Introduction To Rails

Introduction to Ruby on Rails “Web development that doesn’t hurt.” Eric J. Gruber

About Ruby  Released in 1995  Open source  Available for: – Windows – Mac OS X – Linux  Ruby home: http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/  Try Ruby!: http://tryruby.hobix.com

About Ruby  Dynamic language, like PHP  Clean syntax, natural wording, easy to read – C#: public class Hello1 { public static void Main() { System.Console.WriteLine("Hello, World!"); } } – ASP.NET: <% HelloWorldLabel.Text = “Hello, World!”; %> – PHP: <?php print “Hello, World!”; ?> – Ruby: puts “Hello, World!”

About Ruby  Everything is an object in Ruby Images from the book Simply Rails 2 by Patrick Lenz

Ruby meet Rails

Who uses Ruby on Rails?

Other success stories  From ruby-lang.org: – http://ruby-lang.org/en/documentation/success-stories  From rubyonrails.org: – http://rubyonrails.org/applications

What is Ruby on Rails?  Web framework, powered by Ruby, extracted from the highly successful project management web application, Basecamp. http://basecamphq.com

Framework? What’s that?  A framework is a basic conceptual structure used to solve or address complex issues. This very broad definition has allowed the term to be used as a buzzword, especially in a software context. – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Framework

In other words …  … it’s like magic!

Why should I care? Do more with fewer resources  Easy validations  Works well with Ajax  Better separation of  Good amount of code resources available to – HTML, CSS (views) learn – Database, business  Easy for designers, fun logic (models) for programmers – User interface,  Database agnostic application logic (controllers)

Everything is in its right place  Embrace your constraints  Don’t Repeat Yourself  Every Rails app has the same file structure Image from the book RailsSpace by Michael Hartl and Aurelius Prochazka

How to get started  Use the Ruby on Rails download page: – http://rubyonrails.org/download, or …  Windows users can download InstantRails for the total package: – http://instantrails.rubyforge.org/wiki/wiki.pl  Mac users can download Locomotive for a quick test run (might need to be updated): – http://sourceforge.net/projects/locomotive/  Linux users can … it depends on your distro  Sign up free at http://herokugarden.com

Recommended Ruby reading  Learn to Program, 2nd Edition Great for beginners – PragProg.com  Programming Ruby 1.9 – PragProg.com A lot more advanced

Recommended Rails reading  Simply Rails 2.0 – Sitepoint.com Great for beginners  Agile Web Development with Rails – PragProg.com A little bit more advanced

Resources  Ruby on Rails: Talk (Google Group) – http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk  Railscasts (free Ruby on Rails screencasts) – http://railscasts.com  Peep Code (paid Rails-related screencasts) – http://peepcode.com  Phusion Passenger (easy deployment module) – http://www.modrails.com  Agile Web Development (plugin central) – http://agilewebdevelopment.com/

Hosting  http://slicehost.com  http://railsplayground.com  http://www.site5.com  http://dreamhost.com  http://hostgator.com  Web Hosting Services Which Support Ruby on (from Rails Wiki)

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