Ruby on Rails

Ruby on Rails - module R202

Ruby is a great, pragmatic langauge and Rails lets you use it by providing the framework through which you can interface databases to you ruser's browser, using the framework of Rails and the glue of Ruby. Ruby can be embedded within pages at a View level, built in, or used at the Controller level via ApplicationController classes. This module opens the door on a very powerful and effective system.

This topic is presented on public course Ruby Programming

Examples from our training material

greeting.rhtml	Some Ruby at the top of a view
ilib.rb	Hello Rails World controller

Background information

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Topics covered in this module

What is Ruby on Rails?
MVC (Model, view, controller) design principles.
Rails structures - WEBrick servers, URLs and embedded code.
Directory structure.
Database connections.
Creating the application, the database and tables.
First application through Scaffolds.
Validation and customising the display.
Adding a new controller.
Adding viewers and layouts.
Shopping carts and sessions.
Active Records.
Emailing and logging from within Rails.

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