Does anyone know where I could find a good explanation of how rails works internally?

rubyonrails-talk
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I was wondering if anyone knew of some resources I could look at to learn about how rails works internally. I've been looking through the code but I was wondering if there were any high level explanations of how it works overall.

Thanks in advance, Ruben

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Read "Ruby for Rails" by our good friend David Black. After reading tons of other books (like 2500 pages) and doing the AWDWR example 3 or 4 time and still not "getting it", I read David's book and the waters calmed. It explains a heck of a lot about what is really happening behind the magic of Rails. I can't say enough good things about this book. Also you really need to learn ruby without rails. I like "Everyday scripting with ruby", but it is rather centered on testers and not necessarily rails testing.

Good luck

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_The Rails Way_ is pretty technical, that's what I'd recommend.

Nicholas

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I also hear "The Rails Way" is good. It is next on my list. It is for Rails 2.0