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Intro to Ruby & Rails (IMS 422/522)

We're here to understand the purpose of server-side scripting, learn the basics of Ruby as an object-oriented language and use Ruby on Rails to build web applications.

1. Lesson 1: What is Ruby?
2. Lesson 2: Ruby Methods, Classes & Nothingness
3. Lesson 3: Dinner Dash I
4. Lesson 4: Dinner Dash II
5. Lesson 5: Dinner Dash III
6. Lesson 6: Dinner Dash IV
7. Lesson 7: Dinner Dash V
8. Lesson 8: Dinner Dash VI
9. Lesson 9: Dinner Dash VII
10. Lesson 10: Dinner Dash VIII
11. Lesson 11: Dinner Dash IX
12. Lesson 12: Dinner Dash X

Grading

Your grade will be based on the class project. 60%: Your code meets the requirements set out in the weekly assignments, 40% Your code follows the guidelines discussed in class, and your git history shows progress along the way.

Getting Started

Please sign up for accounts on the following (free) services:

• Github: Git is a source code management tool, and Github provides a web-based interface for Git.
• Nitrous.io: Nitrous provides a development server and IDE which should make it easier for us to collaborate on our Rails application.
• Codecademy: Codecademy provides interactive tutorials, we'll spend some time using these lessons to learn Ruby.

Questions?

Please create a Github Issue so that everyone in the class can see the question and any comments and answers provided.