Enterprise recipes with Ruby and Rails

After reading this book I've got the impression, that Ruby on Rails doesn't really match the needs of a large enterprise infrastructure. I really love Rails for web applications and its ease of use is also very nice when developing a prototype in an enterprise.

Over 50 'recipes' shows hot to blend existing legacy code using Ruby and Ruby on Rails, and how to create new applications based on existing models. Learn how to process a range of data pieces in all kinds of formats from XML to fixed-length records using a guide that even helps reuse existing C, C++, Java and other codes.

The book is build out of about 50, thorough researched, real world enterprise recipes. While scenarios are easy to comprehend, they go far beyond the "hello world" and show real world challenges, a developer is facing in a legacy software landscape: * processing (huge) XML files * handling other data formats like CVS and JSON * authenticating via LDAP * bulk loading data into a relational database - with or without validation * SOAP * JMS and other message brokers * RMI There is also other shiny legacy-free world, where you build a new, at first glance, a stand alone application.