Getting Started with Rails by Leif Gensert

Leif gave us a talk about the basics of Rails and Ruby, and some of the ways they are different.

Transcript

1. Introduction to Rails
2. Leif Gensert ! 6 years developer ! 2 years of Ruby/Rails ! Part of Propertybase ! coach
3. DISCLAIMER: Beginner’s Talk No Code No 100% Accuracy No unnecessary Tech bla-bla
4. Ruby? Rails? Ruby on Rails? Web Application? ORM? MVC?
5. Ruby Short Answer (Ruby on) Rails Creator: Yukihiro Matsumoto (matz) Programming Language General Purpose Creator: David Heinemeier Hansson (dhh) Framework Written in Ruby Web application specific
6. HTTP Web Application Frontend Backend Kind of… Client Server
7. http://yourawesomewebapp.com/unicorns/blue Web Application Lookup Processing Dataloading Presentation Routing Controller Model View http://yourawesomewebapp.com/unicorns/blue http://yourawesomewebapp.com/unicorns/blue
8. Routing Controller Model View + Installation of Tools + Email Tools + Internationalization + … Ruby on Rails Database
9. Conclusion • Ruby: programming language • Rails: set of tools (aka framework) • Remember the unicorns • Ask your coaches