Online Training Leader lynda.com Announces Release of Ruby on Rails Beyond the Basics

Over 11 hours of tutorials on building applications with Ruby on Rails.

Ventura, California (PRWEB) November 13, 2007 — lynda.com, the leader in self-paced digital media and design training, today introduced Ruby on Rails Beyond the Basics.

In this sequel to the popular Ruby on Rails Essential Training, expert instructor Kevin Skoglund teaches comprehensive techniques for web developers who already feel comfortable with the fundamentals of Ruby and the Rails MVC framework. This training will help developers move toward creating full-featured Ruby on Rails applications. Kevin begins by explaining how to update software and projects to the latest versions. He then demonstrates alternative ways to interact with Ruby and your Rails applications and teaches the intermediate aspects of the Ruby language. Kevin provides step-by-step instructions for creating a custom blog and content management application. He uses this practical example to show how to work with database migrations, how to get more from ActiveRecord and avoid common pitfalls, how to create flexible controllers and views, and how to improve performance, security, and code management. Exercise files accompany the tutorials.

“This is the perfect resource for anyone developing a real website in Ruby on Rails,” says Lynda Weinman, CEO of lynda.com. “It covers not only in-depth programming concepts, but also the ‘care and feeding’ tips you’ll need to efficiently maintain your Ruby on Rails development and production environments.”

Anyone with an internet connection can access Ruby on Rails Beyond the Basics by subscribing to lynda.com’s Online Training Library®. A separate CD-ROM version of Ruby on Rails Beyond the Basics is planned later this month.

Subscriptions to the lynda.com Online Training Library® start at $25 a month, and provide access to over 22,000 movie tutorials covering more than 320 technology career tools, software applications, and techniques. Subscribers can access any of the computer-based training courses at their convenience. Multi-user subscriptions are also available for companies and institutions seeking to provide education and training to groups.

For free online samples of Ruby on Rails Beyond the Basics and more detailed product information, please visit http://movielibrary.lynda.com/html/modPage.asp?ID=395.

To arrange to view the full training title, please contact email protected from spam bots.

For more information on lynda.com products, please visit http://www.lynda.com or call 1-888-335-9632.

About lynda.com
Since 1997, lynda.com has provided education and technical training solutions for designers, computer graphics specialists, digital media users, and computer owners. lynda.com products include web-based training, instructional books, CD- and DVD-based video training, self-paced online learning, and events for creative designers, instructors, students, and hobbyists. lynda.com specializes in teaching fundamental design and graphics principles along with the latest computer software, digital media technologies, and techniques.

About Kevin Skoglund
Kevin Skoglund is the owner of Pixel & Press (http://www.pixelandpress.com) , a web development company specializing in application development using Ruby on Rails, PHP, SQL, HTML, and CSS. Pixel & Press web clients include lynda.com, Flashforward, An Event Apart, Google, The American Institute of Architects (AIA) New York, and Aidan Bradley Photography. Kevin began creating websites in 2001. He has been using PHP and MySQL to develop web applications since 2003, and started using Ruby on Rails in 2005. He also maintains a blog for web developers at http://www.nullislove.com.

Charlotte, North Carolina – (Website Hosting Directory) – September 25, 2006 – Web hosting company, RoundBerry.com, is offering full Ruby on Rails support, with all web hosting plans, at no additional cost to its customers.

Ruby on Rails is becoming a leading website development platform and allows developers to rapidly build and deploy complex websites and internet applications, as a complete tool used in large corporate projects. Offering all of the functionality without hand coding, Ruby on Rails offers unique module and platform building capabilities.

Round Berry Web Hosting, located in Charlotte, North Carolina, offers inexpensive web hosting starting at $3.33/month. With thousands of customers in over 15 countries, RoundBerry has been in the web hosting business for over 5 years.

Roundberry has two data centers, both equally suited to provide a secure, reliable, safe, and extremely fast connection to the internet. The West Coast data center, located in San Jose, California, is a managed hosting center, engineered to avoid any single point of failure in power or connectivity. Built by the founding members of AboveNet Communications, the high performance, scalable, and redundant features of this data center allows each customer the ability to diversify, grow, and quickly respond to consumer demands on the web. The data center’s engineering team dedicates a significant amount of time and resources to data center security. The systems undergo rigorous security checks periodically. All personnel must pass both biometric palm scanners and produce valid pass cards to gain access. The telco-grade facility also has advanced IP architecture to guarantee that each server operates as efficiently and dependably as possible, so that your Internet presence is delivered reliably.

The East Coast facility, HostNOC Data Center, in Scranton, Pennsylvania, has all the same redundancy, security and reliability features as the West Coast DC. We use all the services and protection offered within the facility. FM-200 Fire Suppression, Multiple UPS Systems, Backup Diesel Generators, and 24/7/365 Network Operations staff, ensures the safety and reliability of your services and equipment. Fast, reliable connectivity to the internet is provided via multiple OC-12 connections to over 75 diverse providers. All servers are wired to an uninterruptible power supply, as well as connected to a diesel backup generator. This ensures that your data/website can be reached, viewed, updated and accessible with incredible connectivity and network strength, 24 hours a day.

Common Features include:
– Biometric hand scanners.
– Video surveillance (recorded and archived).
– Security patrols through entire facility.
– Secure, patrolled parking lot.
– NOC access is restricted and guarded.
– 24 hour on-site security staff presence.
– VESDA air sampling and early detection systems.
– FM200 fire suppression control.
– 225 kva UPS systems.
– Dual Gigabit/OC12 (1000/622Mbps) fiber-optic connections to AboveNet and XO Communications (West Coast), and Commonwealth Telephone and XO Communications (East Coast).

To learn more, please visit: www.roundberry.com.

Dublin, Ireland – (Website Hosting Directory) – September 6, 2006 – Irish based hosting provider and domain registration company, Blacknight Solutions, is offering Ruby on Rails hosting to its clients. The latest versions of both Ruby on Rails and Ruby gems are available, to facilitate web developers in producing content- rich applications.

Ruby on Rails is an open source web application framework written in Ruby that follows the MVC or Model-View-Controller architecture. It allows applications to be developed using less code and a minimum of configuration, for faster and more cost-effective web development. Blacknight has made Ruby on Rails available to hosting clients on its Linux based hosting platform. The company recently introduced support for PHP5 on its windows hosting platform, which, according to Blacknight, gives it the widest range of technology support in the Irish market at present.

Michele Neylon, CEO of Blacknight Solutions explained, ”We’re as passionate about technology as our clients, so we’re delighted to be able to offer Ruby On Rails to the Irish web community.”

Blacknight Solutions recently opened a second network in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, to serve dedicated and colocated clients. One of the first Irish hosting companies to offer virus and content filtering to its clients in 2002, Blacknight has partnered with companies such as Uptime Software and Comodo, in order to bring ‘best of breed’ technologies to the Irish market, while maintaining an aggressive pricing model. Blacknight Solutions are members of the IIA, ISPAI, RIPE, SFA and Nominet.

To learn more about Blacknight Solutions, please visit: www.blacknight.ie.