Ruby on Rails Class intro

RUBY ON RAILSAN INTRODUCTION TO RAILS 3

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN• Ruby: the language • Core Syntax • Fundamentals used in Rails• Rails: the web framework • Core classes • Common Patterns (and anti-patterns) • Enough to be dangerous

HOW YOU WILL LEARN• Exploration: experiment, play• Test-Driven Development (TDD) • Initially as a learning methodology • Later as a development methodology• Ask questions• Learn to ﬁnd your own answers

CLASS STRUCTURE• Conceptual Overview• Live Coding Demonstrations• In-class coding

RUBY ON RAILS HISTORY• Ruby on Rails was extracted from 37signals’ Basecamp by David Heinemeier Hansson (DHH)• July 2004: ﬁrst released as open source• Feb 2005: ﬁrst external commit rights• Oct 2007: ships with Mac OS X v10.5 "Leopard”

RAILS PHILOSOPHY• Opinionated• Convention over conﬁguration• DRY (Dont Repeat Yourself) • less code means its easier to maintain & modify• Test Driven Development (TDD)• Minimal code - maximal effect

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