Ruby on Rails - Imagine, design, build web apps and bring your dreams to life with Rails 5
InstructorRob Percival
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FreeOne sampled review suggests that the curriculum avoids generators and scaffolding, requiring students to create files manually to understand how different components interact.
Test Driven Development (TDD) is integrated into the workflow for building models, actions, and features like validations.
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A split-screen layout displaying Ruby on Rails controller code on the left and a web application chat interface on the right.
A presentation slide displaying the course title alongside a code editor window containing Ruby test code and a red geometric bird logo.
A screenshot of a web application interface displaying a recipe for Chicken Sate, including preparation steps, ingredients, and user profile details.
A course curriculum slide listing lesson titles and durations, featuring a red geometric Ruby logo on the right side.
Instruction covers the complete development cycle, including version control with Git and production deployment to Heroku.
Learners have noted friction caused by the use of older Bootstrap versions compared to current standards. This signal predates the displayed course update; the update may have addressed it, but the update label does not prove that it was corrected.
The reliance on cloud-based IDEs means the curriculum lacks instructions for setting up a local Ruby and Rails development environment. Although an update label is present, this signal predates it and the update may have addressed it without proving a correction.
The course aligns well with beginners, though the lack of local environment setup may limit its utility for some. This signal predates the update label and may have been addressed without proof of correction.