Ruby on Rails Training

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What is Ruby on Rails Training?

Ruby on Rails is quickly establishing itself as the preferred choice amongst developers. Quick and easy to install and use, Rails takes web applications development to a new level for programmers. Whether you’re an experienced developer or completely new to web programming, Ruby on Rails is the best thing you’ll ever discover.

Both Ruby and Rails provide a lot of code for you, making it quick and simple to create skeletal applications that are both highly customisable and extendable.

This two day training course is led by an instructor who provides a valuable introduction to Ruby on Rails. This training course is intended for delegates who are familiar with web technologies and are looking to gain a core practical understanding of the advantages and excitement that developing with Ruby on Rails brings.

Course Objectives

Upon completion of this Ruby on Rails training course, the delegate will:

Program in Ruby
Understand the Rails Framework
Harness the speed and ease of developing a Rails application
Create and use XML in Rails applications
Use Ajax in Rails applications
Build dynamic database-driven web sites

Who is this course for?

This training course is for developers who already have a solid knowledge of HTML and ideally some additional knowledge of XML, SQL and any Server Side / Object Orientated programming Language (although this is not essential).

Course Introduction

Administration and Course Materials
Structure and Agenda of Course
Introductions to Delegate and Trainer

Session 1: What is Ruby?

Introduction to Ruby
What is it used for?
Installing Ruby
Ruby Basics

Session 2: Ruby Language Elements

Variables and Constants
Operators
Assignments
Integer, Float and String Formats
Single and Double Quotes
Here Documents

Session 3: Control Structures

Blocks and if Statements
Boolean and Range Operators
Conditionals - Else and Case
Loops - While, For, Until
Break, Next, Retry and Redo

Session 4: Classes and Objects

Objects, Classes and Methods
Constructors and Attributes
Instance and Class Variables
Local and Global Variables
Class and Instance Methods
Including External Files - Load and Require

Session 5: Input and Output in Ruby

Opening and Closing Files
Reading From and Writing to Files

Session 6: Arrays and Hashes in Ruby

Arrays and Hashes
Building an Array
The %w Shortcut
Nested Arrays
Iterators

Session 7: Object Orientation

Inheritance
Base Classes and Subclasses
What's Inherited
Overriding
Abstract Classes
Polymorphism
Multiple Inheritance
Class Structure
Visibility

Session 8: Classes and Object Scoping

Singletons
Namespaces and Modules
Mixins
Destructors and Garbage Collection
Freezing Objects

Session 9: Object Orientation Techniques

Programming and Method Standards
Formal Methods
Unified Modelling Language (UML)

Session 10: Strings and Regular Expressions

Meta Characters
Anchors, Literals, Character Groups and Counts
Matching in Ruby
Modifiers i, o, x and m
Pattern Matching Variables

Session 11: Special Variables and Pseudo - Variables

ARGV and $0
Special Variables
Environment Variables
Pseudo-Variables
Reserved Words

Session 12: Exceptions

Begin and End
Raise and Rescue
Throw and Catch

Ruby on Rails was new to me but Nic made our introduction accessible and enjoyable. I'm interested in developing my own skills further and feel confident I can go forth and do that. We are all keen to incorporate it into our working practices to improve our platform.

Hayley Easton - Venda Ltd

Tailored examples meant we could really understand what the subject of the training meant to our company & how we could use it.

Oliver Secluna - Venda Ltd

Very knowledgeable teacher with a great deal of real world experience. Taught with enthusiasm and patience.

Keith Freeman - Venda Ltd

Excellent content, professionally delivered by someone who clearly knows his subject and loves what he does. Real-life examples and simple explanations in the right order made my first introduction to Ruby on Rails go very smoothly. I feel like I've got a very clear understanding of the basic concepts - and am inspired to start writing my own first app!

S. Suther - Venda Ltd