Build Your First Rails App

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Published June 2013

Create a complete Ruby on Rails 4 app with a log in system and deploy it to Heroku

Learn Ruby on Rails in 8 short steps and build your first Rails app by following practical video tutorials from the ‘Jump Start Rails’ book author Andy Hawthorne.

In just 2 hours you can complete the course and then dive straight into the accompanying book 'Jump Start Rails’ to complete your learning.

What you'll learn

Start the course by setting up your Rails environment, then move on to creating your first app from scratch
Along the way you’ll learn to work with controllers, layouts and scaffolds, plus adding a log in system and extra gems
By the end you’ll have deployed your new app to Heroku, one of the preferred hosting platforms for Rails apps
It’s the complete Rails introduction

Plus:

Manipulate controllers to produce flexible layouts
Set up Twitter Bootstrap on your app
Control access to resources
Take advantage of Markdown and helper methods

Meet your instructor
Andy Hawthorne

Andy is a freelance writer and web developer from Coventry, England. He has spent 12 years as a web developer, and still likes trying new web coding technologies.

Lesson 1: Introduction

Free Introduction 1:08

Lesson 2: Setting Up For Rails

Free Setting Up For Rails 3:34

Lesson 3: Creating an App — Controllers and Layouts

Creating an App — Controllers and Layouts 10:47

Quiz

Lesson 4: Creating Resources

Creating Resources 8:31

Lesson 5: Logging in

Logging In 11:37

Quiz

Lesson 6: Markdown and Helpers

Free Markdown and Helpers 5:40

Lesson 7: Deploying to Heroku

Deploying to Heroku 13:18

Quiz

Lesson 8: Wrap Up

Wrap Up 0:25

Build Your First Rails App

Create a complete Ruby on Rails 4 app with a log in system and deploy it to Heroku

What you'll learn

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