Ajax on Rails
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| I'm a relative newbie to the Rails programming world, but thanks to this book I've become more than competent at using ajax within the rails framework in a very short time. This book starts with a clear step-by-step introduction to vanilla ajax, then progresses quickly into prototype and finally into using rails helpers for prototype. Next, Raymond delves into Prototype in detail, then Scriptaculous, and finally RJS. This is only the first 5 chapters, and the book would be well worth the price for the first 5 chapters alone. Beyond that are 4 solid chapters on Ajax / Rails / Web programming best practices (Usability, Testing, Security, Performance), and while none of these is exhaustive, they are all full of very good real-world advice and examples. If that's not enough, Raymond rounds it all off with comprehensive reference chapters on Prototype and Scriptaculous. (Far better than any documentation I've seen online for either of these libraries.) Lastly, he includes code and walkthroughs for 3 full-blown Rails apps. (Although I had trouble getting a couple of them up and running on my dev machine). Basically, if you're a Rails programmer or want to be a Rails programmer, you Should Have This Book. My guess is even seasoned Rails/Ajax pros could fill in some gaps with this book as a reference, and the rest of us can step up our game with it immediately. One of the best tech books I've bought in the last 5 years. |
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