Ruby on Rails Enterprise
Application Development
Plan, Program, Extend
Building a complete Ruby on Rails business application
from start to finish
Elliot Smith
Rob Nichols
BIRMINGHAM - MUMBAI
Ruby on Rails Enterprise Application Development
Plan, Program, Extend
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Credits
Authors
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Rob Nichols
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About the Authors
Elliot Smith has worked in IT since 1996: at OpenAdvantage (an open-source
solutions center) as a business analyst, as a learning technologist and web developer
at the University of Birmingham, England, and as a technical writer for Armada
Computer Publications. He runs his own training and consulting company, mooch
labs, when he gets a chance. He has an M.Sc. in Articial Intelligence and a Ph.D. in
Computer Science from the University of Birmingham.
He thanks Nicola, his wife, for giving him the time and space to
write a book; Madeleine, his daughter, for keeping him sane while
doing it; and Rob Nichols for giving him the opportunity in the
rst place.
