Ruby with Rails 3.0
Syllabus:

Overview. Prior to Class: Download and Install Ruby(v3), Rails and
RubyGems, MySQL
Week 1: Writing your first Rails Application (in one line of
code)
Week 2: Customizing config, routes and YAML files, and plugins
Week 3: (Introduction to Class Project) Building a Mock Social
Network - setting up the application database, using the Model,
Controllers, Helpers, and Views
Week 4: ActiveRecord and ActiveRecord Associations. How to
bridge your database wisely, how to add callbacks to your
Database Methods.
- call backs to check for specific input requirements,
validation and more
Week 5: Getting Smart with render, partials and using RJS with
jQuery
Week 6: Adding Authentication, Password Recovery and working
with Sessions and Security
Week 7: Putting it all Together. Deploying the site

This class has had an overwhelming amount of support from the community and has officially been given the green light.

The class overview will be posted as a pdf for download later today, and will include instructions for installing the basic necessary tools to get you started. I will also be posting a Ruby primer for download and will be creating the first meetup to go through the Ruby Primer, this first one will be a long session (half-day).

*Prior to Class: Download and Install Ruby (1.9.2), Rails (3) and RubyGems, MySQL

What we will try to accomplish (Kickoff Event)
In this half day Saturday session, we will go from no or some knowledge in the Ruby programming language, to a core foundation in Ruby. By the end of the day, you will be able to write interactive ruby in the console, run your own ruby programs (.rb) and see how to use Arrays, Hashes, Math functions, deal with reading and writing to Files, and a whole lot more.

For those of you who can't attend, I will be posting a PDF of my Ruby Primer at no charge. This is around an 80 page walkthrough of the language with special interest in the parts of the language you will use the most when creating web applications with Ruby on Rails.

After this first meetup, the focus of the Meetup will be on Ruby on Rails using Rails 3.0. If you already know Ruby and just want to get a jump start into development with Rails, then you should come to the next meetup event in this series. But if you also want to come and get a refresher on core Ruby, then you should find that you'll learn something new as well.

Rails 3.0 with Ruby Class Information
Course Information (pdf)

Class Schedule

Sunday November 7th, 9:30am - 2:30pm (Ruby Primer - Language Overview)
Source Code on GitHub

(Regular Class Schedule)
Monday November 15th, Pending
Monday Novermber 22nd, 7:00pm - 10:00pm
Monday November 29th, 7:00pm - 10:00pm
Monday December 6th, 7:00pm - 10:00pm
Monday December 13th, 7:00pm - 10:00pm
Monday December 20th, 7:00pm - 10:00pm