Enterprise Rails by Dan Chak
Excellent Infrastructure Book - Rails In The Enterprise
What does it take to develop an enterprise application with Rails?
Enterprise Rails introduces several time-tested software engineering
principles to prepare you for the challenge of building a high-performance,
scalable website with global reach. Youll learn how to design a solid
architecture that ties the many parts of an enterprise website together,
including the database, your servers and clients, and other services as
well. Many Rails developers think that planning for scale is unnecessary.
But theres nothing worse than an application that fails because it cant
handle sudden success. Throughout this book, youll work on an example
enterprise project to learn first-hand whats involved in architecting serious
web applications.
With this book, you will:
Tour an ideal enterprise systems layout: how Rails fits in, and which
elements dont rely on Rails Learn to structure a Rails 2.0 application for

complex websites Discover how plugins can support reusable code and
improve application clarity Build a solid data model--a fortress--that
protects your data from corruption Base an ActiveRecord model on a
database view, and build support for multiple table inheritance Explore
service-oriented architecture and web services with XML-RPC and REST
See how caching can be a dependable way to improve performance
Building for scale requires more work up front, but youll have a flexible
website that can be extended easily when your needs change. Enterprise
Rails teaches you how to architect scalable Rails applications from the
ground up.
Personal Review: Enterprise Rails by Dan Chak
This is my first ever review. Oddly none of the other technical books (over
300) that I read ever compelled me write before.
As Dan Chak recommends, if you are new to rails, first read Agile
Development for Rails, then start with Enterprise Rails. Every rails
developer needs to read this book.
You are creating an application that you *hope* will actually grow in
demand. Isn't that what we are all looking to do in the end - make a hot
app? Why not be pragmatic by laying the foundation of robustness,
scalability with that in mind in the first place?
I loved the sections on network design, database design (of course, ex-
DBA), and services (I know so little about SOA).
Having read 9 other rails books, I was nervous that rails community
ignored that some areas completely. Despite its principles, it was intend on
re-inventing the wheel. It made me feel like Dorothy in the Oz with
munchkins shouting how great Rails is no matter the issue. That made me
wonder if rails community was really open and flexible as claimed.
The other books were good, but you need more than books touting rails'
magic and coolness - sweet/success/awesome. Enterprise Rails is
excellent in terms of readability, examples, and pragmatic practical advice.
Yes - it is sweet and awesome too! There now I can be a cheerleader too.
Reading reviews and Chak's articles, I was worried that the book would be
full of theory and dry. Instead it covers just the right about of theory
supported with insightful examples and exercises to confirm that you really
understood the problem and solution.
Thank you Dan for helping me understand rails better and getting rid of
that awful in queasy feeling each time I was writing a rail app.

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