Ruby-on-Rails is a web application framework. Following the principles of DRY (Don’t Repeat Yourself) and “Convention over Configuration”, 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.

What Rails Is

• Web Applications & Rails
  
• What Rails can Do
  
• Where Rails Came From
  
• Rails Philosophies
  
• More Rails Philosophies
  
• MVC
  
• Model
  
• Controller

Tools

• Command Line
  
• Text Editor
  
• Rails & Ruby Overview
  

Rails & Ruby In Detail

• Rails Application Directory
  
• Rails Scripts
  
• Generate Script
  
• Generate Script - Models
  
• Generate Script - Controllers
  
• Generate Script - Mailer
  
• Generate Script - Scaffold
  
• Generate Script - Other Generators
  
• Server Script
  
• Console Script

The Basics

• Your First Rails Application
  
• Creating a MySQL Database
  
• Connecting to MySQL with Rails
  
• Generating a Model
  
• Basic Links
  
• Basic Forms

Models

• ActiveRecord
  
• Attributes
  
• Date-Time Fields
  
• Primary Keys

Advanced Models

• Model Relationships
  
• Model Relationships - One-to-One
  
• Model Relationships - One-to-Many
  
• Model Relationships - Many-to-Many
  
• Basic Searches
  
• Advanced Searches

Scaffolding

• What is Scaffolding
  
• Modifying Scaffolding Pt.1
  
• Modifying Scaffolding Pt.2

Controllers

• What are Controllers
  
• Routing
  
• URL Generation
  
• Cookies
  
• Sessions
  
• Talking Between Actions
  
• Filters

Views

• What are Views
  
• RHTML
  
• Assistance
  
• More Assistance
  
• Assistance - Forms
  
• Assistance - Text Fields & Areas
  
• Text Field & Area Tags
  
• Form Assistance - Date/Time Fields
  
• Form Assistance - Selection Lists
  
• Form Assistance - Radio Buttons & Checkboxes
  
• Form Assistance - File Uploads Pt.1
  
• Form Assistance - File Uploads Pt.2
  
• Form Assistance - Links
  
• Pagination
  
• Layouts
  
• Partial Page Templates

Testing

• What is Testing
  
• Testing Models
  
• Testing Controllers

Security

• Security Overview
  
• SQL Issues
  
• CSS Issues

Ajax

• What is AJAX or Web 2.0
  
• Some GUI Tricks
  
• Some More Tricks

Deployment

• Choosing a Production Platform
  
• Basics of Deployment
  
• Backups

Finishing It Up

• Rails Resources
  
• Where to Go Next

All Ruby on Rails training attendees should have some experience with server-side web development. Programming experience in an object-oriented language would also be helpful.

This training will help a beginner to gain an understanding of the basics of web applications and work your way to developing a full-on web application.

• Know how to install and configure Ruby, Rails, and any associated packages
• Understand the Model-View-Controller architecture for server-side applications
• Understand the major components of Rails, including Active Record, Action Controller, and Action View
• Learn Ruby fundamentals
• Work with databases
• Do test driven development of Rails applications

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