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Sinatra: Up and Running

mrblue — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 10:52:38 +0000

Take advantage of Sinatra, the Ruby-based web application library and domain-specific language used by GitHub, LinkedIn, Engine Yard, and other prominent organizations. With this concise book, you will quickly gain working knowledge of Sinatra and its minimalist approach to building both standalone and modular web applications. Sinatra serves

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RailsSpace: Building a Social Networking Website with Ruby on Rails

mrblue — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 11:51:41 +0000

Ruby on Rails is fast displacing PHP, ASP, and J2EE as the development framework of choice for discriminating programmers, thanks to its elegant design and emphasis on practical results. RailsSpace teaches you to build large-scale projects with Rails by developing a real-world application: a social networking website like MySpace,

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Advanced Rails

mrblue — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 13:45:50 +0000

Ready to go to the next level with Rails? From examining the parts of Ruby that make this framework possible to deploying large Rails applications, Advanced Rails offers you an in-depth look at techniques for dealing with databases, security, performance, web services and much more. Chapters in this

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Rails 3 in Action

mrblue — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 08:11:21 +0000

Rails 3 is a full stack, open source web framework powered by Ruby and this book is an introduction to it. Whether you’re just starting or you have a few cycles under your belt, you’ll appreciate the book’s guru’s-eye-view of idiomatic Rails programming.

You’ll master

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MacRuby: The Definitive Guide: Ruby and Cocoa on OS X

mrblue — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 00:34:28 +0000

If you’re interested in developing applications for Apple’s Mac OS X platform, but prefer to use a sleek, developer-friendly language, MacRuby is ideal. This in-depth guide shows you how this Apple implementation of the Ruby language provides access to all of the features available to Objective-C programmers.

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Rails 3 in Action

mrblue — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 09:30:08 +0000

Rails 3 in Action is a collaboration between Rails community leaders, Ryan Bigg and Yehuda Katz, that covers Rails 3.1 making it the most up-to-date resource available. But it’s much more than just a Rails 3 reference book. You’ll learn to do Rails the right way, so you

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Ruby on Rails Enterprise Application Development: Plan, Program, Extend: Building a complete Ruby on Rails business application from start to finish

mrblue — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 16:41:58 +0000

This book is aimed at developers who already have some familiarity with the Ruby on Rails framework and who want to move on from the basic tutorials. In particular, it is aimed at those who wish to use the unique attributes of Rails to develop and roll out

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Rhomobile Beginner’s Guide

mrblue — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 03:59:19 +0000

Part of Packt’s Beginner’s Guide series, this book is packed full of practical examples and screenshots to make building your application straightforward and fun. Whether you have prior experience of developing mobile applications or this is your first venture, all newcomers to Rhomobile will be able to quickly

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The Book of Ruby: A Hands-On Guide for the Adventurous

mrblue — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 19:10:00 +0000

Ruby is famous for being easy to learn, but most users only scratch the surface of what it can do. While other books focus on Ruby’s trendier features, The Book of Ruby reveals the secret inner workings of one of the world’s most popular programming languages, teaching

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Continuous Testing: with Ruby, Rails, and JavaScript

mrblue — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 03:03:10 +0000

Continuous Testing (CT) is a developer practice that shortens the feedback loops established by test-driven development and continuous integration. Building on techniques used by Agile software development practitioners, Continuous Testing with Ruby shows you how to get instant feedback about both the quality of your code, and

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