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Rails for Zombies

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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.

From the Ground Up

Installing Rails, creating a Rails app, database migrations, the command line, Ruby 1.9 hash syntax, Bundler, database configuration
Models Still Taste Like Chicken

Named scopes, callbacks, has_one, relationship options, using Includes, has_many :through
Rest In Pieces

Revisiting URL helpers, forms & input helpers, understanding REST, nested resources, view partials, other view helpers
Asset Packaging and Mailing

Sending attachments in mail, asset tags, using the Asset Pipeline, CoffeeScript, creating and sending mail, SCSS, using the JavaScript manifest
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.

All For One, One For All

Get an introduction to numbers, Strings, properties, and methods.
There Are Always Two

Learn about conversions, arrays, variables, and more methods.
Third Time's The Charm

Review printing, brackets, and String manipulation.
Fourth and Short

Take a shot at method chaining, hashes, keys, and values.
The Highest of Fives

Study up on blocks, directories, and method arguments.
Sixth Sense

Start building methods, libraries, popups, and HTML with Ruby.

Rails for Zombies Redux

Getting Started With Ruby on Rails

Learn Ruby on Rails, an open-source framework for the Ruby programming language. Rails for Zombies will teach you all the Rails basics with a zombie flair.

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 Views 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.