Introduction to Web Programming and GitHub

• Configure a Ruby development environment
• Use basic UNIX commands for file manipulation
• Describe and use the Ruby Shell (irb) to execute simple code scripts
• Define the basics of git and the version control workflow
• Add, commit, push, and pull code from GitHub

Ruby Basics

• Define computational thinking and translate instructions into basic pseudo code
• Define variables and data types
• Utilize conditional logic and variables to create a simple Ruby program
• Define arrays, hashes and differentiate between the two
• Describe iteration in computational thinking and relate to loops
• Apply loops to manipulate collections (arrays and hashes)

Everything is an Object

• Write and call parameterized custom methods
• Describe and use object­-oriented programming
• Apply instances of built­-in classes
• Create and implement custom classes in your program
• Control the scope of class functions and variables

Using Modules, Mixins, and Exception Handling

• Define modules and apply them to a Ruby program
• Apply built-in modules as mixins to extend class behavior
• Create custom modules as a method library

My First Rails App

• Define how DNS servers, web servers and web browsers work together to deliver a Rails app
• Describe HTTP URI structure and Rails request handling cycle
• Define MVC framework and explain how Ruby works with Rails
• Generate a basic Rails application using scaffolding
• Review Rails application file structure

Routing, Controllers, and Views

• Explain the MVC structure and differentiate between model, view, and controller
• Describe and generate routes that map to various actions
• Generate controller actions and embed Ruby code in Rails
• Create and render a simple view based on a controller action

Creating Models and Migrations, and Active Record

• Describe the model’s function in the MVC framework
• Define the CRUD operations in the context of models
• Define Rails migration and apply rake:db to implement a model defined in a migration
• Operate ActiveRecord to save and access model data

Databases and Associations

• Experiment further with ActiveRecord to retrieve and display data in an app
• Implement database associations such as one­-to­-many, many-to-many relationships in models backed by SQLite
• Describe in simple terms primary and foreign keys

Creating Forms

• Create a form and relate models
• Create form field elements with helpers
• Create custom helper methods

Putting It All Together – Models, Views, and Controllers

• Create a simple Rails app that integrates all three components of the MVC framework

Twitter Bootstrap Framework

• Utilize the Twitter Bootstrap template to create a simple front­end to an application
• Learn how to apply and use basic Ruby gems to an application
• Apply additional HTML/CSS skills to provide more visual appeal to an application

Project Lab Session

• This session serves as a checkpoint into students’ final project progress

Creating User Profiles

• Differentiate between sessions and cookies
• Translate process of authentication into Rails program
• Implement basic authentication ­- username/password
• Practice storing identities and user data
• Survey available authentication gems (Devise, Omniauth)

Precious Gems

• Understand Ruby file I/O
• Provide capability for file uploads in an application using the Paperclip Gem
• Investigate and experiment with other useful Ruby Gems that can be applied to a Rails application

Third Party APIs

• Call external APIs such as Flickr, Twilio, or Google Maps
• Digest and sort through information that is returned from various APIs

Publishing Your App

• Deploy your web application to Heroku
• Consider adding various assets to an application such as JavaScript, CoffeeScript, etc