Backend web dev in Ruby on Rails
This is a weekly seminar and workshop for folks to learn everything about Ruby, Rails, and web application development.
We meet Tuesdays 7pm-9pm in the Church room.
Bring a laptop if you have one, and please follow the steps here: http://installfest.railsbridge.org/installfest/installfest to prepare your system.
We will leverage the great, actively maintained Railsbridge curriculum here: http://curriculum.railsbridge.org/curriculum .
Student, teachers, TA's needed and welcome!
Join the google group here: https://groups.google.com/group/starmonkeys
Use the google group or Discussion view of this page to ask questions or suggest ideas!
5/15 Class: Demo Day!
In preparation please finish the tutorial at http://guides.rubyonrails.org/getting_started.html .
This class we're going to start with a show-and-tell of projects we're working on or recently completed. The demos don't have to be Ruby- or Rails-related, but should be related to web programming in some way. This is a chance to get answers to your project-specific questions, find fun new projects to work on, and receive great feedback.
Then we'll break up into two groups, one for beginners and one for more experienced students.
5/8 Class: topic is BLOGS
In preparation please tackle http://guides.rubyonrails.org/getting_started.html and get as far as you can in setting up a simple blog app.
Please post some links here to your favorite blogs. We'll take a look at some blog features and talk about how they might be implemented.
Gabe's pick: http://www.overheardinnewyork.com/
Notes: http://openetherpad.org/sIYNUEPzld
5/2 Class: