Learn to write clean Ruby code that your team will thank you for. This fully revised and expanded edition goes far beyond the basics to help you master the principles and practices to keep your Ruby code elegant, maintainable, and future-proof.Author Carleton DiLeo draws on years of experience across diverse Ruby codebases to show you why clean code matters and how to achieve it using today’s best practices. You’ll learn foundational principles like SOLID, DRY, and KISS, explore mo...

Remote development has drastically changed the way teams build software. The freedom to work from wherever and possibly whenever has increased flexibility, but these benefits have not come without growing pains. The people managing this new type of team have worked tirelessly to adapt existing practices to this new, unfamiliar environment.The good news is you don’t have to go through it alone. Authors Carleton DiLeo and Jennifer Reyes draw from two decades of combined experience bu...

Learn the principles behind object-oriented programming in Ruby and within a few chapters create a fully functional Ruby 3-based application. You'll gain a basic understanding of many ancillary technologies such as databases, XML, web frameworks, and networking - some of which will be needed for your first Ruby application. Based on the bestselling first and second editions, Beginning Ruby 3, 4th Edition is a leading guide to learn Ruby from the ground up.The new edition o...

Learn how to make better decisions and write cleaner Ruby code. This book shows you how to avoid messy code that is hard to test and which cripples productivity. Author Carleton DiLeo shares hard-learned lessons gained from years of experience across numerous codebases both large and small. Each chapter covers the topics you need to know to make better decisions and optimize your productivity. Many books will tell you how to do something; this book will tell you why you should do it. Start...

Explore the concepts and tools you need to discover the world of microservices with various design patternsKey FeaturesGet to grips with the microservice architecture and build enterprise-ready microservice applicationsLearn design patterns and the best practices while building a microservice applicationObtain hands-on techniques and tools to create high-performing microservices resilient to possible failsBook DescriptionMicr...

Key concepts and best practices for new software engineers — stuff critical to your workplace success that you weren’t taught in school.For new software engineers, knowing how to program is only half the battle. You’ll quickly find that many of the skills and processes key to your success are not taught in any school or bootcamp. The Missing README fills in that gap—a distillation of workplace lessons, best practices, and engineering fundamentals that the ...

Among the tests you perform on web applications, security testing is perhaps the most important, yet it's often the most neglected. The recipes in the Web Security Testing Cookbook demonstrate how developers and testers can check for the most common web security issues, while conducting unit tests, regression tests, or exploratory tests. Unlike ad hoc security assessments, these recipes are repeatable, concise, and systematic-perfect for integrating into your regular test suite.

The Definitive Refactoring Guide, Fully Revamped for RubyWith refactoring, programmers can transform even the most chaotic software into well-designed systems that are far easier to evolve and maintain. What’s more, they can do it one step at a time, through a series of simple, proven steps. Now, there’s an authoritative and extensively updated version of Martin Fowler’s classic refactoring book that utilizes Ruby examples and idioms throughout–not code adapted fro...

Transition from Rails' traditional MVC trio to layered abstractions with state machines, workflows, and AI integrations and evolve your codebase into a flexible, future-ready application Free with your book: DRM-free PDF version + access to Packt's next-gen Reader\* Key FeaturesUnderstand Rails’ architectural patterns, their strengths and limitsOrganize business logic in Rails apps when the default MVC approach is insufficientIntroduce abstract...

This succinct book explains how you can apply the practices of Lean software development to dramatically increase productivity and quality. Based on techniques that revolutionized Japanese manufacturing, Lean principles are being applied successfully to product design, engineering, the supply chain, and now software development. With The Art of Lean Software Development, you'll learn how to adopt Lean practices one at a time rather than taking on the entire methodology at once. As...

Thorough and updated coverage of database design and SQL for DB2 are the focus of this guide for the relational database-management system used on IBM i computer systems. Suitable for classroom instruction or self-study, this book explains the most widely used database language and the way that language is implemented on a variety of computer platforms. Topics covered include database concepts, SQL inquiries, web applications, and database security, and the material is reinforced by numero...

Making significant changes to large, complex codebases is a daunting task--one that's nearly impossible to do successfully unless you have the right team, tools, and mindset. If your application is in need of a substantial overhaul and you're unsure how to go about implementing those changes in a sustainable way, then this book is for you.Software engineer Maude Lemaire walks you through the entire refactoring process from start to finish. You'll learn from her experience driving p...