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Advanced Rails Recipes
84 New Ways to Build Stunning Rails Apps
By Mike Clark
First Edition: May 2008
Publisher: Pragmatic Bookshelf
ISBN: 9780978739225
Pages: 420

Price: $38.95 USD, £20.50 GBP

Description
With the help of a community of Rails chefs in the kitchen, here are 72 new ways to kick your Rails apps up a notch. Advanced Rails Recipes is a collection of practical recipes for spicing up your web application without a lot of prep and cleanup. You'll learn how the pros have solved the tough problems using the most up-to-date Rails techniques (including Rails 2.0 features) so you can deliver your stunning web app quicker and easier.

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Deploying Rails Applications
A Step-by-Step Guide
By Ezra Zygmuntowicz, Bruce A. Tate, Clinton Begin
First Edition: May 2008
Publisher: Pragmatic Bookshelf
ISBN: 9780978739201
Pages: 280

Price: $34.95 USD, £21.99 GBP

Description
This book will help you sleep better at night, knowing that your application can handle anything that gets thrown at it. Come away with the knowledge of how to optimize your Rails projects for speed and concurrency. You'll take advantage of advanced caching techniques and become an expert in lighttpd and Apache server environments.

No longer will it be trial and error when it comes time to go live with your gem of an application. You'll not only learn the how of configuring your production environment, you will also learn the theory behind it so you can adapt and keep up with new methodologies as Rails technologies rapidly advance.

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Simply Rails 2 , Second Edition
By Patrick Lenz
Second Edition: May 2008
Publisher: SitePoint
ISBN: 9780980455205
Pages: 450

Price: $39.95 USD

Description
Want to learn all about Ruby on Rails 2.0, the web application framework that is inspiring developers around the world?

This practical hands-on guide for first-time Ruby on Rails programmers will show you, step-by-step, how to build an exciting Web 2.0 application, covering everything from from installing the required software on your computer to building, testing, debugging and deploying your application to a live server. By the end of this book, you'll know exactly how to turn your big idea into a live, fully-featured web application.