Introduction. 1. Getting Started with Rails. 2. Understanding Rails. 3. Ruby's Data Types. 4. Programming Ruby. 5. A Working Sample. 6. Incremental Development, Logging and Debugging. 7. Object-Relational Mapping with ActiveRecord 8. Handling Request with the ActionController. 9. Rendering the User Interface with the ActionView. 10. ActiveResource and Web Services. 11. Going into Production. Appendix A: Further Resources.

>Ruby on Rails is a highly-productive Web application framework for the Ruby language. It will change the way programmers think about Web development and simplify the process of creating, deploying and maintaining Web applications. It could be argued that Ruby on Rails will ultimately make developers better at developing applications. In Ruby on Rails for Microsoft Developers, author Antonio Cangiano will briefly describe the origin of Rails and the impact Rails has had on Web development and the Ruby language. The book goes on to guide Microsoft developers through installation and selecting an IDE. After setting the stage, the author digs into programming Ruby, covering: * Ruby Syntax * Classes and Objects * Control Structures * Arrays and Hashes * Exception Handling * Blocks and Iterators * Modules and Mixins * Ruby Tricks for Rails Cangiano finishes the book by walking the reader through a detailed working sample, building a complete new Rails web application.

Ruby on Rails for Microsoft Developers will make the Rails methodology more tangible to developers familiar with the Microsoft tools. This book will focus the reader on learning Rails development from the point of view of the beginner-to-intermediate Microsoft developer, taking strides to point out the various similarities between Rails and Windows development patterns, and will reference Microsoft tools the reader may already be familiar with. Ruby on Rails for Microsoft Developers serves as a roadmap for ASP.Net, C#, and VB.Net developers wanting to migrate their applications, skill set, and development processes to the newer, agile programming platform that Rails offers. Developers comfortable with Microsoft technologies will learn how Rails provides simplified design, implementation, language features with an extensible enterprise architecture.