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Creating Long-Lived Web Apps with Ruby on Rails

Gain insights into creating Rails apps by focusing on consistency and best practices. Discover techniques for managing business logic, testing, and improving code quality without complex patterns.
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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 that you can manage outside of Active Record, plus how these classes fit into Rails. You’ll also learn testing techniques for reliable system tests and useful unit tests. After taking this course, you’ll have a pragmatic list of techniques you can apply to any Rails project and a clear foundation for why these techniques work. You can write better Rails code and share the benefits with coworkers and colleagues.
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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
The ability to follow steps for creating a reliable and consistent database schema for Rails

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Content

1.

Prologue

1 Lessons

Get familiar with sustainable Ruby on Rails app development, best practices, and architecture.

2.

Getting Started

3 Lessons

Look at sustainable practices, assumptions, and cost management in Ruby on Rails development.

3.

The Rails Application Architecture

5 Lessons

Work your way through Rails architecture, views, models, pros and cons, and conventions.

7.

HTML Templates

7 Lessons

Master the steps to create structured, maintainable Rails views using semantic HTML, instance variables, and ERB.

9.

CSS

7 Lessons

Unpack the core of effective CSS management strategies, frameworks, and design systems for Rails applications.

10.

Minimize JavaScript

5 Lessons

Break apart JavaScript's challenges and embrace server-rendered Rails views for simpler web apps.

11.

Carefully Manage the JavaScript We Need

3 Lessons

Grasp the fundamentals of JavaScript management, framework selection, and effective testing in Rails apps.

18.

Controllers

6 Lessons

Grasp the fundamentals of optimizing controller configurations, managing callbacks, and strategic testing in Rails.

20.

Other Boundary Classes

6 Lessons

Investigate boundary classes like mailers, Rake tasks, Action Mailbox, Action Cable, and Active Storage.

25.

Conclusion

1 Lessons

Grasp the fundamentals of effective code structuring and continuous learning in software development.

26.

Appendices

3 Lessons

Map out the steps for software versions, Docker setup, and architecture decisions.
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