Projects assumes you know the basics of using the framework, concentrating instead on taking you through the creation of a multitude of practical real-world examples, including a blog, a personal organizer, a calendar, a PHP site retrofitted to Rails, and much more. Each example application follows best practices, gives a nod to style as well as functionality, and takes advantage of many Rails plug-ins, Rails engines, and Ruby Gems. There is also discussion of cutting-edge Rails functionality, such as the new REST implementation and Active Resource.
The book starts off by taking you through setup of an ideal development environment as a helpful recap, before diving into the projects straight afterwards.
Takes you through the creation of several real-world Rails web applications.
Provides a guide to setting up a perfect development environment with Rails and SQLite or MySQL, supporting Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux operating systems.
Does not waste time on the basics--assumes you know the fundamentals of Ruby and Rails already.
Covers the newest Rails functionality, such as new plug-ins and engines, as well as the Rails REST implementation and Active Resource.
