Intro to Ruby on Rails (Beginner Level)

This class will be taught on 2 back-to-back days Monday 6/19 and Tuesday 6/20 from 7-9:00pm. This class is $40.00.

Are you ready to build on your HTML/CSS knowledge to start building real web applications? It's time to learn Rails!

Ruby on Rails is a framework that makes creating web applications quick, easy, and fun. It has a thriving community, strong job market, and many resources available to beginners. Ruby on Rails has powered applications like Groupon, Living Social, Twitter, Square, Shopify, Github and many more. Through class instruction, group exercises, and homework, you'll build a solid introduction to the fundamentals of Rails applications.

We will be using an online integrated development environment for this course provided by Cloud9 IDE (https://c9.io/) and Git/Github (https://github.com/) for source code revision control. Please sign up for both services ahead of time.

Prerequisites:

At this time, you will need to provide your own laptop - PC or Mac - to participate in the course. A recent operating system such as Windows 7/8 or OSX 10.8+ with the most recent version of Google Chrome or Firefox will make working within the Cloud9 IDE more pleasant.

This workshop will assume that you have some basic knowledge of Ruby and HTML/CSS.

Optional:

If you have not attended an Intro to Ruby course, I would recommend working through the following tutorials to prepare:

• Code Academy's Ruby Track (http://www.codecademy.com/tracks/ruby)
• Try Ruby (http://tryruby.org/): tryruby.org

For HTML/CSS, I would recommend working through:

• Code Academy's HTML/CSS track

All attendees are expected to abide by the Girl Develop It Code of Conduct (http://www.girldevelopit.com/codeofconduct).

Refund Policy:

There are no refunds or make-ups for this course. If you end up being unable to attend any or all of these dates, the entire amount of your tuition will be donated to our scholarship fund to help other women who need financial assistance. Thank you for understanding.

Our Host: VTS

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About the instructor

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Grace is an engineer at WeWork working on products to help buildings run more efficiently. Before starting her career in engineering, she worked as a researcher for non-profits in NYC. She's excited to talk some Ruby and Rails with some awesome women, and share her experiences making the switch from social science to engineering. You can help her learn how to tweet here: @gracectan.