Intro to Rails - June Session

Ready to build on your basic Ruby knowledge to start building full web applications? It's time to learn Rails!

Rails is a framework that makes creating web applications relatively quick and easy. There is a thriving community around it, a strong job market, and ample resources available to beginners. Rails powers applications like Living Social, Groupon, Twitter, Square, Github and more.

Through classroom instruction, group excercises, and homework, you'll get a solid introduction to the fundamentals of building Rails applications. By the end of the course, you'll have built at least three complete web apps, including a blogging framework with user authentication, and you'll have the knowledge and resources to continue building.

Please prepare for this class by setting up your development environment, following this guide: http://docs.railsbridge.org/installfest/ . If you encounter any problems or have questions about the process, attend our Coffee & Code on June 1, and volunteers will be available to help you out.

This course runs for four Thursdays:

Class 1: Intro to Rails; June 5, 7-9pm

Class 2: Working With Objects; June 12, 7-9pm

Class 3: Active Record In Depth; June 19, 7-9pm

Class 4: Deploying to Heroku & Professional Best Practices; June 26, 7-9pm

Note: To get the most out of this course, you'll need a modicum of Ruby knowledge. If you didn't attend our recent Intro to Ruby course, I would recommend working through at least some of Code Academy's Ruby Track to prepare: http://www.codecademy.com/tracks/ruby

At this time, you will need to provide your own laptop - PC or Mac - to participate in the course.

LOCATION:

Filter Digital
1505 5th Ave #600
Seattle, WA 98101

QUESTIONS?

We're here to help! If you have additional questions or would like to talk further before signing up for a class, please contact heather@girldevelopit.com or marcy@girldevelopit.com.