves as it is too out of date. It was a waste of money.

⭐Rather than teach the reader how to get started with Ruby on Rails, this book focuses on some tools/ide/editor programs which are either out of date, obsolete, or incompatible with the OS platforms I’m using.I downloaded a free “getting started” guide from the Rails WWW site and I was up-and-running in under an hour, using only a text editor.I’ve bought a lot of “Dummies” books in the past. In this case, I turned out the be the Dummy ;O(

⭐Just a brief warning that the initial part of this book regarding the download and setup of the radrails and MySQL are out of date. I wrote to Barry Burd who said that he had not been asked to write a second edition and update the book but he had left some updated instructions on the Dummies Website which may or may not be redundant by now, I have not gone there yet and I guess we cannot expect him to keep updating each time new releases of software emerge. Personally I think the publishers are at fault here but such is the nature of technology and software that books can be out of date before they are printed, in one way or another.I am sure the rest of the book is value for money as Barry seems an honest bloke and is an expert in his field. But if you are just starting with programming, you might want to find the download and setup instructions elsewhere.

⭐I should have paid more attention to the 2008 review which said that this book was outdated even then. In 2011 it is certainly outdated. It is difficult to follow the exercises as those versions of the software are no longer available. There is some help on the book’s own web page but this is rather limited and it is itself out of date.The Dummies series is usually excellent but this one should be withdrawn and replaced by a new edition.

⭐very good item I would recommend it

⭐Out of date instructions on how to setup a usable framework. Left me with having to use alternative software that of course conflicted with the actual coding examples. Sadly this is a poor choice book for someone starting Ruby on Rails.

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