By nature, intuitive directly from Ruby and development platform provided by Rails, you can put together a full web application quickly, even if you're new to web programming. You will find a comprehensive introduction to both Ruby and Rails in this book. You will learn to build Rails applications, connect to the database, perform the necessary testing, and putting everything together to make real-world applications like shopping carts and catalogs online - your application can actually use right away. What you will learn from this book * How to install and use Ruby and Rails * Object-oriented programming with Ruby * Rails fundamentals and how to create basic online applications * How to work with HTML controls, use models in Rails applications, and work with the session * Details of working with databases and create, edit, and delete database records * Methods for handling cookies and filters and for caching pages * How to connect Rails with Ajax Who this book is to This book is for anyone who wants to develop online applications using Ruby and Rails.