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LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- Learn how to create an application using Rails
- Learn about the MVC (Model View Controller) architecture and how it is used in Rails
- Learn how to create and expose endpoints of a Rails API
- Learn securing the endpoints of a Rails API using user authorization
- Learn to optimize a Rails application
Learning Roadmap
1.
Getting Started
Getting Started
Get familiar with building a RESTful API using Rails, focusing on a marketplace app.
2.
The API
The API
Walk through API structure, routes configuration, and versioning for designing a scalable Rails API.
3.
User Model
User Model
12 Lessons
12 Lessons
Master the steps to create, manage, and test a robust user model in Rails API.
4.
Authenticating the Users
Authenticating the Users
8 Lessons
8 Lessons
Break down the steps to set up user authentication with JWT tokens in Rails APIs.
5.
User's Products
User's Products
12 Lessons
12 Lessons
Take a closer look at creating, validating, and testing a User's Products in Rails API.
6.
Building JSON
Building JSON
11 Lessons
11 Lessons
Focus on optimizing API output, creating efficient serializers, handling associations, and implementing search functionalities.
7.
Placing Orders
Placing Orders
9 Lessons
9 Lessons
Learn how to improve managing orders, validating models, building endpoints, and sending confirmations.
8.
Improving Orders
Improving Orders
6 Lessons
6 Lessons
Step through improving order management by handling product quantities, stock validation, and accurate total calculations.
9.
Optimizations
Optimizations
9 Lessons
9 Lessons
Get started with pagination, API caching, solving N+1 queries, and enabling CORS for better optimization.
10.
Wrap up
Wrap up
2 Lessons
2 Lessons
Master the steps to test your Rails API and reflect on your learning journey.
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ABOUT THIS COURSE
This course is a comprehensive tutorial that will teach you the best way to build your next API with Rails. You’ll learn to create a Rails API from scratch and to optimize and secure a Rails API. By the end of this course, you’ll have a full-fledged Rails API ready to be used.
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Alexandre Rousseau
Every Educative resource is designed by our team of ex-MAANG software engineers and PhD computer science educators — subject matter experts who've shipped production code at scale and taught the theory behind it. No videos, no fluff.
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