Developer.com: Skip the CRUD: Building a Simple Database Backed Web Application Using Ruby on Rails | Linux Today

Developer.com: Skip the CRUD: Building a Simple Database Backed Web Application Using Ruby on Rails

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Feb 1, 2007

“Ruby is the programming language on the tip of everyone’s
tongue these days. The power and ease of software development with
Ruby has helped make an upstart web framework called Ruby on Rails
the hottest web framework around. Some may argue that the Web 2.0
wave is riding the Rails on Rails wave as more and more Ruby on
Rails powered web sites pop up on the Internet.

“This article will give a brief introduction to Ruby on Rails
and show you how to get your first simple Ruby on Rails web
application up and running. In Part 2 of this article, you will
connect your web application to the MySQL database and add CRUD
(Create, Read, Update, and Delete) support to the web
application…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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