Ruby on Rails: Training and Skills to Build Web Applications (Udemy.com)

Designed for entrepreneurs who want to learn to code their own ideas. No prior experience needed.

( 147 Reviews )

Created by: Alex Yang

Produced in 2014

What you will learn

By the end of this course, you will be able to build a complete web app with the skills to apply your learnings to any idea.
You will learn how to use Ruby 2 and Rails 4 to rapidly prototype your ideas.
You will learn the basics of front-end web design with Bootstrap 3.
You will learn how to work with APIs by using the Stripe API to implement payments.
You will learn how to implement features such as user login, data validations, image uploads, order forms, seller dashboards, and purchase histories.
You will learn how to navigate GitHub and Heroku.
You will learn how to read documentation to install and setup open-source code.

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Overall Score : 84 / 100

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Course Description

Why Take this Class? This course is the one I wish I had when I first taught myself to code. I spent a year wading through coding exercises, programming books, and online tutorials. Similar to traditional education, I thought I had to learn everything from the ground upfirst master the basics of HTML, then pick a programming language, then learn to build simple functionalities, then develop more advanced features. But really, I just wanted to know how to build a website that does "___________" (fill in the blank with your own million dollar idea). When I finally finished building my first website, I realized I had been learning it all wrong for my purpose. So if your goal is to master a programming language and become the ultimate software engineer, this may not be the course for you. If, however, you're looking for an effective way to rapidly implement your ideas on the web, you're in the right place. Read on.
What You'll be Learning This course will take you through building an online marketplace similar to Etsy. You will learn to develop functionalities common to many websites including:

Upload product listings complete with prices, descriptions, and images
Create user accounts and login to see personalized dashboards
Implement powerful design features with CSS
Accept credit card payments and initiate transfers to third-party bank accounts
Secure your sensitive account data
Deploy your website live

Along the way, we'll learn to use the latest versions of popular technologies. We'll be working with Ruby on Rails, as well as front-end tools like Twitter Bootstrap and CSS. We'll touch upon databases with SQLite; APIs with Stripe; and even hosting platforms such as GitHub, Heroku, and Dropbox. The skills you'll have learned will be valuable for building any idea.

About BaseRails BaseRails is a video learning platform that teaches Ruby on Rails and other technologies through building real world projects. Our collection of project-based courses walk you through coding robust applications like Etsy and Yelp while covering the most relevant programming topics, APIs, and tools used by developers. Whether you're learning to code to become a web developer, or just looking to prototype your MVP, we believe working on projects is the most effective way to learn. Instead of being taught theory, you'll learn by building working applications. You understand the big picture concepts before filling in the details. You learn to build apps the way developers do one feature at a time.

Most people feel demotivated when they take traditional programming classes, but with BaseRails, you'll make rapid progress on your projects so you always stay engaged. Along the way, you learn in-demand tech skills through practice and solving problems with available resources, not through brute memorization.

With a growing community of students who love our practical approach, we aim to become the leader of online, project-based learning for every subject. Enroll on baserails.com for a free account. Who this course is for:

Anyone who is interested in learning to build websites.

Time: 7h

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Instructor Details

Alex Yang

4.2 Rating
147 Reviews

Alex graduated from Harvard with a degree in Applied Math and spent two years at the Boston Consulting Group in New York.

He was always interested in the tech space and eventually decided to quit his job to become an entrepreneur. He taught himself to code to prototype his business ideas, but the process of wading through coding exercises, one-off videos, and programming books was slow and ineffective.

He created this course to save others the time and hassle he went through when learning to build web apps. Currently, he works on BaseRails and develops curriculum for Codecademy to teach little kids how to program.

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By Jorge on 6/7/2019

I'm really enjoying the course!
I'm really benefiting from Alex's calm and in-depth teaching style, taking the time to explain the important concepts after each line of relevant code.
Due to my learning style and the fact that I'm rewriting Alex's code for Rails 6, it's taking me a little longer to go through every lesson, but it's definitely worth the while.
Sincerely,
Jorge

By ASSIST Software on 2/12/2019

This course is not updated to today's standards.
The explanations are good and very clear.

By Jeff Chung on 6/19/2018

very well done tutorials

By Jared Hill on 3/7/2018

This course is fairly outdated, so I honestly cannot suggest paying the full price for it, but if you get the course on sale then it may be worth some invested time. There are a few areas that definitely need to be updated, including a few sections that you have to read other comments in order to continue. My final point of criticism would be that I felt that the instructor went through the basic git process several times making the last couple of minutes of several of the videos fairly repetitive.

By Bryan Dang on 11/5/2017

Very monotone and doesn't seem very excited about what he is teaching. Lacking enthusiasm but is knowledgeable of the subject. Course content is also outdated by a couple of years.

By David Mercer on 10/4/2017

The version of Ruby on Rails used is outdated and there are new techniques that are different than what is being taught.

By Bruno Dos Santos Crivelaro on 9/10/2017

great teacher! very good course for beginners

By Arturo Rodriguez on 9/4/2017

I had to do a lot of researching for some outdated portions of the course. It was hard but finally got them to work. While on the path of troubleshooting, I learned a bunch of new things. The instructor should really update this course to be current. But overall, this course was great and I would recommend it.

By Serge Romero on 7/23/2017

I've gone through quite a few other courses looking for a good intro to both creating an app and rails. Thus far this seems to meet that need.

By Shashank Dubey on 7/7/2017

Excellent.
Everything was very good like topics,teching,concepts very much clear and helpful
I would say it was a very hepful course and very much money worthy
The instructor talked about each and every topic and explained it and gave some future suggestion

By Albert Shin on 6/20/2017