rails.md

Ruby on Rails

An open source full-stack web application framework for the Ruby programming language.

Beginning Rails

• Complete thoughtbot's Intro to Ruby on Rails Tutorial
• Complete Michael Hartl's Rails Tutorial
• Complete Rails for Zombies
• Push your code to GitHub
• Deploy to Heroku

You should be able to

• Create a route, controller, and action.
• Query the database.
• Create a form that saves records.
• Associate ActiveRecord objects.
• Validate ActiveRecord objects.
• Whitelist ActiveRecord attributes.
• Interpolate data in a view.
• Deploy your app to production.

Intermediate Rails

• Complete thoughtbot's Intermediate Ruby on Rails Tutorial
• Read Agile Web Development with Rails
• Watch Humans Present: Refactoring
• Complete the RailsApps tutorials
• Watch Railscasts

You should be able to

• Move code from views and controllers into models.
• Create models, views, and controllers without built-in generators.
• Use partials, built-in Rails helpers, and custom helpers to clean up and reduce duplication in your view code.
• Use the asset pipeline effectively.
• Implement user authentication.
• Use polymorphism to model your domain.
• Implement counter caches and advanced counters.
• Implement file uploads.
• Add pagination to your application.

Advanced Rails

• Complete thoughtbot's Test-Driven Rails Tutorial
• Watch Improving Rails Performance
• Complete Rails Testing for Zombies
• Read open source code: example
• Review the thoughtbot style guide
• Subscribe to the Rails Core mailing list
• Watch Destroy All Software screencasts

You should be able to

• Write and run tests for your models.
• Write and run acceptance tests for your application.
• Contribute to an open source project.
• Stick to a style guide.

Ongoing Reference

• Refer to the Rails API documentation
• Refer to the official Rails guides