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From PHP to Ruby on Rails

You're reading from   From PHP to Ruby on Rails Transition from PHP to Ruby by leveraging your existing backend programming knowledge

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Product type Paperback
Published in Dec 2023
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781804610091
Length 244 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Bernard Pineda Bernard Pineda
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Table of Contents (15) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Part 1:From PHP to Ruby Basics
2. Chapter 1: Understanding the Ruby Mindset and Culture FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: Setting Up Our Local Environment 4. Chapter 3: Comparing Basic Ruby Syntax to PHP 5. Chapter 4: Ruby Scripting versus PHP Scripting 6. Chapter 5: Libraries and Class Syntax 7. Chapter 6: Debugging Ruby 8. Part 2:Ruby and the Web
9. Chapter 7: Understanding Convention over Configuration 10. Chapter 8: Models, DBs, and Active Record 11. Chapter 9: Bringing It All Together 12. Chapter 10: Considerations for Hosting Rails Applications versus PHP Applications 13. Index 14. Other Books You May Enjoy

Using rbenv

While it is highly recommended to use some sort of homogeneous environment for all members of the team (such as the virtual ones previously mentioned), a simpler and quicker way to create equivalent environments is to use some sort of Ruby version management tool. These types of tools allow us to install different versions of Ruby and for the most part will behave similarly, even if they are installed on different operating systems. We have a couple of options, but for simplicity, we will use rbenv: https://github.com/rbenv/rbenv.

rbenv allows us to install multiple versions of Ruby and manage these versions. By managing them, I mean we can define what version of Ruby the whole system uses (global), or we can define a specific version to be used on each project (local). For macOS and Linux users, you should follow the instructions on the previously mentioned GitHub repository, which also serves as the official website. If you run into any issues while trying to install...

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