Rails Cookbook : O?Reilly : 9780596527310 : 0596527314 : 26 Jan 2007 : Rails Cookbook is packed with the solutions you need to be a proficient developer with Rails, the leading framework for building the new generation of Web 2.0 applications. Recipes range from the basics, like installing Rails and setting up your development environment, to the latest techniques, such as developing RESTful web services. With applications that are code light, feature-full and built to scale quickly, Rails has revolutionized web development. The Rails Cookbook addresses scores of real-world challenges; each one includes a tested solution, plus a discussion of how and why it works, so that you can adapt the techniques to similar situations. Topics include: Modeling data with the ActiveRecord librarySetting up views with ActionView and RHTML templatesBuilding your application's logic into ActionControllerTesting and debugging your Rails applicationBuilding responsive web applications using JavaScript