Ruby on Rails Training

Curriculum:

An Introduction To Ruby:

• What is Ruby
• Installing Ruby
• Executing Ruby Code
• Getting Help
• Dynamic Types
• Ruby Reserved Words
• Naming Conventions
• Comments

Standard Ruby Data Types:

• Numbers
• Strings
• Simple Input and Output
• Converting String Input
• Regular Expressions
• Time Methods

Language Component:

• The if Statement
• The case Construct
• Loops
• Iterators
• Numeric Iterators
• String Iterators
• Methods
• Odds and Ends

Collections:

• Arrays
• Array Operator Methods
• Array Equality Operator
• Arrays as Stacks and Queues
• Higher Dimensional Arrays
• Other Useful Arrays Methods
• Command Line Arguments4
• Hashes
• Common Hash Methods
• Sorting Hashes
• Iteratorswith Arrays and H
• Arrays and Methods
• Hashes and Methods
• Named Parameters
• Symbols
• Procs
• Closures

Classes:

• Objects
• Brief History of OOP
• OOP Vocabulary
• Creating a New Class
• Using Objects
• Defining Operator Methods
• Inheritance
• Ancestor
• self
• Access Levels -public
• Access Levels –private
• Access Levels -protected
• Access Levels -Specification
• Class Data and Class Methods
• Adding Methods to Classes and Objects
• Special Global Variables
• Scope of Variables
• Built-in Classes
• The Math Class
• The NilClass Class
• TrueClass and FalseClass
• Built-in Class Hierarchy

Input And Output:

• Introduction
• Reading from the Standard Input
• Reading a Character at a Time
• Writing to the Standard Output
• Reading and Writing Disk Files
• Reading Files Using Iterators
• I/O With Command Line Commands
• Seeking About Files
• tell
• Capturing Data About Files
• Processing Directories

Exceptions:

• Introduction
• Exception Hierarchy
• Handling Exceptions
• Multiple Rescue Clauses
• Exceptions are Classes
• ensure
• retryraise
• Creating Your Own Exceptions
• catchandthrow

Modules:

• Introduction
• Using Core Ruby Classes
• Ruby Standard Library
• require
• Search Path
• File Organization
• load
• Modules
• include
• Mixins
• Using the comparable module
• Collection Classes
• yield
• Using the Enumerable Module
• include
• Mixins
• Using the comparable module
• Collection Classes
• yield
• Using the Enumerable Module

Odds And Ends:

• Ruby Conventions
• Bit Manipulation
• Substituting
• Marshalling
• Reflectiongrep
• Classes are Objects
• Aliasing
• Testing
• Test::Unit::TestCase
• Testing Your Own Classes
• Freezing Objects

An Overview Of Ruby On Rails:

• What is Ruby on Rails?
• Overview of Rails Components
• Installing Rails
• A Simple Rails Application
• Starting the Rails Server
• Static Pages Within a Rails Application
• The Structure of a Rails ApplicationGenerating a Controller
• Rendering the View
• Adding a Static Page
• Dynamic Pages with Embedded Ruby
• Using the render Method
• Using the link_to Method

Rails And HTML Forms:

• A Basic HTML Form
• Processing an HTML Form
• Working With Form Data
• Other Form Elements
• Form Tag Helpers

DataBases And Rails:

• Review of the MVC Architecture
• Entities and Relationships
• Databases and Models
• Rails Database Conventions
• Adding a Model
• Database Migrations
• The Rails Database Console
• Creatinga Rails View of a DatabaseTable
• Scaffolding
• RESTful Routes and Resources

FormHelpersandValidation:

• Introduction
• Form Helpers and form_for
• Processing Form Helpers
• From Form to Database
• Redirection
• Data Validation
• Validation Helpers
• The presence Validator
• The numerically Validator
• The uniqueness Validator
• The length Validator
• The form at Validator
• Custom Validation Methods
• The errors Object
• Displaying Validation Errors in the View

Associations In Rails:

• has one association
• belongs_to
• has_many association
• has_many:through
• habtm

Filters&Callbacks15:

• what are filters?
• Different types of filters
• what is callbacks?
• different types of callbacks

Adding Style To An Application:

• Styling
• Rails and Sass
• Cascading Style Sheets

Sample Application:

• Introduction
• Registering Users
• The Register Action
• The flash Hash
• Validating the Registration
• Logging in
• Logging Out
• Protected Pages
• Filters