11. Introduction to Ruby on Rails l

Overview

By the end of this chapter, you will be able to use the Model-View-Controller (MVC) pattern to create your first Rails application; explain how Action Controller and Action View work together; implement routes, Rails models, and Active Record in a Rails application; save data, set up databases, and create migrations to alter a database schema, create views for web applications quickly with Rails helper methods and use the Rails console and perform Create, Read, Update, Delete (CRUD) operations for a web application.

This chapter aims to equip you with knowledge about Ruby on Rails and the underlying fundamentals that power Rails and make it one of the most popular web application frameworks.