# Top down reference for Rails?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/top-down-reference-for-rails/110375>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [July 25, 2007, 9:33pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/top-down-reference-for-rails/110375 "2007-07-25T21:33:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![ming](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/71c47a/32.png) [@ming](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ming)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2007, 9:33pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/top-down-reference-for-rails/110375/1 "2007-07-25T21:33:40Z")

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I appreciate the blend of demo development with top down perspective  
– big picture view – of the Agile Rails book. Is there a reference  
that focuses on the big picture view with less demo? None of the  
Rails books I’ve checked on Amazon seem to offer this. Perhaps there  
is an online reference I don’t know about? TIA.

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**Author:** ![ming](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/71c47a/32.png) [@ming](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ming)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2007, 9:38pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/top-down-reference-for-rails/110375/2 "2007-07-25T21:38:10Z")

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[http://api.rubyonrails.com/](http://api.rubyonrails.com/)

Quoting M. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid):

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**Author:** ![ming](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/71c47a/32.png) [@ming](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ming)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2007, 9:52pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/top-down-reference-for-rails/110375/3 "2007-07-25T21:52:57Z")

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hi, thanks for the link.

is there another reference that’s less encyclopedic and more  
explanatory on the architecture?

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**Author:** ![ming](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/71c47a/32.png) [@ming](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ming)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2007, 9:59pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/top-down-reference-for-rails/110375/4 "2007-07-25T21:59:46Z")

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i found some on [wiki.rubyonrails.org](http://wiki.rubyonrails.org).

sorry for not posting a proper url, my browser is acting stupid.

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**Author:** ![ming](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/71c47a/32.png) [@ming](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ming)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2007, 10:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/top-down-reference-for-rails/110375/5 "2007-07-25T22:23:37Z")

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Ming:

You might want to look at Ruby for Rails by David Black.