Getting Started With Ruby On Rails

An Overview of RUBY ON RAILS

What you'll learn

Introduction to Ruby on Rails

Creating the first project

Ruby on Rails MVC

RVM in Ruby

Bundlers

Creating a Resource

Requirements

Basic knowledge of Ruby and Object-Oriented Programming

Description

Ruby on Rails is an extremely productive web application framework written in Ruby by David Heinemeier Hansson. This course gives you a complete understanding on Ruby on Rails.Before we ride on Rails, let us recapitulate a few points of Ruby, which is the base of Rails.Ruby is the successful combination of −Smalltalk's conceptual elegance,Python's ease of use and learning, andPerl's pragmatism.Ruby is −A high-level programming language.Interpreted like Perl, Python, Tcl/TK.Object-oriented like Smalltalk, Eiffel, Ada, Java.Why Ruby?Ruby originated in Japan and now it is gaining popularity in US and Europe as well. The following factors contribute towards its popularity −Easy to learnOpen source (very liberal license)Rich librariesVery easy to extendTruly object-orientedLess coding with fewer bugsHelpful communityAlthough we have many reasons to use Ruby, there are a few drawbacks as well that you may have to consider before implementing Ruby −Performance Issues − Although it rivals Perl and Python, it is still an interpreted language and we cannot compare it with high-level programming languages like C or C++.Threading model − Ruby does not use native threads. Ruby threads are simulated in the VM rather than running as native OS threads.This course has been designed for beginners who would like to use the Ruby framework for developing database-backed web applications.You need to have a basic knowledge of Ruby and object-oriented programming to understand this course. In addition, you need to be familiar with internet and websites programming in general.

Overview

Section 1: Module

Lecture 1 Introduction to Ruby on Rails

Lecture 2 Ruby on Rails

Lecture 3 Rails IDE or Editor

Lecture 4 Rails Script

Lecture 5 Creating the first project

Lecture 6 Ruby on Rails Directory Structure

Lecture 7 Active RECORDS

Lecture 8 Ruby on Rails MVC

Lecture 9 RVM in Ruby

Lecture 10 Ruby on Rails Migrations

Lecture 11 Ruby on Rails Controllers

Lecture 12 Bundlers

Lecture 13 Creating a Resource

Beginners who would like to use the Ruby framework for developing database-backed web applications.