Course Length:

1 Day

Course Description:

This one-day rapid Rails course will give you, in quick order, many of the details that will allow you write database backed Web applications

Who Should Attend:

This course is for students who want to learn the basics of Ruby on Rails in an abbreviated time period.

Benefits of Attendance:

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

• Create an application using Ruby on Rails
• Hook up a database and Rails
• Use style sheets to beautify Rails Apps
• Present a consistent look and feel to your Web pages
• Link pages together
• Map database tables to Rails models
• Validate Model data
• Display flash messages and error messages

Prerequisites:

It is recommended that students have some experience with writing J2EE applications and have a basic knowledge of Ruby.

Course Outline:

• Chapter 1: Speeding Along With Rails
  1. Introduction
  2. Getting Started
  3. The root Directory
  4. Starting the Server
  5. Generating Models and Controllers
  6. Launching Web Applications
  7. Embedded Ruby
  8. Exploring the Model
  9. irb - The Ruby Console
  10. The Rails Console
  11. Displaying the Employee Records
  12. controller.rhtml
  13. link_to
  14. Creating the Form to Add an Employee
  15. The flash Hash
  16. Model Validation
  17. Linking Two Models
  18. Adding Tasks
  19. Showing Tasks
  20. Deleting a Task
  21. Listing Both Employees and Tasks
  22. Adding a Field to the Task Table
  23. application_helpers.rb
  24. What We Have Omitted
  25. Part II: "0 to 60 in Five Minutes"
  26. Our Complete Ruby/Rails Curriculum