Intermediate
75h
Creating Long-Lived Web Apps with Ruby on Rails
Gain insights into creating Rails apps by focusing on consistency and best practices. Discover techniques for managing business logic, testing, and improving code quality without complex patterns.
Content
1.
Prologue
1 Lessons
Get familiar with sustainable Ruby on Rails app development, best practices, and architecture.
2.
Getting Started
3 Lessons
Look at sustainable practices, assumptions, and cost management in Ruby on Rails development.
3.
The Rails Application Architecture
5 Lessons
Work your way through Rails architecture, views, models, pros and cons, and conventions.
4.
Start Our App Off Right
8 Lessons
Grasp the fundamentals of creating, configuring, running, and maintaining a Rails application.
5.
Business Logic
6 Lessons
Solve problems in managing business logic complexity to ensure sustainable, stable web apps.
6.
Routes and URLs
8 Lessons
Investigate routing best practices, avoid unused configurations, utilize nested routes, and maintain clear URL structures in Rails.
7.
HTML Templates
7 Lessons
Master the steps to create structured, maintainable Rails views using semantic HTML, instance variables, and ERB.
8.
Helpers
8 Lessons
Learn how to use helpers effectively for UI, view models, testing, and secure markup.
9.
CSS
7 Lessons
Unpack the core of effective CSS management strategies, frameworks, and design systems for Rails applications.
10.
Minimize JavaScript
5 Lessons
Break apart JavaScript's challenges and embrace server-rendered Rails views for simpler web apps.
11.
Carefully Manage the JavaScript We Need
3 Lessons
Grasp the fundamentals of JavaScript management, framework selection, and effective testing in Rails apps.
12.
Testing the View
9 Lessons
Dig into strategies for effective and maintainable view testing in Ruby on Rails.
13.
Models I
7 Lessons
Simplify database access and modeling with Active Record and class/instance methods.
14.
The Database
10 Lessons
Master the steps to plan and implement robust data models, migrations, and database constraints.
15.
Business Logic Code is a Seam
5 Lessons
Learn how to use stateless classes, explicit methods, rich result objects, and avoid certain patterns.
16.
Models II
6 Lessons
Unpack the core of validations, callbacks, model testing strategies, and using Factory Bot for reliable data.
17.
End-to-End Testing
13 Lessons
Master the steps to test end-to-end scenarios, build UI, and manage business logic.
18.
Controllers
6 Lessons
Grasp the fundamentals of optimizing controller configurations, managing callbacks, and strategic testing in Rails.
19.
Jobs
8 Lessons
Map out the steps for managing and optimizing background jobs in Ruby on Rails apps.
20.
Other Boundary Classes
6 Lessons
Investigate boundary classes like mailers, Rake tasks, Action Mailbox, Action Cable, and Active Storage.
21.
Authentication and Authorization beyond Rails
6 Lessons
Practice using Devise, OmniAuth, and CanCanCan for secure authentication and role-based access control.
22.
API Endpoints
11 Lessons
Learn how to use Rails for effective, secure, and maintainable REST API development.
23.
Sustainable Process and Workflows
9 Lessons
Walk through sustainable CI practices, dependency management, automation, and efficient configuration in Rails applications.
24.
Operations
9 Lessons
Work your way through enhancing observability, effective logging, performance measurement, and secure secret management in Ruby on Rails.
25.
Conclusion
1 Lessons
Grasp the fundamentals of effective code structuring and continuous learning in software development.
26.
Appendices
3 Lessons
Map out the steps for software versions, Docker setup, and architecture decisions.
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