Course Length:

2 Days

Course Description:

This course describes how to write database-backed Web Applications using the Ruby on Rails (also pronounced RoR, or Rails) Framework. Students are taken through the various steps of creating a full-fledged Web Application. Topics include static and dynamic pages, sign up forms, signing in and out, sessions, managing users, and various other Rails topics.

Who Should Attend:

A typical student in this course has either been tasked with writing a Rails application, or has been tasked with evaluating the Rails framework. Thus, this course should be attended by developers and managers alike, and possibly system administrators.

Benefits of Attendance:

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

• Install and set up the development environment.
• Understand and create a basic Rails application.
• Create static pages.
• Understand the Ruby language underlying Rails.
• Create a site layout, user data model, and full registration and authentication system.
• Add microblogging and social features.

Prerequisites:

Students should have been through a course in the Ruby Programming language. They should also have an understanding of HTML. Students should also have experience with a SQL compliant database such as MySQL.

Course Outline:

• From Zero to Deploy
  1. Introduction
  2. Up and Running
  3. Version Control with Git
  4. Deploying
• A Demo App
  1. Planning the Application
  2. The Users Resource
  3. A Microposts Resource
• Mostly Static Pages
  1. Static Pages
  2. Our First Tests
  3. Slightly Dynamic Pages
  4. Exercises
• Rails Flavored Ruby
  1. Motivation
  2. Strings and Methods
  3. Other Data Structures
  4. Ruby Classes
  5. Exercises
• Filling in the Layout
  1. Adding Some Structure
  2. Layout Links
  3. User Signup: A first Step
  4. Exercises
• Modeling and Viewing Users
  1. User Model
  2. User Validations
  3. Viewing Users
  4. Exercises
  5. Insecure Passwords
  6. Secure Passwords
  7. Better User Views
  8. Exercises
• Sign Up
  1. Signup Form
  2. Signup Failure
  3. Signup Success
  4. RSpec Integration Tests
  5. Exercises
• Sign In, Sign Out
  1. Sessions
  2. Signin Failure
  3. Signin Success
  4. Signing Out
  5. Exercises
• Updating, Showing, and Deleting Users
  1. Updating Users
  2. Protecting Pages
  3. Showing Users
  4. Destroying Users
  5. Exercises
• User Microposts
  1. A Micropost Model
  2. Showing Microposts
  3. Manipulating Microposts
  4. Exercises
• Following Users
  1. A Relationship Model
  2. A Web Interface for Following and Followers
  3. The Status Feed
  4. Exercises