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Enterprise Rails introduces time-tested software engineering principles to help you build a high-performance, scalable website with global reach. You`ll learn how to design a solid architecture that ties the many parts of an enterprise website together, including the database, your servers and clients, and other services as well. Throughout this book, you`ll work on an example enterprise project to learn first-hand what`s involved in architecting serious web applications. What does it take to develop an enterprise application with Rails? Enterprise Rails introduces several time-tested software engineering principles to prepare you for the challenge of building a high-performance, scalable website with global reach. You`ll learn how to design a solid architecture that ties the many parts of an enterprise website together, including the database, your servers and clients, and other services as well. Many Rails developers think that planning for scale is unnecessary. But there`s nothing worse than an application that fails because it can`t handle sudden success. Throughout this book, you`ll work on an example enterprise project to learn first-hand what`s involved in architecting serious web applications. With this book, you will:
Tour an ideal enterprise systems layout: how Rails fits in, and which elements don`t rely on Rails
Learn to structure a Rails 2.0 application for complex websites
Discover how plugins can support reusable code and improve application clarity
Build a solid data model -- a fortress -- that protects your data from corruption
Base an ActiveRecord model on a database view, and build support for multiple table inheritance
Explore service-oriented architecture and web services with XML-RPC and REST
See how caching can be a dependable way to improve performance
Building for scale requires more work up front, but you`ll have a flexible website that can be extended easily when your needs change. Enterprise Rails teaches you how to architect scalable Rails applications from the ground up. About the Author Dan’s varied education in real-world web architecture gives him a unique perspective on the challenges of building rock-solid web applications. Dan has worked at Amazon.com, the world’s biggest online retail store, where seemingly small technology problems become big ones due to enormous scale. Dan also directed software development at CourseAdvisor Inc., a Ruby on Rails startup company. A nearly instant success, CourseAdvisor was acquired by the Washington Post Company in October 2007. Dan is now investigating the Internet’s next big challenges. You can hear his thoughts on his blog at http://blog.chak.org. You can also join the discussion of this book at http://enterpriserails.chak.org. Dan received a Bachelors degree in Computer Science and Engineering from MIT, and a Masters degree in Media Arts & Sciences from the MIT Media Laboratory.ISBN 9788184046137
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Pages : 366
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