Introduction to Ruby on Rails Workshop

• Build a simple object-oriented Ruby program
• Differentiate arrays and hashes
• Apply loops to manipulate collections
• Create and implement custom methods and classes
• Explain the MVC structure and differentiate between models, views, and controllers.
• Build a simple Rails app from scratch

Schedule:

Day 1: Introduction to Ruby, GitHub, and the Command Line

• Explain the request/response cycle
• Learn the basics of object oriented programming in Ruby Variables, Conditionals, Loops, Collections, Methods, Classes, and Objects
• Navigate file structures using the command line
• Learn the basics of git and GitHub
  

Day 2: Introduction to Rails

• Learn what MVC means for web apps
• Create your first Rails app using scaffolding
• Apply Rails generators to create simple models, views, and controllers
• Set up custom routes in Rails
• Implement a Twitter clone web app in Rails
• Learn how to deploy to Heroku

Prereqs & Preparation:

Students should be knowledgeable and comfortable in the general ways the World Wide Web works.

No pre-reqs but some pre-course work in the command line and git would be good if you are not familiar. Ideally, understand how to navigate to a folder using the command line.

Review these resources before class:

• http://try.github.io/
• http://cli.learncodethehardway.org/book/
  

Preparation:

• Laptop preferably a Mac but PCs welcomed.
• Text editor, such as Sublime Text: http://www.sublimetext.com/
• Download/Install Ruby and Rails: http://railsinstaller.org/