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Ruby on Rails For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech))
by Barry Burd
Product Group: Book
Publisher: For Dummies (2007-01-10)
ISBN: 0470081201
EAN: 9780470081204
Dewy Decimal #: 005.117
Paperback: 330 pages
SKU: 07050187
Condition: New As issued no jac
Comments: New book. Oversize Trade paperback with no marks or creases. Appears unread. Beautiful book.
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
Quickly create Web sites with this poweful tool Use this free and easy programming language for e-commerce sites and blogs If 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 to - Install and run Ruby and Rails
- Use the RadRails IDE
- Create a blog with Ruby
- Connect your Web site to a database
- Build a shopping cart
- Explore Ruby's syntax
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Customer Reviews
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Not Current and NOT Macintosh Friendly
Rating  (1)
Date: 2008-08-05
This book is almost two years old which means it's sorely behind in the advances of Ruby. Worse, it depends on RadRails, an open source program that's constantly evolving. Mr. Burd's RadRails examples are completely outdated. For example, RadRails uses a new layout and uses new extensions on its files.
Worst of all, in spite of the author's flippant remarks that a Mac users should be able to follow along with the examples, his statement is simply not true. There are too many differences between Windows and the Mac OS. I wasted too much time following his directions believing his assessment of the Mac OS was correct. Fortunately I found plenty of tutorials online to skip his set-up instructions so I could get to the meat of his tutorials.
Finally, this is where he falls flat. He gives the reader just enough direction to create his little examples, but not enough solid explanation as to why these steps are taken and what code they create. He continually uses sloppy terminology (and unnecessary jokes) when explaining the intricacies of the code.
Skip this book and its careless job of being dumbed down. Find a tutorial online that fits your unique set up.
Good luck!
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Only for GUI!
Rating  (3)
Date: 2008-07-08
I think this book is probably fine for what it does. Unfortunately, I bought it for what it does not do. The book assumes that you are going to do all of your Ruby on Rails programming on your local machine using GUI (Graphical User Interface) programs. This is all very well and good, but I need to write my Ruby on Rails programs on a remote Unix server using a text editor like emacs, so this book was totally useless.
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This book is all over the place
Rating (1)
Date: 2007-09-05
Even by page 180, I felt I had learned very little. The book's attempted humor really does not work. I'd prefer that the author made the book shorter and more to-the-point.
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I do not recommend this book
Rating (1)
Date: 2007-06-11
2 out of 6 customers found this reveiw helpful
I did not like this book. There are too many problems to mention them all. One would be that there are a lot of typos p79 on directory appears out of nowhere. pg 77 if you follow the instruction your get "error file container exists". The diagram on pg 75 is not explained and it is not explained how to get it. pg 73 the sample program directory you have to create it yourself but he doesn't tell you to do that. pg 59 includes one line that is repeated. Why? It is not explained. in chapter 17 he begins by telling you how to import a database but then a new heading appears Overriding the database name but this is actually a continuation of the instructions. At some point, you may have imported the database but he never tells you that. I found the entire book unclear and confusing and not up to the Dummies standards. As a former college instructor, I beleive understand what happened here. Translating lectures and student projects into a dummy book doesn't work.
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Great Intro, Great Author
Rating  (5)
Date: 2007-03-29
3 out of 4 customers found this reveiw helpful
I work in the IT world, but knew nothing about RoR and just wanted enough of an overview to build a simple application that I had conceived. The book fit my needs perfectly.
My one gripe was that the book referenced several links for Mac-related tutorials and tools at the books website, but they did not exist.
That said, my disappointment was more than compensated for when I emailed the author, Barry Burd, and he quickly responded with several helpful tips. I later found several great blogs and other web resources for getting RoR running on the Mac.
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