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Ruby: 8 Courses Completed

Rails for Zombies
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Rails Best Practices
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Controllers in Space
Fat model/skinny controller, named scopes, scopes with lambda, default scopes, model creation scopes, skipping a filter
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Controller Command
Nested attributes, models without the database, using Presenters, rejecting SQL injection, Rails 3 responder syntax
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Model Pitfalls
Basic & compound indices, protecting your attributes, using default database values, using callbacks properly, improving validation, database seeding
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Model Bert
Optimizing n+1 queries, using counter_cache, batches of find_each, applying The Law of Demeter, using to_s and to_param in the model
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Froggy Views
Refactoring views, using helpers, rendering content with partials, handling empty strings, using content_for, meta yield

Rails for Zombies 2
Getting Started With Ruby on Rails
Learn more Rails with this sequel to the infamous Rails for Zombies course. Increase your Ruby on Rails knowledge with even more zombie learning.
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From the Ground Up
Installing Rails, creating a Rails app, database migrations, the command line, Ruby 1.9 hash syntax, Bundler, database configuration
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Models Still Taste Like Chicken
Named scopes, callbacks, has_one, relationship options, using Includes, has_many :through
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Rest In Pieces
Revisiting URL helpers, forms & input helpers, understanding REST, nested resources, view partials, other view helpers
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Asset Packaging and Mailing
Sending attachments in mail, asset tags, using the Asset Pipeline, CoffeeScript, creating and sending mail, SCSS, using the JavaScript manifest
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Rendering Extremities
Custom RESTful routes, creating AJAX links, rendering custom JSON, AJAXified forms, controller rendering options, sending server JavaScript, using JSON data

Try Ruby
Getting Started With Ruby on Rails
Learn the basic building blocks of Ruby, all in the browser.
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All For One, One For All
Get an introduction to numbers, Strings, properties, and methods.
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There Are Always Two
Learn about conversions, arrays, variables, and more methods.
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Third Time's The Charm
Review printing, brackets, and String manipulation.
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Fourth and Short
Take a shot at method chaining, hashes, keys, and values.
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The Highest of Fives
Study up on blocks, directories, and method arguments.
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Sixth Sense
Start building methods, libraries, popups, and HTML with Ruby.

Rails Testing for Zombies
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Test Unit
Testing philosophies, overview of Test Unit, TDD (Test Driven Development), and using assertions
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Model Testing
Preparing the database, running tests, using fixtures, and testing relationships
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Cleaning it up
Writing custom assertions, using Test Helper, and introducing Shoulda
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Mocks and Stubs
Understanding and using mocks and stubs with Mocha
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Integration Tests
Rails integration commands, integration testing with Capybara, and writing and using helper methods
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Using Factories
Creating factories, adding associations between factories, and implementing factories in your tests

Testing with RSpec
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Introduction
An overview of RSpecs basic syntax and installation.
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Configuration & Matchers
Setting up RSpec in a Ruby or Rails project and digging into some RSpec Matchers.
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DRY Specs
See how to organize your specs better making readability much easier.
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Hooks & Tags
Before hooks, shared examples and RSpecs use of metadata.
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Mocks & Stubs
A tour through how RSpec uses mocks and stubs.
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Custom Matchers
Walkthough the creation of a custom matcher from scratch.

Ruby Bits
Ruby Language
Learn the core bits every Ruby programmer should know. This Ruby tutorial builds upon the basics to keep enhancing your Ruby knowledge.
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Expressions
An overview of best practices for writing expressions in Ruby
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Methods and Classes
passing optional arguments, raising exceptions, using begin/rescue/end, attr_accessor vs. attr_reader
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Classes
Encapsulation, instance & private methods, inheritance, and refactoring
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ActiveSupport
Helpers that are built on top of the Ruby Language (arrays, dates, hashes, numbers, and strings
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Modules
Namespacing methods, Mixins vs. class inheritance, method hooks, ActiveSupport::Concern
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Blocks
Iterating and yielding, passing arguments, returning variables, Enumerable, and refactoring

Rails 4 Patterns
Intermediate Ruby on Rails
Learn helpful patterns and techniques for building and maintaining complex Rails applications. Make your application easily scale in size and complexity.
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Models
Use Models to encapsulate core business logic and avoid common ActiveRecord pitfalls.
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Scopes and Class Methods
Learn the intricacies of using class methods that run queries, and learn the benefits of using scopes.
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Concerns
Review how to extract reusable code into Model and Controller concerns.
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Decorators
Extract view logic out of Models with Decorators.
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ActiveModelSerializers 1
The basics of using ActiveModelSerializers to build a JSON API.
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ActiveModelSerializers 2
Use ActiveModelSerializers to simplify your JSON API.
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FineTuning
Speed up queries, secure user parameters and manage your processes.
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HTML/CSS: 4 Courses Completed

Functional HTML5 & CSS3
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HTML5
Learn about the new tags in HTML5
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CSS3
Review the new properties in CSS3
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Header & Navigation
Build a functional header and navigation area
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Content
Develop the content sections of a site
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Footer & Forms
Learn about new form elements and build a functional footer

CSS Cross-Country
Intermediate CSS
Explore the fundamentals of CSS, and review all the web-styling tools needed for front-end efficiency.
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Frost-Proof Fundamentals
Adding style, selectors, the cascade, and floats
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Clear Carving
Clearing floats, inheritance, and specificity
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Box Bindings
The box model, positioning, and z-index
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Grooming Your Code
DRY, display types, and centering
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CSS Safety
Protecting your layout and specificity problems
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Image Issues
Image use and image cropping
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Sprightly Slaloms
Image replacement and sprites
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Pseudo Sitzmark
Pseudo classes and pseudo elements

