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The eXperT’s Voice. in WeB DeVelopmenT
Practical
Rails
Social Networking Sites
Learn how to implement a modern
social networking
web site using Rails,
from design to deployment.
Alan Bradburne
Practical Rails Social
Networking Sites
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Alan Bradburne
Practical Rails Social Networking Sites
Copyright . 2007 by Alan Bradburne
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Contents at a Glance
About the Author . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvii
About the Technical Reviewer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xix
Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xxi
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xxiii
■CHAPTER 1 Ruby,Ruby on Rails, and the RailsCoders Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
■CHAPTER 2 Developing a Content Management System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
■CHAPTER 3 Adding Users and Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
■CHAPTER 4 Building a News Blog with RSS Feeds and an API . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
■CHAPTER 5 Building a Discussion Forum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
■CHAPTER 6 Building a Blogging E