by Al Anderson | Publisher: Virtual Training Company, Inc. | Release Date: September 2002 | ISBN: 01220110063SI

Ruby-on-Rails is a web application framework. Following the principles of DRY (Don't Repeat Yourself) and "Convention over Configuration", Ruby-on-Rails enables web application developers to create dynamic and easily deployed websites in a very short amount of time. Based on the powerful Ruby language Rails is a set of Ruby templates and scripts used to build an entire web application and connect with a wide variety of database back-ends. VTC Author Al Anderson will help a beginner gain an understanding of the basics of web applications and work your way to developing a full-on web application. To begin learning Ruby-on-Rails simply click the links.

1. Introduction
   • Welcome 00:02:31
   • What this Tutorial Will Cover 00:02:39
2. What Rails Is
   • Web Applications & Rails 00:04:32
   • What Rails can Do 00:07:00
   • Where Rails Came From 00:03:53
   • Rails Philosophies 00:03:36
   • More Rails Philosophies 00:03:39
   • MVC 00:05:02
   • Model 00:06:13
   • View Pt.1 00:03:53
   • View Pt.2 00:04:32
   • Controller 00:05:17
3. Tools
   • Command Line 00:04:11
   • Text Editor 00:02:45
   • Rails & Ruby Overview 00:02:45
4. Installation
   • Installation on Mac Pt.1 00:04:08
   • Installation on Mac Pt.2 00:03:48
   • MySQL Install on Mac 00:03:18
   • Troubleshooting Mac Install 00:02:01
   • Installation on Windows 00:04:51
   • MySQL Install on Windows 00:02:32
   • One-stop-shop on Mac 00:02:36
   • Keeping Rails Up to Date 00:06:48
5. Rails & Ruby In Detail
   • Ruby Pt.1 00:05:54
   • Ruby Pt.2 00:05:37
   • Ruby Pt.3 00:05:26
   • Rails Application Directory 00:05:17
   • Rails Scripts 00:05:15
   • Generate Script 00:03:59
   • Generate Script - Models 00:03:45
   • Generate Script - Controllers 00:04:48
   • Generate Script - Mailer 00:04:17
   • Generate Script - Scaffold 00:07:01
   • Generate Script - Other Generators 00:04:13
   • Server Script 00:02:06
   • Console Script 00:02:09
6. The Basics
   • Your First Rails Application 00:05:32
   • Creating a MySQL Database 00:04:48
   • Connecting to MySQL with Rails 00:04:23
   • Generating a Model 00:03:58
   • Basic Links 00:03:40
   • Basic Forms 00:03:07
7. Models
   • ActiveRecord 00:03:52
   • Attributes 00:05:06
   • Date-Time Fields 00:04:04
   • Primary Keys 00:03:00
8. Advanced Models
   • Model Relationships 00:05:42
   • Model Relationships - One-to-One 00:06:47
   • Model Relationships - One-to-Many 00:05:54
   • Model Relationships - Many-to-Many 00:05:15
   • Basic Searches 00:02:36
   • Advanced Searches 00:04:44
9. Scaffolding
   • What is Scaffolding 00:05:53
   • Modifying Scaffolding Pt.1 00:05:11
   • Modifying Scaffolding Pt.2 00:03:05
10. Controllers
    • What are Controllers 00:06:34
    • Routing 00:03:40
    • URL Generation 00:04:12
    • Cookies 00:03:15
    • Sessions 00:07:17
    • Talking Between Actions 00:02:15
    • Filters 00:04:30
11. Views
    • What are Views 00:02:59
    • RHTML 00:06:47
    • Assistance 00:06:05
    • More Assistance 00:05:31
    • Assistance - Forms 00:03:27
    • Assistance - Text Fields & Areas 00:05:44
    • Text Field & Area Tags 00:04:59
    • Form Assistance - Date/Time Fields 00:03:01
    • Form Assistance - Selection Lists 00:04:37
    • Form Assistance - Radio Buttons & Checkboxes 00:05:05
    • Form Assistance - File Uploads Pt.1 00:05:03
    • Form Assistance - File Uploads Pt.2 00:03:45
    • Form Assistance - Links 00:04:06
    • Pagination 00:06:07
    • Layouts 00:03:27
    • Partial Page Templates 00:02:38
12. Testing
    • What is Testing 00:06:22
    • Testing Models 00:05:04
    • Testing Controllers 00:03:34
13. Security
    • Security Overview 00:04:16
    • SQL Issues 00:03:55
    • CSS Issues 00:04:14
14. Ajax
    • What is AJAX or Web 2.0 00:05:59
    • Some GUI Tricks 00:03:41
    • Some More Tricks 00:04:43
15. Deployment
    • Choosing a Production Platform 00:04:49
    • Basics of Deployment 00:05:51
    • Backups 00:06:20
16. Finishing It Up
    • Rails Resources 00:05:09
    • Where to Go Next 00:03:02
    • Wrap-Up 00:04:25
17. Credits
    • About this Author 00:02:18