Introduction to Ruby on Rails

In conjunction with the Nickel City Ruby Conference (http://nickelcityruby.com/), we are excited to announce an Introduction to Ruby class taught by Joseph Hsu (http://twitter.com/jhsu), utilizing his own curriculum.

We will be using Ruby on Rails to build a dynamic web application. Rails has been used to build sites such as Twitter.com (in the early days), Hulu.com, FunnyorDie.com, and Jobster.com.

In this class, you will learn to:

Get started with Ruby on Rails Understand the Rails development environment Learn the basics of ruby and rails conventions Working with an MVC (Model View Controller) framework How to debug errors Start with an idea and build an application and actually see it live! We will be hosting an Install Fest the night before the course to help people get their environment prepared for the class. It is highly recommended you attend to at least meet the instructor and others.

There will be good tunes and refreshments. Please ensure you have anything required ready before you show up for the class.

Install Fest: Friday, August 23rd, 2013 – 6:00pm-9:00pm @ Engine Yard

Ruby on Rails Class:

Saturday, August 24th, 2013 – 12:00pm-4:00pm @ Engine Yard

Sunday, August 25th, 2013 – 12:00pm-4:00pm @ Engine Yard

Required:

Your laptop. You need to have a working wifi connection and a modern browser We will be using Vagrant and Virtualbox to set up our development environment Power cord for your laptop If you already have accounts on Heroku or GitHub, make sure you know your username and password

Prior Knowledge Needed:

Some prior web development experience would be helpful, but not required.

Meet your teacher:

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Joseph Hsu is based in Buffalo, NY and is an engineer at Engine Yard and an organizer for WNY Ruby (https://www.meetup.com/Western-New-York-Ruby/) and Nickel City Ruby Conference (http://nickelcityruby.com/). You can find him on twitter as @jhsu (https://twitter.com/jhsu) or at one of the many tech meetups in Buffalo. When not coding, Joe can be found on the walls at Niagara Climbing Center.

Special thanks to the Engine Yard (https://www.engineyard.com/) for kindly offering us their space for both our class and install fest!