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Rails Development
This Track will teach you the essentials of Ruby on Rails development. You'll learn how to build a basic app with your new Rails knowledge.
Ruby on Rails is a popular choice for many startups where it’s important to be able to implement new features and ideas quickly and efficiently. Ruby on Rails was released in 2005 and is commonly used for building web applications. In fact, even Treehouse uses it! By the end of this track, you’ll have what it takes to begin your career in many well-known companies and startups, or you could even begin your own startup!
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An entry-level salary for the technologies covered in this track is about $60,000 / yr on average.
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Some companies that use these technologies regularly include: Treehouse, Twitter, GitHub, Shopify, Airbnb, Groupon, Square, and Hulu
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Introduction to HTML and CSS
Get started creating web pages with HTML and CSS, the basic building blocks of web development. HTML, or HyperText Markup Language, is a standard set of tags you will use to tell the web browser how the content of your web pages and applications are structured. Use CSS, or Cascading Style Sheets, to select HTML tags and tell the browser what your content should look like. Whether you are coding for fun or planning to start a career in web development, learning HTML and CSS is a great place to start.
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HTML Basics
Learn HTML (HyperText Markup Language), the language common to every website. HTML describes the basic structure and content of a web page. If you want to build a website or web application, you'll need to know HTML.
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JavaScript Functions
JavaScript functions let you create reusable chunks of code. They make programming faster, easier, and less error-prone. They are also one of the essential concepts in JavaScript programming.
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JavaScript Basics
JavaScript is a programming language that drives the web: from front-end user interface design to server-side backend programming, you'll find JavaScript at every stage of a website and web application. In this course, you'll learn the fundamental programming concepts and syntax of the JavaScript programming language.
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Ruby Basics
Ruby is a programming language with a focus on simplicity and productivity. It has an elegant syntax that is natural to read and easy to write. In Ruby Basics, we'll learn how to work with Ruby and write simple Ruby programs.
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Ruby Collections
In the Ruby Collections course at Treehouse, you'll level up your Ruby knowledge and start learning about collections. We use two basic data structures to create collections in Ruby: arrays and hashes. These are both examples of "collections" and you’ll work with them a lot in your career as a Ruby programmer. During the course, we'll be writing simple programs that build on what we learned in this course and in previous courses.
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Ruby Loops
In Ruby Loops, you'll learn how to automatically repeat statements using Ruby. You'll learn about the loop construct, including while loops, until loops, for loops, and more. You'll also learn the basics of iteration and then move on to creating a simple contact list management program.
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Ruby Objects and Classes
Ruby is known as an "Object Oriented" programming language. But what does object oriented mean? In this course, we'll cover the basics of Ruby Classes. We'll learn what classes are, how they are used, and how to write our own.
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Building Web Apps with Sinatra
Sinatra is the second-most popular web framework written in Ruby (after Rails). It's much simpler than Rails, and it's a great way to try out web development.
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Before You Start Ruby on Rails
To succeed with Ruby on Rails, first you'll need to know about HTML and databases. These Treehouse courses will teach you what you need to know....(continue reading)
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Ruby on Rails 5 Basics
In this course, we're going to set up a simple blogging app with just a handful of Rails commands. Then, we'll dive into what we've created and help you really understand what's going on. We'll show you how to work with models, views, and controllers to quickly add new features to your app. By the end of this course, you'll be ready to create basic web apps in Rails.
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Rails Routes and Resources
You've seen how to create a Rails resource using a scaffold. But scaffolds don't offer flexibility in how a resource is set up. Let's create a resource totally by hand to see how it's put together. Along the way, we'll learn another important component of Rails: routes.
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Important Related Topics
Our later Rails courses will be easier if you understand these related topics. Here are links to Treehouse courses that will help....(continue reading)
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Ruby Gems
Gems are libraries that you can use in your Ruby programs that provide extra functionality. There are a lot of gems in the Ruby ecosystem that cover all types of use cases. In this course, you'll learn about what gems are, how they are structured, and how to use them in your programs.
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Troubleshooting a Rails Application
In this workshop, we'll show you how to spot, diagnose, and solve common problems with your Rails applications.
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Active Record Associations in Rails
Most of your Rails models are going to be connected to other models in some way. An Author has many Articles, and each Article belongs to an Author. A Doctor has many Patients, and a Patient may have many Doctors as well. Rails uses associations to make it easy to track these relationships in your database.
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Track Completion
This course includes:
- Introduction to HTML and CSS 2 hours
- HTML Basics 3 hours
- JavaScript Functions 2 hours
- JavaScript Basics 3 hours
- Ruby Basics 2 hours
- Ruby Collections 106 min
- Ruby Loops 79 min
- Ruby Objects and Classes 2 hours
- Building Web Apps with Sinatra 3 hours
- Before You Start Ruby on Rails 1 min
- Ruby on Rails 5 Basics 2 hours
- Rails Routes and Resources 3 hours
- Important Related Topics 2 min
- Ruby Gems 48 min
- Troubleshooting a Rails Application 29 min
- Active Record Associations in Rails 100 min