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Simple Demo for Ruby on Rails With the Solaris 10 OS

Lily Zhao, December 2008

Introduction

This article provides a step-by-step demo of how to set up a Ruby on Rails (RoR) environment on the Solaris Operating System and create a Ruby on Rails demo in about 10 minutes.

Ruby is a popular object oriented (OO) programming language, and RoR (also called Rails) is the web application framework for the Ruby language. There are many Rails plug-ins, such as authentication and security plug-ins, and together with the core Rails packages, these enable quick development and allow developers to focus on implementing business functions instead of building all the code from the ground up.

For more details, see the list of contents below.

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Contents

• Introduction
• Installing Ruby on Rails
• Simple Example Using the Ruby Language
• Simple Hello World Example Using Rails Framework
  • Creating a Hello Project
  • Starting the Web Server Using the Rails Framework
  • Creating the Hello Demo
• Rails Book Inventory Demo for Accessing MySQL Database
  • Configuring MySQL Database for the Rails Project
  • Scaffolding Generator
  • Controller
  • Layout and Views
  • Request Routing
  • Trying the Demo
• Conclusion

For More Information

Here are additional resources:

• Ruby, RubyGems, and Ruby on Rails downloads page
• Ruby on Rails web site
• GettingStartedWithRails page
• Books:
  • Rails Cookbook
  • Ruby Cookbook
  • Agile Web Development with Rails
• Sun training courses at http://www.sun.com/training/, such as Ruby on Rails for Java Technology Developers (SEM-DTJ-2135)
• Support:
  • Sun resources:
    • Register your Sun gear
    • Services
    • SunSolve Online
  • Community system administration experts
• Discussions and mailing lists, such as:
  • Rails forums
  • Ruby on Rails mailing list
  • Sun forums
• Sun documentation at http://docs.sun.com, such as the Solaris 10 System Administrator Collection
• Wikis, such as:
  • Ruby on Rails wiki, which includes information on how to get started with Rails
  • Sun BluePrints wiki
  • BigAdmin wiki
• Resources on BigAdmin, such as Creating a RubyGems Mirror With HTTP Basic Authentication (community submission)
• Resources on the Sun Developer Network (SDN) web site, such as:
  • Ruby Developer Center
  • Scripting Resource Center for Web Developers and SysAdmins
• Events of interest to users of Sun products
  • Worldwide developer events and Sun Tech Days
  • Current events

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