Learn how to build a Ruby on Rails Marketplace from Scratch (Udemy.com)

Create a ready-to-go localized e-commerce marketplace from scratch while learning Ruby on Rails as a beginner.

( 15 Reviews )

Created by: Donald Lee

Produced in 2021

What you will learn

Architect ERD Diagrams and Models.
Create proper relationships with Rail's Active Record Association concept.
Handle User Management (i.e. register, sign in, password recovery, etc.) using Devise's User Management gem.
Find their users location using the Geocoder gem and a combination of latitude, longitude, and IP Addresses.
Separate common code into Modules that could be reused everywhere (differentiator between senior and entry-level programmers).
Protect their sensitive configuration values to securely configure their Rails applications.
Save and upload user images to third-party cloud storage services like Amazon S3.
Utilize Rails hooks (e.g. before_action) to call specific common functions before an action.
Restrict user access to certain parts of an application by defining roles.
Handle taxes in basic manner fit for small online businesses.
Perform full-text searches using the popular Elastic

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Overall Score : 58 / 100

Course Description

Target Audience

This course is aimed at beginners with programming experience to intermediate-level developers. The first 60 episodes of this course is available on Youtube (eps. 00 - 59) for free. My goal is to keep my students going with this course. Therefore, if you followed through the course on Youtube to episode 59 and want to continue, then send me your git commit history (to prove your diligence) and I'll give you a discount on the entire course here.
Goals

The first goal of this course is to create an e-commerce marketplace with Ruby on Rails from scratch. As the student progresses, they would learn general programming concepts (ex. ERD Diagrams, MVC architecture) to Rails-specific concepts (ex. Active Record, Gems). The student will gain familiarity with real-world tools and software such as ElasticSearch and Stripe Payment Processing.
The second goal of this course is to help new developers with little to no github portfolio to build their portfolio. The result of this course will leave the student with at least 120+ commits and a project to show for interviews.
The last goal of this course is to aid in ramping up potential Rails developers and to have them be confident enough to apply and get job offers in the shortest time possible.

Runtime and Structure

The runtime for this course is 13 hours 24 minutes and 40 seconds. It will be structured in 14 sections with 127 lessons. Each lesson comes with files that contain the code changes (if any) for that lesson. These files are to be used as an answer key or for when the student is stuck while coding along.
Why take this course?

The potential student should take this course if they are looking for an alternative to expensive boot camps. The course is meant for those that learn best diligently on their own. Take this course if your goal is to gain enough domain knowledge to apply and receive job offers in the shortest time possible.
About Myself
You might ask why should I learn from you? What credentials do you have?
To keep it brief, I have earned a Business and Computer Science double major from Simon Fraser University in Canada and I'm employed at a great company that pays me well in both a monetary and personal sense (i.e. 5 weeks of vacation in the US). You can find a profile about me by googling "linkedin donaldlee50". Who this course is for:

This course is meant for those with basic programming knowledge.
Create proper relationships with Rail's Active Record Association concept.
Handle User Management (i.e. register, sign in, password recovery, etc.) using Devise's User Management gem.

Time: 13.5h

Instructor Details

Donald Lee

2.9 Rating
15 Reviews

If you've stumbled onto this bio, you might want to learn a little bit more about me. My name is Donald and I'm a programmer by trade. I'm from Vancouver, Canada and I graduated from Simon Fraser University with a Bachelors and Business and Computer Science.
I've been writing code since 2009 and my passion is web and mobile applications. I am particularly interested in Ruby on Rails, NodeJS, React Native, and Angular. So, most of my videos will hover around those topics.
I am currently based in Birmingham, AL because I was recruited after impressing my current employers with an e-commerce app that I built, which may be one of the courses I will teach.
At any rate, my goal is to help anyone with an interest in programming with their career change or career start. I have been through going from making $12 Canadian to $40 hourly over 4 years. However, because I know all the steps it took, I will aim to help you earn a decent living within 6 weeks.
The courses I write will take you personally 6 weeks (play time will be short 10 to 20 hours), but the extra margin of time is for you to debug and experiment and get familiar with programming.

So, hop on and start your programming career!
P.S. If you are curious about my credentials, then find me on LinkedIn and connect with me!

Reviews

2.9

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By Nicolai Lassen

Fast learning.

By James Warren

This is outdated and some packages are depricated, cannonot follow along

By Amir Tirna

it's seems to me, that the course is not for beginners. a bit complicated for beginners.

By Ty Mutemeri

So far so good.

And because you asked me to.

Ambiguous question. You should've asked me to rate the rate system.

By Rohan Arora

the worst course on udemy .....

By Chris M

This course completely skips over how to create over a dozen models. By section 1, video 8, you will be completely lost.

By Clint Laskowski

Instructor really isn't teaching. He's just coding and talking. Not really explaining stuff well enough, IMHO.

By MAURICIO DURAN TORRES

Es muy facil de entender, a pesar del idioma, en la programaciÃ³n el lenguaje universal es el cÃ³digo

By Michael Law

Not a lot of understanding going on from what I can tell. Instructor's explanations were very lacking as well. I also didn't quite understand the thinking behind his naming conventions. I thought those could have been a lot better. Several videos had typos that he needed to fix at a later time, or left you with incomplete knowledge without telling you.

I like courses that function more as templates for more self-directed learning. This setup works best only with this kind of marketplace. Would not recommend unless I knew someone was trying to build exactly this.

By Fneroo