Course Description

Ruby On Rails

Ruby on Rails lets you learn to put your web development on Rails. Experience the Rails way of approaching web applications and see how you'll be able to spend less time configuring and more time developing. Starting with the basics of Ruby and Rails, you'll learn the full Rails' MVC stack, testing techniques, Ajax and even web services. We'll work through the full life-cycle of a Rails project, giving you experience with all facets of a typical application.

Prerequisites

Prior exposure to the following concepts and technologies is very helpful, but not required.

• Basic knowledge of HTML and CSS.
• Basic knowledge of JavaScript.
• Basic understanding of the HTTP protocol, including concepts like SSL,redirection, GET vs POST, etc.
• Basic knowledge of SQL.
• Familiarity with MySQL (or any other relational database.

Course Outline

Course Outcome

By the end of this course you will learn how to:

• Configure and install Ruby and Rails
• Learn the basics of the Ruby language
• Build a new Rails application from scratch
• Setup and manage databases with migrations
• Learn how to configure Rails' routing
• Practice test-driven development (TDD) with Rspec
• Learn about behavior-driven development (BDD) with Cucumber
• Learn how to add Ajax with JQuery
• Learn how to leverage ActiveRecord with associations, validations, and callbacks
• Understand resources and REST, and how to use them in a Rails application
• Learn how to find and use plugins
• Learn how to send emails with ActionMailer
• Understand the various deployment options for Rails applications
• Understand Rails' opinions and how to embrace or override them