Chapter 1 - From zero to deploy

Based on Rails 4.0, missing:

Set of skills learned includes:

Startups and companies using Rails:

Web Development shops using Rails:

What makes Rails so great?

It is 100% open source
It is available under the permissive MIT License
It costs nothing to download or use
It has an elegant and compact design
It is built on the Ruby language
It creates a domain-specific language for writing web applications
The resulting application code is concise and readable
Rails adapts rapidly to new developments in web technology and framework design. For example, Rails was one of the first frameworks to fully digest and implement the REST architectural style for structuring web applications
When other frameworks develop successful new techniques, Rails creator David Heinemeier Hansson and the Rails core team don’t hesitate to incorporate their ideas
Rails benefits from an unusually enthusiastic and diverse community. The results include:
- hundreds of open-source contributors
- well-attended conferences
- a huge number of gems
- a rich variety of informative blogs
- a cornucopia of discussion forums and IRC channels
The large number of Rails programmers also makes it easier to handle the inevitable application errors: the "Google the error message" algorithm nearly always produces a relevant blog post or discussion-forum thread

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