Instant Sinatra Starter -- Instant Sinatra Starter -- Credits -- About the Author -- About the Reviewers -- www.packtpub.com -- Support files, eBooks, discount offers and more -- packtlib.packtpub.com -- Why Subscribe? -- Free Access for Packt account holders -- 1. Sinatra Starter -- So, what is Sinatra? -- What is a web framework? -- Sinatra or Ruby on Rails? -- Who's using it? -- Minimalistic -- Education -- Performance -- Prototyping -- Source code -- Installation -- Step 1 - what do I need? -- Step 2 - installing library dependencies -- Installing a C compiler -- Installing external packages -- Step 3 - installing Ruby -- Installing a Ruby Version Manager -- Installing Ruby -- Step 4 - installing Bundler -- Step 5 - installing Git -- Step 6 - registering for online accounts -- Code -- Application deployment -- And that's it -- Quick start - your first Sinatra application -- Step 1 - creating the application -- Logging -- Step 2 - putting the application under version control with Git -- Step 3 - deploying the application -- Step 4 - page layout with Slim -- Step 5 - styling -- Step 6 - development setup -- Step 7 - testing the application -- Top 18 features you need to know about -- Sinatra application types -- Classic applications -- Modular style applications -- Runtime environments -- Project layout -- Static files -- Templates -- Middleware -- Sessions -- Session security -- GET requests -- Handling forms -- Uploading files -- Protecting your application -- CSRF -- How a CSRF attack works -- Implementing CSRF protection for your application -- Handlers, routes, and parameters -- Handlers -- Routes -- First to last -- Parameters -- The params variable -- block parameters -- Query parameters -- Wildcard or splat parameters -- Optional parameters -- Regular expressions -- Route conditions -- The provides condition -- Templating.

Inline templates -- HTML templates -- Slim -- Layouts -- Sending e-mail -- Logging -- How to write logs to a file -- Request -- Response -- Status -- Using a database -- Setup -- Create a database -- Insert an address -- The Sinatra DSL -- Helpers -- Settings -- People and places you should get to know -- Official sites -- Articles and tutorials -- Community -- Blogs -- Twitter.