Barry Burd 
Ruby on Rails For Dummies [PDF ebook] 

Introduction.
Part I: Nuts and Bolts.
Chapter 1: Welcome to the World of Ruby on Rails.
Chapter 2: Installing the Software.
Chapter 3: Details on Rails.
Chapter 4: Using Rad Rails.
Part II: Creating Code.
Chapter 5: Ruby One’s Day.
Chapter 6: Ruby Two’s Day.
Chapter 7: Weaving the Web.
Part III: Real Rails.
Chapter 8: Action-Packed Adventures.
Chapter 9: Some Things You Can Do with Models.
Chapter 10: I’ve Been Working on the Rails Code.
Chapter 11: Image Is Everything.
Chapter 12: More Model Magic.
Chapter 13: Cool Things on Rails.
Part IV: The Part of Tens.
Chapter 14: Ten (Times Two) Great Web Sites.
Chapter 15: Ten Features That Set Ruby Apart.
Chapter 16: Ten Pivotal Ruby on Rails Concepts.
Chapter 17: Ten Ways to Override Rails Defaults.
Index.

Dr. Barry Burd received an M.S. degree in Computer Science
at Rutgers University and a Ph.D. in Mathematics at the University
of Illinois. As a teaching assistant in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois,
he was elected to the universitywide ‘List of Teachers Ranked
as Excellent by Their Students’ five times.
Since 1980, Dr. Burd has been a professor in the Department of
Mathematics and Computer Science at Drew University in Madison, New
Jersey. When he’s not lecturing at Drew University, Dr. Burd
leads training courses for professional programmers in business and
industry. He has lectured at conferences in the United States,
Europe, Australia, and Asia. He is the author of several articles
and books, including Java For Dummies, 4th Edition, and
JSP: Java Server Pages, both from Wiley Publishing, Inc.