Welcome to the Rails Decal!

Logistics

CCN Problems
Piazza
Come talk with me after class

History of this class

Third Semester this is being offered
Sponsored by Blueprint
Theory vs Practice
A different approach to learning

Poll

Any dynamic web experience
Any HTML + CSS experience
None at all

Web Development

Static
- http://www.unboard.io/games.html
Dynamic
- http://www.railsdecal.com/

Static

Content
Presentation
Interaction

Dynamic

Has components of static webpage
Content changes on user interaction

What we need

A way to store data
A way to interact with the data
A way to present the data

How are we going to do this?

Ruby

Programming Language
Similar to Python
- High Level Language
"Focus on humans, not machines"
Metaprogramming

Rails

The Framework
Convention over Configuration (CoC)
MVC (Model-View-Controller)
Very quick to get things up and running
Vibrant community

Model

Objects that are used to interact with the data that is stored in the database. Most of the business logic goes into the model.

View

What the user interacts with. Consists of the HTML, CSS, and javascript to display the data.

Controller

The connection between the models and the views. Functions are run with every request to the server. It usually takes the model’s data and populates the views with it.

MVC

Goals

Learn the basic structure of web applications
Use Ruby on Rails to create web apps
Learn tools useful for the industry

Tools

Git
- Version Control
RVM
- Easy way to manage multiple Ruby and gem versions

More Logistics

Syllabus: http://bit.ly/railsdecalfall2015
Grade Breakdown
- Attendance: 20%
  - 0-1 absences = 20/20
  - 2 absences = 10/20
  - 3 absences = 0/20
  - 4 or more absences = No Pass
- Homework: 20%
- Project 1 (individual): 25%
- Project 2 (group): 35%
- A passing grade is 70% or more