Ruby on Rails
Author:Al Anderson
Language:english
Category:Internet Web Design,Programming,
Lessons:0 | 0 hrs
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Ruby on RailsRuby on Rails: Ruby-on-Rails is a web application framework. Following the principles of DRY (Don’t Repeat Yourself) and “Convention over Configuration”, Ruby-on-Rails enables web application developers to create dynamic and easily deployed websites in a very short amount of time. Based on the powerful Ruby language Rails is a set of Ruby templates and scripts used to build an entire web application and connect with a wide variety of database back-ends. VTC Author Al Anderson will help a beginner gain an understanding of the basics of web applications and work your way to developing a full-on web application. Ruby on Rails
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Ruby on Rails

Introduction

Welcome
What this Tutorial Will Cover

What Rails Is

Web Applications & Rails
What Rails can Do
Where Rails Came From
Rails Philosophies
More Rails Philosophies
MVC
Model
View Pt.1
View Pt.2
Controller

Tools

Command Line
Text Editor
Rails & Ruby Overview

Installation

Installation on Mac Pt.1
Installation on Mac Pt.2
MySQL Install on Mac
Troubleshooting Mac Install
Installation on Windows
MySQL Install on Windows
One-stop-shop on Mac
Keeping Rails Up to Date

Rails & Ruby In Detail

Ruby Pt.1
Ruby Pt.2
Ruby Pt.3
Rails Application Directory
Rails Scripts
Generate Script
Generate Script - Models
Generate Script - Controllers
Generate Script - Mailer
Generate Script - Scaffold
Generate Script - Other Generators
Server Script
Console Script

The Basics

Your First Rails Application
Creating a MySQL Database
Connecting to MySQL with Rails
Generating a Model
Basic Links
Basic Forms

Models

ActiveRecord
Attributes
Date-Time Fields
Primary Keys

Advanced Models

Model Relationships
Model Relationships - One-to-One
Model Relationships - One-to-Many
Model Relationships - Many-to-Many
Basic Searches
Advanced Searches

Scaffolding

What is Scaffolding
Modifying Scaffolding Pt.1
Modifying Scaffolding Pt.2

Controllers

What are Controllers
Routing
URL Generation
Cookies
Sessions
Talking Between Actions
Filters

Views

What are Views
RHTML
Assistance
More Assistance
Assistance - Forms
Assistance - Text Fields & Areas
Text Field & Area Tags
Form Assistance - Date/Time Fields
Form Assistance - Selection Lists
Form Assistance - Radio Buttons & Checkboxes
Form Assistance - File Uploads Pt.1
Form Assistance - File Uploads Pt.2
Form Assistance - Links
Pagination
Layouts
Partial Page Templates

Testing

What is Testing
Testing Models
Testing Controllers

Security

Security Overview
SQL Issues
CSS Issues

Ajax

What is AJAX or Web 2.0
Some GUI Tricks
Some More Tricks

Deployment

Choosing a Production Platform
Basics of Deployment
Backups

Finishing It Up

Rails Resources
Where to Go Next
Wrap-Up

Credits

About this Author

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