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Ruby on Rails Tutorials

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Ruby-on-Rails is a web application framework. Following the principles of DRY (Don’t Repeat Yourself) and “Convention over Configuration”, Ruby-on-Rails enables web application developers to create dynamic and easily deployed websites in a very short amount of time. Based on the powerful Ruby language Rails is a set of Ruby templates and scripts used to build an entire web application and connect with a wide variety of database back-ends. VTC Author Al Anderson will help a beginner gain an understanding of the basics of web applications and work your way to developing a full-on web application. To begin learning Ruby-on-Rails simply click the links.
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Introduction
Welcome (02:31)
What this Tutorial Will Cover (02:40)
What Rails Is
Web Applications & Rails (04:33)
What Rails can Do (07:00)
Where Rails Came From (03:53)
Rails Philosophies (03:36)
More Rails Philosophies (03:39)
MVC (05:02)
Model (06:13)
View Pt.1 (03:53)
View Pt.2 (04:32)
Controller (05:17)
Tools
Command Line (04:11)
Text Editor (02:45)
Rails & Ruby Overview (02:45)
Installation
Installation on Mac Pt.1 (04:08)
Installation on Mac Pt.2 (03:48)
MySQL Install on Mac (03:18)
Troubleshooting Mac Install (02:01)
Installation on Windows (04:51)
MySQL Install on Windows (02:32)
One-stop-shop on Mac (02:37)
Keeping Rails Up to Date (06:48)
Rails & Ruby In Detail
Ruby Pt.1 (05:54)
Ruby Pt.2 (05:37)
Ruby Pt.3 (05:26)
Rails Application Directory (05:17)
Rails Scripts (05:15)
Generate Script (03:59)
Generate Script - Models (03:45)
Generate Script - Controllers (04:48)
Generate Script - Mailer (04:17)
Generate Script - Scaffold (07:01)
Generate Script - Other Generators (04:13)
Server Script (02:06)
Console Script (02:09)
The Basics
Your First Rails Application (05:32)
Creating a MySQL Database (04:48)
Connecting to MySQL with Rails (04:23)
Generating a Model (03:58)
Basic Links (03:40)
Basic Forms (03:07)
Models
ActiveRecord (03:52)
Attributes (05:06)
Date-Time Fields (04:05)
Primary Keys (03:00)
Advanced Models
Model Relationships (05:42)
Model Relationships - One-to-One (06:47)
Model Relationships - One-to-Many (05:54)
Model Relationships - Many-to-Many (05:15)
Basic Searches (02:36)
Advanced Searches (04:44)
Scaffolding
What is Scaffolding (05:53)
Modifying Scaffolding Pt.1 (05:11)
Modifying Scaffolding Pt.2 (03:05)
Controllers
What are Controllers (06:34)
Routing (03:40)
URL Generation (04:12)
Cookies (03:15)
Sessions (07:17)
Talking Between Actions (02:15)
Filters (04:30)
Views
What are Views (02:59)
RHTML (06:48)
Assistance (06:06)
More Assistance (05:31)
Assistance - Forms (03:27)
Assistance - Text Fields & Areas (05:44)
Text Field & Area Tags (04:59)
Form Assistance - Date/Time Fields (03:01)
Form Assistance - Selection Lists (04:37)
Form Assistance - Radio Buttons & Checkboxes (05:05)
Form Assistance - File Uploads Pt.1 (05:03)
Form Assistance - File Uploads Pt.2 (03:45)
Form Assistance - Links (04:06)
Pagination (06:07)
Layouts (03:28)
Partial Page Templates (02:38)
Testing
What is Testing (06:22)
Testing Models (05:04)
Testing Controllers (03:34)
Security
Security Overview (04:16)
SQL Issues (03:55)
CSS Issues (04:14)
Ajax
What is AJAX or Web 2.0 (05:59)
Some GUI Tricks (03:41)
Some More Tricks (04:43)
Deployment
Choosing a Production Platform (04:49)
Basics of Deployment (05:52)
Backups (06:20)
Finishing It Up
Rails Resources (05:09)
Where to Go Next (03:02)
Wrap-Up (04:25)
Credits
About this Author (02:18)

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Tutorial Information / Pricing
Title: Ruby on Rails
Author: Al Anderson
SKU: 33715
ISBN: 1-933736-44-5
Duration: 7 hrs / 94 Lessons
Compatibility: Win XP, 2000, 98, NT, Mac OS X, OS 9

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