Creating Long-Lived Web Apps with Ruby on Rails

Creating Long-Lived Web Apps with Ruby on Rails

Learn how to create a sustainable Ruby on Rails web application.

Intermediate

170 Lessons

75h

Certificate of Completion

Learn how to create a sustainable Ruby on Rails web application.

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This course includes

56 Playgrounds
22 Quizzes

This course includes

56 Playgrounds
22 Quizzes

Course Overview

Ruby on Rails is a server-side web development framework. Are you an experienced Rails developer but struggle with managing the complexity your Rails apps acquire over time? You don’t need gems or complicated design patterns; you just need to focus on consistency, sustainability, and the best parts of Rails. In this course, you’ll learn straightforward techniques to apply to each Rails part, from routes to views to controllers to Active Records. You’ll learn to put business logic in separate Ruby classes t...Show More

What You'll Learn

The ability to follow steps for creating a reliable and consistent database schema for Rails

Familiarity with managing code in each part of Rails: routes, controllers, views, Active Records, jobs, and more

Working knowledge of a pragmatic strategy that ensures quality without overtesting

Familiarity with techniques for managing business logic in a Rails app without complicated patterns or gems

An understanding of the core principles of sustainable web app development

What You'll Learn

The ability to follow steps for creating a reliable and consistent database schema for Rails

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Course Content

1.

Prologue

2.

Getting Started

3.

The Rails Application Architecture

4.

Start Our App Off Right

5.

Business Logic

6.

Routes and URLs

8 Lessons

7.

HTML Templates

7 Lessons

8.

Helpers

8 Lessons

9.

CSS

7 Lessons

10.

Minimize JavaScript

5 Lessons

11.

Carefully Manage the JavaScript We Need

3 Lessons

12.

Testing the View

9 Lessons

13.

Models I

7 Lessons

14.

The Database

10 Lessons

15.

Business Logic Code is a Seam

5 Lessons

16.

Models II

6 Lessons

17.

End-to-End Testing

13 Lessons

18.

Controllers

6 Lessons

19.

Jobs

8 Lessons

20.

Other Boundary Classes

6 Lessons

21.

Authentication and Authorization beyond Rails

6 Lessons

22.

API Endpoints

11 Lessons

23.

Sustainable Process and Workflows

9 Lessons

24.

Operations

9 Lessons

25.

Conclusion

1 Lesson

26.

Appendices

3 Lessons

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