"The Way of Agile Web Development: Using Rails for Agile Web Development (2nd Edition)" Introduction: The book is mainly divided into two parts. In the "Building an Application" section, readers will see a complete "Online Book Shopping Website" example. In the subsequent "Rails Framework" section, the author provides an in-depth introduction to the various components of the Rails framework. In addition to the above two parts, readers who lack understanding of Rails should first read the "Getting Started" part to gain a perceptual understanding of this popular web framework through the simplest example application. Readers who are not familiar with Ruby should read the "Introduction to Ruby" in the "Appendix" section to understand Ruby's basic syntax and common usage.

The first edition of "Agile Web Development: Using Rails for Agile Web Development (2nd Edition)" won the Jolt Award for "Best Technical Book". Building on the content architecture of the first edition, this second edition adds an introduction to new features and best practices in Rails 1.2. Compared with the content in the first edition, Rails 1.2 adds important new features such as data migration, RJS templates, and integrated testing frameworks, as well as many new best practices in deployment and project organization. "The Agile Way of Web Development: Agile Web Development with Rails (2nd Edition)" covers these new contents, so it better reflects the development status of the Rails framework. Overall, the book has both intuitive examples and in-depth analysis. It also covers relevant knowledge in all aspects of web application development. It can be called a masterpiece that explains things in a simple way.

The book is mainly divided into two parts. In the "Building an Application" section, readers will see a complete "Online Book Shopping Website" example. In the subsequent "Rails Framework" section, the author provides an in-depth introduction to the various components of the Rails framework.

In addition to the above two parts, readers who lack understanding of Rails should first read the "Getting Started" part to gain a perceptual understanding of this popular web framework through the simplest example application. Readers who are unfamiliar with Ruby should read the "Introduction to Ruby" in the "Appendix" section to understand Ruby's basic syntax and common usage.