Rubyon Rails I

Ruby on Rails Bootcamp is an intensive 5-day training course specifically designed for developers, web designers, and project managers interested in creating web-based, database-backed applications. Ruby on Rails is a full-stack framework for developing database-backed web applications according to the Model-View-Control pattern.

The class has been completely revamped for Rails 3.0. The updated class takes advantage of many of the new Rails 3.0 features including REST, MultiView, ATOM, ActiveSupport, and more.

What You’ll Learn

Upon completion of Ruby on Rails I, the student will be able to:

Ruby on Rails Bootcamp

Understand the major components that make up Rails (ActiveRecord, ActionPack, ActionMailer, and ActiveSupport)
Understand the Model View Controller (MVC) pattern and how Ruby on Rails conventions encourage efficient design
Apply Ruby on Rails best practices
Install, setup, design, develop and deploy new Ruby on Rails applications, as well as update, manage, and maintain existing Ruby on Rails applications
Understand how ActiveRecord provides associations, validations, and easy interactions with powerful database queries
Understand how ActionPack's ActionView simplifies web interfaces through layouts, partials, helpers, and ERb templates
Understand how ActionPack's ActionController provides powerful handling of web requests by providing mechanisms for routing, redirects, and renders, as well as handling parameters, sessions, and caching
Build, parse, and manipulate XML Documents by generating RSS feeds, and creating and consuming Web Services
Create and run Tests using built-in processes such as unit tests, functional tests, fixtures, assertions, and validations
Avoid Security pitfalls and deployment problems
Debug applications using breakpoints, logging, and prototyping in an interactive console
Make rich and dynamic interfaces using Ruby on Rails' extensive, easy to use AJAX libraries
Utilize Ruby on Rails generators, plugins, engines, and Ruby libraries to quickly add extended functionality and features
Deploy and Maintain Ruby on Rails applications using Capistrano, and a trusted Rails deployment stack

Ruby on Rails I Syllabus

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Introduction	Introduction to Ruby on Rails, the instructor and the course. Understanding what Rails is and isn't.
Diving Right In	A look at a real-world Rails app. Quick tour of default app. Overview of environments. Brief demo of Active Record, Action Controller, and Action View.
MVC (Model View Controller)	Detailed look at Rails MVC implementation. Full lifecycle of web request.
Active Record basics	The Active Record Pattern. Models, Tables, Columns, Attributes. Create, Read, Update, Delete (CRUD).
Action Controller basics	Actions, Controllers, Routing requests, Params, Sessions, flash messages.
Action View basics	ERb templates, layouts, partials, views, components, helpers.
More Active Record features	Validations, Associations, Aggregations, Accessors, find_by_*, overriding defaults.
More Action Pack features	Request filters, render versus redirect, caching, responds_to, form helpers.
Testing	Testing controllers (functional), testing models (unit), creating mock objects (fixtures), assertions, rake.
Routes	Routing requests, creating patterns, error-handling
Request Filters and Callbacks	after, before, around (prepend_around), callbacks
Debugging	Breakpointer, logging, script/console
AJAX	AJAX form requests, effects, controls and JS helpers. RJS templates
Action Mailer Basics	Sending mail, processing mail, using generator, testing mail
Web Services and XML	using Builder, RXML, generating RSS feed, producing, consuming Web Service
Extending Rails	Active Support basics. Plugins, Engines, ruby libraries
Benchmarking and Performance	Caching (fragments, partials), eager loading, profiling, benchmarking
Deployment	Sample server setups, Capistrano configuration, recipe creation