Want to learn all about Ruby on Rails 2.0, a web application framework that inspired developers around the world? This second edition, practical hands on book will: shows you how to install Ruby on Rails on Windows, Mac, or Linux guides you, step by step, through the development of Web 2.0 social news application, such as digg.com show you how to test, debug, benchmark, and deploy applications Rails Rails Unlike other books, this book does not assume that you are an experienced web developer, or that you've used Ruby before. One chapter is devoted to learning Ruby in a fun, using interactive Ruby console, so you can follow along at home. Examples of applications that the book building - a web site user-generated news - built upon with each following chapter, and concepts such as sessions, cookies and basic AJAX usage are gradually introduced. Different aspects of Rails, such as user authentication, session cookies, and automated testing are explored with each feature being added to the application. The book is completed with chapters on debugging, benchmarking and deployment to the web server is alive. At the end of this book, you will have built a full-featured Web 2.0 application and deployed to the Web. And all codes are up-to-date for Rails 2.0, so you can begin coding immediately with the latest version of Rails. Build and deploy Rails web applications complete. Analyzing the performance of your application using the Rails logging infrastructure.