Journey Into Mobile
Intermediate CSS
Learn mobile web design with mobile-first, adaptive, and responsive web design concepts. Review the best practices with our Journey into Mobile course.
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Foundations for Mobile
The mobile web and relative font-sizing
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Fluid Layouts
Learn the foundations for creating scalable, fluid sites
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Adaptive Adventures
Create sites that adapt to a specific context
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Responsive Adventures
Create device-agnostic sites optimized for all viewports
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Responsive Media
Learn how to scale images, video, and work with retina graphics

Assembling Sass
CSS Preprocessors
Learn Sass and start improving your front-end CSS workflow. Try Sass on large-scale applications for efficient, time-saving styling.
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Foundation
An introduction to Sass, imports, comments, and nesting.
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Variable
Creation and use of recallable information.
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Mixin
Writing reusable styles mixed with optional arguments.
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Extend
Easily manage CSS class reuse and inheritance in the stylesheet, rather than HTML.
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Directive
A primer on the programmatic tools in Sass, including functions and each loops.
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Math + Color
Perform arithmetic and color alterations directly to stylesheet values.
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Responsive
Simplify and optimize your responsive design workflow via Sass.
HTML/CSS: 2 Screencasts Watched
JavaScript: 5 Courses Completed

jQuery Air: First Flight
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Just Enough JavaScript
Creating variables, dialogs, object & string functions, number-related operations, working with arrays.
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Take Off
Downloading jQuery, minified Javascript, loading jQuery, the DOM & jQuery selection, nested elements, pseudo-classes & direct descendants.
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View from 30,000 Feet
Direct manipulation with CSS, manipulating multiple attributes, adding & removing classes, toggling classes, hiding & showing content.
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Contents may shift
Retrieving & setting text content with text(), querying & setting DOM with html(), manipulating DOM with append() & prepend(), creating peers with :before & :after, adding & removing nodes.
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Fasten your Seatbelts
Using document.ready, writing named functions, using click event listeners, keyboard events, animations, AJAX load()

jQuery Air: Captain's Log
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Events
HTML & Text value, HTML5 data attributes, click events, binding & unbinding events, using multiple click handlers, live vs. delegate
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Ajax
$.ajax, error handling & callbacks, aborting AJAX & timeouts, receiving and parsing JSON, using JSONP, sending form data
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Effects
Chaining effects & adjusting speed, animating with CSS, effect easing, using a queue, adding a delay, stopping an effect
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Organization
Each & Map utility functions, creating your own utility functions, creating plugins, encapsulating your code, custom events, jQuery templates

CoffeeScript
CoffeeScript
Learn CoffeeScript, the powerful little language that compiles into JavaScript. Take a sip of our CoffeeScript tutorial & learn to get more done with less code.
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Variables and Functions
An overview of variables and functions
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Applied jQuery
Converting jQuery to CoffeeScript
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Conditionals & Operators
Conditionals, chained comparisons, switch cases, and existential operators
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Arrays, Objects, Iterations
Using arrays, object literals, loops, list comprehension, and splat arguments
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Applied jQuery II
Understanding and using jQuery object notation
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Object Orientation
Classes, class inheritance, property arguments

Anatomy of Backbone.js
Client-side Frameworks
Learn Backbone.js and start building sophisticated and structured web apps. Try out Backbone’s JavaScript library with a RESTful JSON interface.
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Introduction
Learn the very basic of Models and Views.
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Models
More on Models, such as syncing to/from the server.
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Views
View events, templates, and customization.
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Models & Views
More on how Models and Views work together with event binding.
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Collections
Working with a set of models with Backbone Collections.
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Collection Views
Displaying a Collection with a Collection View.
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Router & History
Supporting pushState history and multiple URLs.

JavaScript Road Trip Part 1
JavaScript Language
An introduction to the very basics of the JavaScript language. Build a foundation of JavaScript syntax and learn how to use values, variables, and files.
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The Cliffs of Value
Learn to manipulate values on the console.
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Variable Valley
Review how to store and use data with variables.
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Files Falls
Create JS files and source them within HTML code.
JavaScript: 4 Screencasts Watched
Git: 2 Courses Completed

Try Git
Git
Learn how to use Git by reviewing the basic concepts of Git version control. Try out this introductory course that was created with GitHub.
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Discover Git
Discover the basics of Git, including how to initialize a repo. Learn how to add, commit, and push your code to GitHub.

Git Real
Git
Learn more advanced Git by practicing the concepts of Git version control. Increase your Git knowledge by learning more advanced systems within Git.
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Introduction
Learn the basics of Git
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Staging & Remotes
Add and remove changed files, and work with remote repositories
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Cloning & Branching
Clone repositories and learn how to work with multiple branches
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Collaboration Basics
Work simultaneously with multiple users
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Branching
Work with remote branches and reference commits
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Rebase belong to us
Optimize merging and fix merge conflicts
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History and Configuration
Learn how to configure and view commit logs
Electives: 1 Course Completed

Discover DevTools
Electives
Learn how Chrome DevTools can sharpen your dev process and discover the tools that can optimize your workflow and make life easier.
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Elements
Dig into the elements panel, learn how to make changes to the DOM and update styles.
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Sources
New workflows to speed up your development time.
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Console
Review the DevTools console and learn how to examine exceptions and use timesaving shortcuts.
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Debugging
Great workflows for debugging problems in your JavaScript.
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Network
Speed up your network interactions using the network tab and the page speed extension.
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Profiles
Get familar with your applications rendering performance and learn how to use CPU profiling to identity performance problems.
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Memory
Learn how to find and identify memory leaks in your application.