This document provides an overview of Ruby and the Ruby on Rails framework. It discusses key concepts in Ruby like classes, methods, variables, and duck typing. It then explains that Rails is an opinionated web application framework created by David Heinemeier Hansson that follows conventions over configurations and uses the model-view-controller (MVC) pattern. The MVC pattern separates an application into the model, the view, and the controller layers. The document concludes by encouraging interested readers to learn more about building Ruby on Rails applications and experimenting on their own.

1. Ruby and Rails
a Crash Course

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3. http://arrrrcamp.be/ruby.and.rails.pdf

4. Ruby

5. classes

6. classes

7. classes

8. methods

9. variables

10. dynamic typing

11. duck typing

12. duck typing

13. strings & numbers

14. arrays

15. hashes

16. With the help of: Mijn liefje!
modules

17. blocks

18. Rails

19. • DHH
• Opinionated framework
• Convention over Configuration
• DRY
• YAGNI
• TDD

20. MVC
• Model
• View
• Controller

21. Model
• Database Access Object
• Bussiness Logic
• CRUD

22. Controller
• HTTP Actions
• parameter parsing
• session / cookie management

23. View
• templates
• html / xml / js / pdf / ...
• custom languages

24. Interested?

25. How to build

26. Textmate: http://macromates.com/

27. Netbeans: http://www.netbeans.org/

28. Aptana of Eclipse: http://www.aptana.com/

30. Read!

35. Experiment!

38. Thank you!
Questions?

39. Bye!