This document provides an overview and schedule for a two-day Ruby on Rails workshop. The workshop will teach participants how to build and deploy a basic Rails application. It will cover Ruby, the Rails framework including MVC and agile development practices, and using tools like Git, SQLite, and Heroku. Participants will work in breakout groups on sessions focused on Rails, building models, routes, views and deploying their application. The event is sponsored and organized by volunteer groups.

1. Ruby on Rails Workshop
October 22 & 23, 2010
Wireless: user => helloguest, password => T3riyak!
Hashtag: #rorw4w #railsbridge

2. Open Source Workshop
• Volunteer-powered event
• RailsBridge
• DevChix
Community-
based
• Workshop planning: DevChix
wiki
• Slides: github
• Github.com/railsbridge
Open

3. Today’s Sponsors

4. Why are We Here?

5. What is Ruby on Rails?

6. Anatomy of a Web App
e.g. Rails
J2EE
.Net
PHP/Django

7. Ruby and Rails
•Programming language
•Applicable to many domains
•Open Source
•Framework + Tools
•Written in Ruby
•For Web Applications
•Open Source

8. Rails Framework
Database
Agnostic
Convention
over
Configuration
DRY (Don’t
Repeat
Yourself)
TDD (Test
Driven
Development)
Model-View-
Controller
Opinionated

9. Rails: MVC
Web Application

10. Rails & Agile Development
• Agile Development: Iterative & Incremental
Values:
– Individuals & Interactions over processes & tools
– Working software over comprehensive documentation
– Response to change over following the plan
• Pair Programming
• TDD/BDD (Test/Behavior Driven Development)

11. Workshop Goal
You will build and deploy a Rails
application on the internet

12. Preview: Sample App
This is
how it
will
look….

13. Tools We Will Use
• Editor: KomodoEdit, TextMate
• Rails
• Rake (comes with Rails, runs tasks)
• Git: Source control
• Database: SQLite (comes with Rails)
• Heroku: Free hosting of Rails applications

14. Materials/Resources
• Slides
http://railsbridge.github.com/workshop/
• Curriculum
http://www.scribd.com/openworkshops
• Course Notes
http://www.wiki.devchix.com/index.php?title
=Rails_3_Curriculum

15. Workshop Schedule
9:30-10:00 Sign-in, Coffee Main Room
10:00-10:30 Introduction Main Room
10:30-11:20 Session 1: Ruby, IRB, rails
overview
BREAK
Breakout groups
11:30-12:20 Session 2: Rails
BREAK
Breakout groups
12:30-1:30 Lunch Main Room
1:30-2:45 Session 3: Rails (Models,
Routes, Views etc.)
BREAK
Breakout groups
3:00-4:00 Session 4: Rails (Deploy,
customizing, etc.)
Breakout groups
4:00-4:30 Wrapup, Final Questions Main Room

16. Wrap-Up & Resources
• Please stay tuned at www.meetup.com/sfruby
• Classes at http://classes.blazingcloud.net/
• Next Week: “How to Get Into Open Source,” with
Sarah Mei at Pivotal
• RubyKoans: http://rubykoans.com/
• Chris Pine, Learn to Program:
http://pine.fm/LearnToProgram/
• Why’s Poignant Guide:
http://mislav.uniqpath.com/poignant-guide/