With the fast paced changes that Ruby on Rails is going through it is often handy to have some notes aside. These remind you of the Ajax, activerecord and REST principles.
Every Ruby on Rails programmer probably owns one of the three editions of this book. Since it’s first edition this book has been updated to use Rails 2 and the RESTful approuch. As with the previous editions of the book, it start’s with an extended tutorial that builds parts of an online store.
Developing Facebook Platform Applications with Rails provides everything needed to get started, with great examples and clear explanations. The author provides detailed instructions for building a basic Facebook application, and then adds more complex features such asnews feeds and asynchronous messaging. Tips are also provided for using Facebooker, a Ruby library that is really handy [...]
If you’re on a Mac and you are a developer of any sorts, you should be using Textmate. This lightweight editor puts you back in control of programming. TextMate is not an IDE but by using its powerful snippets and macros, it can often provide features that even a language specific IDE lacks.
If you’re a Ruby on Rails developer, you really should have this book on your shelf. Advanced Rails Recipes is full of real-world code snippets and priceless tips.
A great fun part of programming in Ruby on Rails is the usage of Ajax and javascript effects. Most books and tutorials just scrape the surface on these parts though. I never really realized just how much functionality is built into Prototype and Script.aculo.us. One of the good things about this book is that it [...]