Ruby on Rails Training Course

In this 4-day training course, you will learn to put your web development on Rails. Experience the Rails way of approaching web applications and see how you'll be able to spend less time configuring and more time developing.

Starting with the basics of Ruby and Rails, you'll learn the full Rails' MVC stack, testing techniques, Ajax and even web services. We'll work through the full life-cycle of a Rails project, giving you experience with all facets of a typical app.

By taking this class, students will:

• Configure and install Ruby and Rails
• Learn the basics of the Ruby language
• Build a new Rails application from scratch
• Setup and manage databases with migrations
• Learn how to configure Rails' routing
• Practice test-driven development (TDD) with Test::Unit
• Learn how to add Ajax with RJS
• Learn how to leverage ActiveRecord with associations, validations, and callbacks
• Understand resources and REST, and how to use them in a Rails application
• Learn how to find and use plugins
• Learn how to send emails with ActionMailer
• Understand the various deployment options for Rails applications
• Understand Rails' opinions and how to embrace or override them

This course is designed for developers who have some web development experience that wish to learn Ruby on Rails.

The participants taking this course must be familiar with the general principles of object oriented programming (OOP). Prior exposure to the following concepts and technologies is very helpful, but not required:

• General understanding of web development principles
• Basic knowledge of HTML and CSS
• Basic knowledge of JavaScript
• Basic understanding of the HTTP protocol, including concepts like SSL, redirection, GET vs POST, etc.
• Basic knowledge of SQL
• Familiarity with MySQL (or any other relational database)

Participants will receive the course materials in a printed and bound handout. Continental breakfast, lunch, snacks and drinks will be served.

About the Instructor

Since drinking the Ruby kool-aid, Brandon has become a widely-read blogger and valuable member of the community while contributing to (and beginning) several open source projects. He is also a Rails Core contributor, and has created some very popular plugins.

In partnership with Marakana, Brandon has authored Marakana Ruby on Rails, Ruby, and Ruby on Rails Administration courses.

Prior to discovering Rails, Brandon was an Enterprise Java developer.

Great job everyone! Thanks for putting this together! Good luck in your future ventures! - Dealerflow

Marakana was the only training facility in San Francisco that offered complete top to bottom coverage of Ruby/Rails in a one week class and delivered. This class was priceless. - WorldNetworks Inc.

The instructor was excellent - mild tempered and with excellent rails insights, and real world application knowledge. - RubyMetro.com

...I really do believe that everything was most excellent. I feel much more prepared and knowledgable re: the subject and would recommend Marakana to anyone. Thanks for everything! - Data Targeting, Inc.

The instructor was great. Very knowledgeable. Would enjoy taking having a more advanced training through him. - MediaTrust

Excellent overview of Ruby and Rails. - Leica Geosystems

A really excellent course. The instructor is highly knowledgable and a good teacher. Exercises are relevant and a great way to learn. - Leica Geosystems

Rails Introduction

• The Architecture
• the Model-View-Controller pattern
• Rails project structure
• Scaffolding for jumpstart

Ruby Overview

• Objects
• Classes
• Core Ruby
• Ruby Standard Library
• Control Structures
• Scope
• Blocks
• Modules

Ruby for Rails

• Rake
• test/unit

Demystifying Rails

• The Console
• Models, Controllers
• Associations
• Migrations
• Views
• Core Ruby extensions

Test-Driving your Rails App

• Beyond Scaffolding
• Unit and Functional tests
• Integration Tests

Advanced Controllers and Models

• Validations
• User Authentication
• TDD'ing Actions
• Evolving Associations

Rails Power Tools

• Mock Objects
• Named Routes
• Advanced Integration Testing
• Rails Plugins

Ajax on Rails

• Helpers and RJS
• Ajax with Prototype and Scriptaculous
• Ajaxifying your Rails App
• Advanced Ajax on Rails