Databases Reference
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controller handles the incoming requests (such as Create New Account, Update
Product, and Show Post) by manipulating the model and directing data to the
view. In this framework, model is handled by an object relational mapping layer
called
Active Record
. Active Record connects business objects and database
tables to create a persistable domain model where logic and data are presented
in one wrapping. Active record also minimizes the configuration detail that a
developer has to perform.
ROR comes bundled with everything, all you need is your database, and a Web
server. The latest release of ROR is 1.1 and you can download it from the official
ROR Web site:
http://www.rubyonrails.org/
B.2.1 DB2 9 on Rails
In this section, we provide you a link to a great new tool specially designed to
build Web applications with Ruby on Rails and DB2. IBM has created a starter
toolkit for building an application with cutting edge database technology in DB2 9.
This starter toolkit is freely available on IBM alphaworks Web site and packaged
with the DB2 9 database and necessary driver and adapter for Ruby. The tool
can be downloaded from the Web site:
http://alphaworks.ibm.com/tech/db2onrails
B.2.2 Further reading
The following Web sites contains pertinent information regarding this topic:
Fast-track your Web apps with Ruby on Rails
A developerworks article to develop Web-based applications using Ruby on
Rails:
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-rubyrails/
Agile Web Development with Rails
by Dave Thomas
http://www.pragmaticprogrammer.com/title/rails/
Server Side programming with Ruby
http://www.devx.com/enterprise/Article/28101
Programming Ruby - The Pragmatic Programmer's Guide
http://www.rubycentral.com/book/preface.html
The Ruby FAQ
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