Rails for Java Developers - New from the Pragmatic Programmers

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Rails for Java Developers
2/13/2007

Many Java developers are now looking at Ruby, and the Ruby on Rails web
framework. Fortunately, Java developers already have deep experience with
the design issues that inspired Rails, and can use this background to
quickly learn Ruby and Rails.

In "Rails for Java Developers" (Pragmatic Bookshelf, US$34.95,
0-9776166-9-X), experienced developers Stuart Halloway and Justin Gehtland
show how to translate your hard-earned Java knowledge and skills into the
world of Ruby and Rails.

Stuart tells us, "Ruby looks a lot different from Java, and some of those
differences support powerful abstractions that Java lacks." That's not a
problem; Stuart and Justin will be your guides to this new, but not
strange, territory.

In each chapter, they build a series of parallel examples to demonstrate
some facet of web development. Because the Rails examples sit next to Java
examples, you can start this book in the middle, or anywhere else you
want. You can use the Java version of the code, plus the analysis, to
quickly grok what the Rails version is doing. They have carefully
cross-referenced and indexed the book to facilitate jumping around as you
need to.

Thanks to your background in Java, this one short book can cover a
half-dozen books' worth of ideas:

    * Programming Ruby
    * Building MVC (Model/View/Controller) Applications
    * Unit and Functional Testing
    * Security
    * Project Automation
    * Configuration
    * Web Services 

Rails for Java Developers is the fast track for Java programmers who are
learning or evaluating Ruby on Rails.
  
by Stuart Halloway and Justin Gehtland
ISBN 0-9776166-9-X, 336 pages, $34.95US, $45.95CA, softcover.

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Additional Resources:

Sample chapters, table of contents, and more information is available on
the book's home page:
http://www.pragmaticprogrammer.com/titles/fr_r4j/index.html

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