O'Reilly Media: Ruby and Rails

Rails Recipes

2012-04-03T12:24:04-08:10

Thousands of developers have used the first edition of Rails Recipes to solve problems known to stop even experienced programmers in their tracks. Now, five years later with Rails 3.1 released, it's time for a new edition of this tested collection of solutions, completely revised by Rails master Chad Fowler.

The Rails View

2012-03-27T12:25:50-08:11

Working in the View layer requires a breadth of knowledge and attention to detail unlike anywhere else in Rails. One wrong move can result in brittle, complex views that stop future development in its tracks. This book will help you break free from tangles of logic and markup in your views as you pick up the practical skills you need to implement your user interface cleanly and maintainably.

Build Awesome Command-Line Applications in Ruby

2012-03-12T14:24:22-08:12

Speak directly to your system. With its simple commands, flags, and parameters, a well-formed command-line application is the quickest way to automate a backup, a build, or a deployment and simplify your life.

The dRuby Book

2012-03-12T12:24:35-08:13

Learn from legendary Japanese Ruby hacker Masatoshi Seki in this first English-language book on his own Distributed Ruby library. You'll find out about distributed computing, advanced Ruby concepts and techniques, and the philosophy of the Ruby way---straight from the source.

The Cucumber Book

2012-01-31T13:25:17-08:14

Your customers want rock-solid, bug-free software that does exactly what they expect it to do. Yet they can't always articulate their ideas clearly enough for you to turn them into code. The Cucumber Book dives straight into the core of the problem: communication between people. Cucumber saves the day; it's a testing, communication, and requirements tool - all rolled into one.

Sinatra: Up and Running

2011-11-24T12:22:07-08:15

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.

MacRuby: The Definitive Guide

2011-10-28T12:31:05-08:16

Ruby and Cocoa on OS X, the iPhone, and the Device That Shall Not Be Named

Learning Rails 3

2011-07-26T15:24:07-08:17

Ready to learn Rails? Unlike most Rails books, Learning Rails is for web developers, and not for programmers. You’ll start from the foundations of the Web you already know, and learn how to create something visible with Rails before reaching the more difficult database models and controller code. Learning Rails 3 covers the most recent developments.

Jenkins: The Definitive Guide

2011-07-20T12:54:48-08:18

Learn how to automate your build, integration, release and deployment process with Jenkins, the popular Java-based open source tool that has revolutionized the way teams think about continuous integration (CI). This concise guide shows you how to seamlessly include Jenkins in the development process—and demonstrates how CI can save you time, money, and many headaches.

The Book of Ruby

2011-07-06T11:21:21-08:19

Slice your way through the cruft of programming conventions and learn to blaze your own trail with The Book of Ruby. From methods to metaprogramming, you'll gain the skills you need to master the world's most fun programming language with this example-based, hands-on introduction.

Continuous Testing

2011-06-25T11:21:38-08:20

We all know feedback is good. Why not get it instantly? Continuous Testing with Ruby shows you how to use a combination of tests, tools, and techniques to immediately detect problems in code. This book will help you create a personalized development environment that instantly validates your decisions as you make changes to your code. This rapid feedback allows you to focus on the problem at hand, rather than constantly re-checking prior work. If you want to spend more of your time writing valuable software, and less time slogging through code line-by-line in a debugger, Continuous Testing with Ruby can help you!

Crafting Rails Applications

2011-04-04T17:22:51-08:21

Rails 3 is a huge step forward. You can now easily extend the framework, change its behavior, and replace whole components to bend it to your will, all without messy hacks. This pioneering book is the first resource that deep dives into the new Rails 3 APIs and shows you how use them to write better web applications and make your day-to-day work with Rails more productive.

Rails Test Prescriptions

2011-02-28T00:24:17-08:22

Rails Test Prescriptions is a comprehensive guide to testing Rails applications, covering Test-Driven Development from both a theoretical perspective (why to test) and from a practical perspective (how to test effectively). It covers the core Rails testing tools and procedures for Rails 2 and Rails 3, and introduces popular add-ons, including Cucumber, Shoulda, Machinist, Mocha, and Rcov.

Using JRuby

2011-01-28T13:54:43-08:23

Now you can bring the best of Ruby into the world of Java, with Using JRuby. Come to the source for the JRuby core team's insights and insider tips. You'll learn how to call Java objects seamlessly from Ruby, and deal with Java idioms such as interfaces and overloaded functions. Run Ruby code from Java, and make a Java program scriptable in Ruby. See how to compile Ruby into .class files that are callable from Java, Scala, Clojure, or any other JVM language.

MacRuby: The Definitive Guide

2010-12-08T09:24:57-08:24

With this digital Early Release edition of MacRuby: The Definitive Guide, you get the entire book in its earliest form -- the author's raw and unedited content -- so you can take advantage of this content long before the book's official release. You'll also receive updates when significant changes are made, as well as the final ebook version. Learn how to develop applications for Mac OS X with MacRuby, a developer-friendly language that provides access to all of the features available to Objective-C programmers, including Interface Builder, the Cocoa libraries, Objective-C runtime, and more.