RailsPlayTime

Each of the tutorial chapters in the fifth edition of Agile Web Development with Rails ends with a small set of additional exercises—things for readers to play with.

Use the pages below to discuss your solutions, problems you encountered, and so on.

Enjoy exploring the various corners of Rails!

Getting Started

• Installing Rails
• Instant Gratification
• The Architecture of Rails Applications
• Introduction to Ruby

Building an Application

• The Depot Application
• Task A – Creating The Application
• Task B – Validation and Unit Testing
• Task C – Catalog Display
• Task D – Cart Creation
• Task E – A Smarter Cart
• Task F – Add a Dash of Ajax
• Task G – Check Out
• Task H – Sending Mail
• Task I – Logging In
• Task J – Internationalization
• Task K – Deployment and Production
• Depot Retrospective

Rails In Depth

• Finding Your Way Around Rails
• Active Record
• Action Dispatch and Action Controller
• Action View
• Active Resource
• Rails Components
• Rails Dependencies
• Popular Plugins