Learning Ruby on Rails has never been this fast and easy, or fun! Veteran Codemy.com programmer John Elder walks you step by step through the ins and outs of Rails for Web Development. Written for the absolute beginner, you don't need any programming experience to dive in and get started with this book. Follow along as John builds a Pinterest-style website from start to finish that allows people to sign up, log in and out, edit their profile, upload images to the database and style those images on the screen. By the end, you'll be well on your way to becoming a professional Ruby on Rails coder!*AUTHOR UPDTE: C9, the development environment we used in the book, was purchased by Amazon and is no longer accepting new users unless you sign up through my education account at Codemy.com/c9 This absolute beginners guide to Ruby On Rails will walk you step by step through everything you need to start building killer websites with Rails.  Follow along as I build a fully functioning clone of the website Pinterest - and build your own! *AUTHOR UPDATE: C9, the development environment we use in the book, was purchased by Amazon and is no longer accepting new users unless you sign up through my education account at Codemy.com/c9 You'll learn... How to set up a Ruby on Rails cloud development environment for free so that you can start using Rails instantly without getting bogged down with installation.   How to use a command line terminal, save your code with git and github, and how to host your website on Heroku. How to create websites quickly and easily using Rails built in commands. How to add functionality to your apps using Ruby Gems How to style your website using Bootstrap CSS quickly and easily. How to use databases to allow people to become members of your site, log in, create user profiles, and upload images. How to use Amazon AWS to store user information from your site. How to make your websites mobile ready. And much much more...  This book was written for the absolute beginner, no prior knowledge is necessary to dive in and and start coding with Rails.  When you're done with this book you'll have a solid understanding of how to use rails to create high level, interactive, database driven websites, and you'll have a cool project to showcase on your resume. *AUTHOR UPDATE: C9, the development environment we use in the book, was purchased by Amazon and is no longer accepting new users unless you sign up through my education account at Codemy.com/c9 John Elder is one of the original pioneers of Internet Marketing. He created one of the earliest Internet advertising networks back in 1997 and sold it to a publicly traded company at the height of the first dot com boom and then went on to create the best-selling Submission-Spider search engine submission software that's been used by over 3 million individuals and small businesses in over 45 countries.  John founded Codemy.com an online interactive school that teaches people to code using a unique blend of video courses and hands-on help. Students can learn Ruby on Rails, PHP, HTML and CSS, Javascript, Python, and more... John graduated with honors with a degree in economics from Washington University in St. Louis where he was an artsci scholar. You can contact him at JohnElder.org