Professional Ruby on Rails (Programmer to Programmer)

Nothing less than a revolution in the way web applications are constructed,Ruby on Rails (RoR) boasts a straightforward and intuitive nature that avoids programming repetition and makes it infinitely easier to build for the web. This book captures the current best practices to show you the most efficient way to build a spectacular web application with RoR. Youll learn everything you need to know in order to extend Rails so that you can take advantage of the many exciting and wonderful things that are being done by the diligent RoR programming community. Chapter 9: Talking to the Web; Active Resource; Producing Web Service Data; Consuming Web Services; Resources; Summary; Chapter 10: Internationalizing Your Application; Does Anybody Really Care About Time?; Internationalization with Globalize; References; Summary; Chapter 11: The Graphic Arts; Getting Started; Uploading Files to Rails; Using Your Graphics Library; Charts; Resources; Summary; Chapter 12: Deploying Your Application; Capistrano; Mongrel; References; Summary; Chapter 13: Performance; Measurement; Fixing Performance Problems; Caching; References; Summary. This book bridges the gap between what you'll learn from a typical beginner book about Ruby on Rails and what you'll need to know to create a solid, professional, spectacular, complex web application. Professional Ruby on Rails is a guide to taking a begi Provides information on the capabilities and subsystems of Ruby on Rails for the design and development of complex Web applications.