IMG 240 Course Outline

Ruby, the language

• Philosophy and community
• Syntax
• Standard library
• Conventions and idioms

Core tools for Ruby and Rails

• git, the version control system
• Gems and bundler
• Development tools and setting up your own environment

Modern web applications and Rails

• Routing layer
• Controllers
• Models and persistence
• Templating and rendering
• REST and building APIs
• Using external APIs
• Front-end patterns
• Caching
• Authentication and authorization
• Background processing
• Test suite
• Configuration
• Deployment

Designing maintainable software

• Single responsibility
• Naming
• Don’t repeat yourself
• Writing testable code

Professional development

• Useful resources
• How to develop your skills