# Newbie: help on site design?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/newbie-help-on-site-design/106624>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [June 12, 2007, 4:06pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/newbie-help-on-site-design/106624 "2007-06-12T16:06:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![Fjordur](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/c89c15/32.png) [@Fjordur](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Fjordur)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2007, 4:06pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/newbie-help-on-site-design/106624/1 "2007-06-12T16:06:34Z")

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Hi,  
I’m learning RoR, been throught various tutorials on scaffolding, done  
the O’Reilly “Ruby on Rails” book by Tate and Hibbs.

I’m planning to build a full web application with logins and sessions.  
Can you point me to a tutorial to help me design the architecture:

- components (how to login, manage users data…)
- best practice to manage sessions , global design.

Thanks,

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**Author:** ![Fjordur](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/c89c15/32.png) [@Fjordur](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Fjordur)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2007, 4:20pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/newbie-help-on-site-design/106624/2 "2007-06-12T16:20:18Z")

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Fjordur wrote:

> Hi,  
> I’m learning RoR, been throught various tutorials on scaffolding, done  
> the O’Reilly “Ruby on Rails” book by Tate and Hibbs.
> 
> I’m planning to build a full web application with logins and sessions.  
> Can you point me to a tutorial to help me design the architecture:
> 
> - components (how to login, manage users data…)
> - best practice to manage sessions , global design.
> 
> Thanks,

Hi,

Ruby on Rails questions are often better received in the Ruby on Rails  
forum ( [http://www.ruby-forum.com/forum/3](http://www.ruby-forum.com/forum/3) ).

The best book I’ve seen for what you want to do is Agile Web D.  
with Ruby on Rails (  
[http://www.pragmaticprogrammer.com/titles/rails/index.html](http://www.pragmaticprogrammer.com/titles/rails/index.html) ),  
supplemented with a good book about Ruby, perhaps David A. Black’s Ruby  
for Rails ( [Ruby for Rails](http://www.manning.com/black/) ).

Regards,

Chris

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**Author:** ![Fjordur](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/c89c15/32.png) [@Fjordur](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Fjordur)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2007, 5:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/newbie-help-on-site-design/106624/3 "2007-06-12T17:53:05Z")

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On Jun 12, 2007, at 9:20 AM, Chris L. wrote:

> > - best practice to manage sessions , global design.  
> > with Ruby on Rails (  
> > Posted via [http://www.ruby-forum.com/](http://www.ruby-forum.com/).

Also consider the Rails Cookbook and the Ruby Cookbook.  
But definitely the Agile Web D. With Rails and Programming  
Ruby are 2 vital reference books you need to have available. Mr.  
Black’s book gives you a better understanding of the space in between.  
Apress also has a whole host of books on the way.