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Ruby on Rails Course

Author : Al Anderson

7hrs (94 Lessons) 2006-09-22

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Ruby-on-Rails is a web application framework. Following the principles of DRY (Donât Repeat Yourself) and âConvention over Configurationâ, Ruby-on-Rails enables web application developers to create dynamic and easily deployed websites in a very short amount of time. Based on the powerful Ruby language Rails is a set of Ruby templates and scripts used to build an entire web application and connect with a wide variety of database back-ends. VTC Author Al Anderson will help a beginner gain an understanding of the basics of web applications and work your way to developing a full-on web application. To begin learning Ruby-on-Rails simply click the links.

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Course: Ruby on Rails
Author: Al Anderson
SKU: 33715
ISBN: 1-933736-44-5
Work Files: Yes
Captions: No
Subject: Programming
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Programming With Ruby
Author : Al Anderson

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Course outline

Introduction

Welcome (02:31)

What this Tutorial Will Cover (02:40)

What Rails Is

Web Applications & Rails (04:33)

What Rails Can Do (07:00)

Where Rails Came From (03:53)

Rails Philosophies (03:36)

More Rails Philosophies (03:39)

MVC (05:02)

Model (06:13)

View Pt.1 (03:53)

View Pt.2 (04:32)

Controller (05:17)

Tools

Command Line (04:11)

Text Editor (02:45)

Rails & Ruby Overview (02:45)

Installation

Installation on Mac Pt.1 (04:08)

Installation on Mac Pt.2 (03:48)

MySQL Install on Mac (03:18)

Troubleshooting Mac Install (02:01)

Installation on Windows (04:51)

MySQL Install on Windows (02:32)

One-stop-shop on Mac (02:37)

Keeping Rails Up to Date (06:48)

Rails & Ruby In Detail

Ruby Pt.1 (05:54)

Ruby Pt.2 (05:37)

Ruby Pt.3 (05:26)

Rails Application Directory (05:17)

Rails Scripts (05:15)

Generate Script (03:59)

Generate Script - Models (03:45)

Generate Script - Controllers (04:48)

Generate Script - Mailer (04:17)

Generate Script - Scaffold (07:01)

Generate Script - Other Generators (04:13)

Server Script (02:06)

Console Script (02:09)

The Basics

Your First Rails Application (05:32)

Creating a MySQL Database (04:48)

Connecting to MySQL with Rails (04:23)

Generating a Model (03:58)

Basic Links (03:40)

Basic Forms (03:07)

Models

ActiveRecord (03:52)

Attributes (05:06)

Date-Time Fields (04:05)

Primary Keys (03:00)

Advanced Models

Model Relationships (05:42)

Model Relationships - One-to-One (06:47)

Model Relationships - One-to-Many (05:54)

Model Relationships - Many-to-Many (05:15)

Basic Searches (02:36)

Advanced Searches (04:44)

Scaffolding

What is Scaffolding (05:53)

Modifying Scaffolding Pt.1 (05:11)

Modifying Scaffolding Pt.2 (03:05)

Controllers

What are Controllers (06:34)

Routing (03:40)

URL Generation (04:12)

Cookies (03:15)

Sessions (07:17)

Talking Between Actions (02:15)

Filters (04:30)

Views

What are Views (02:59)

RHTML (06:48)

Assistance (06:06)

More Assistance (05:31)

Assistance - Forms (03:27)

Assistance - Text Fields & Areas (05:44)

Text Field & Area Tags (04:59)

Form Assistance - Date/Time Fields (03:01)

Form Assistance - Selection Lists (04:37)

Form Assistance - Radio Buttons & Checkboxes (05:05)

Form Assistance - File Uploads Pt.1 (05:03)

Form Assistance - File Uploads Pt.2 (03:45)

Form Assistance - Links (04:06)

Pagination (06:07)

Layouts (03:28)

Partial Page Templates (02:38)

Testing

What is Testing (06:22)

Testing Models (05:04)

Testing Controllers (03:34)

Security

Security Overview (04:16)

SQL Issues (03:55)

CSS Issues (04:14)

Ajax

What is AJAX or Web 2.0 (05:59)

Some GUI Tricks (03:41)

Some More Tricks (04:43)

Deployment

Choosing a Production Platform (04:49)

Basics of Deployment (05:52)

Backups (06:20)

Finishing It Up

Rails Resources (05:09)

Where to Go Next (03:02)

Wrap-Up (04:25)

Credits

About this Author (02:18)