Easy Active Record for Rails Developers: Master Active Record and Have a Ton of Fun Doing It!

English | 2014 | 321 Pages | PDF, EPUB, MOBI | 10 MB

Easy Active Record for Rails Developers is the ultimate guide to building database-driven web applications using the powerful Active Record ORM. You’ll follow along with the creation of ArcadeNomad, a fun location-based web application for retro arcade enthusiasts.
What You’ll Learn

• Properly validate, filter and manipulate your application’s model data
• Integrate belongs_to, has_one, has_many, has_many through, and habtm model associations
• Manage model schemas using Active Record’s powerful migrations tool
• Create and integrate complex web forms
• Deftly traverse associations using includes and joins
• Monitor, debug and optimize your queries
• Integrate user registration and authentication features