Rails for Zombies
By: Gregg Pollack | Topics: Web Frameworks and Ruby on Rails
About This Course
Ruby on Rails is an open-source web framework that allows developers to quickly create maintainable web applications, while leveraging the power of the Ruby language. In this course, Gregg Pollack from Envy Labs will walk you through the basics of learning Ruby on Rails in five levels, each of which is followed by a series of code challenges where you get to start coding Rails immediately in the browser.
Course Levels
- Deep in the CRUD How we work with a database in Rails by using Create, Read, Update, and Destroy (CRUD).
- Models Taste Like Chicken We'll learn about ActiveRecord models, validations, and relationships.
- The View Ain't Always Pretty Get experience linking between views, using conditionals, and how to lookup documentation on common view helpers.
- Controllers Must Be Eaten Sitting between our Models and Views are the Controllers, which use instance variables to keep our code organized.
- Routing into Darkness Learn how to direct requests to your app to the correct controller actions
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Prizes What's this?
By completing this course you will earn the following prizes:
- $5 in Code School Cash to use on your next purchase
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murphyslaw
I really enjoyed the course, which turns a complex and diverse topic into something fun and enjoyable. I also really like the interactive way of learning, where you get your first hands on experience right away.
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emcummings
I'm a .NET web developer who just happened upon Ruby on Rails and was very interested in getting up to speed on the core principles and functions of it. All I can say is, I've never seen this level of information presented in such a digestible, understandable, and most importantly fun and memorable way. Thanks guys for getting me started in the right direction without the overbearing burden of tech docs looming in the shadows - look forward to exploring more of your offerings!
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mkyuzo
As a developer that is completely new to both Ruby and Rails, I found this course to be a great introduction to core rails concepts. The theme of the material kept it light and entertaining. I ran through this course after completing the tryruby.org tutorials, and enjoyed every moment of it.
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Rob Cole
I've been running a site that is powered by Rails for some time and while I've dug into the code a bit, a lot of Rails mystified me. Rails for Zombies helped make sense out of the general principles behind coding in Rails and I'm looking forward to the next courses.