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Hi All,
We are CodingGirls. We want to have more tech-newbie girls interested in technology and coding.
Our first track - Ruby on Rails - will start from this session ! You are strongly recommended to join from session 1 and learn how to complete CodingGirls official website and member portal within just 3 months !
Why Ruby on Rails:
In the era of internet, website is a quite essential and effective way of showing ideas or products to the world. However, learning to build a modern web application is daunting. Ruby on Rails makes it much easier and more fun. It includes everything you need to build fantastic applications, and you can learn it with the support of our large, friendly community.
What we hope you will take away at the end of the lesson:
1. Basic knowledge of Ruby language and Rails framework.
2. Courage to learn when meeting new things, instead being scared.
3. Good friends with same curiosity in IT and spirit of facing challenge.
About the Coach:
ZHAO Chu Xin, currently is a software engineer at IBM Software Lab. He graduated from NTU School of Computer Engineering on 2012.
With his belief in "Live with passion and code with love", he will explore the world of Ruby on Rails with you in this session.
Must Bring: Your laptop and willingness to learn ! :)
(Light refreshment will be provided during the break.)
How to Contact Us:
Follow us on FB: https://www.facebook.com/CodingGirls
Email us: hello@codingirls.org (PS: there is only one "g" in the email address LOL)
Syllabus (updated on 2/27/2016)
Syllabus (updated on 3/01/2016. It may be adjusted based on the progress of session and students' learning speed, to ensure the success of our final deliverable)
Class 1: Preparation. Get to know ruby language and rails framework. (March 6th 2016)
Concept of web application
MVC concepts
Know about ruby language
Know about rails framework
Folder structure
Scaffolding
Gem file
Class 2: UX and product protopying. (Singapore Design Week Special Mar 20th 2016)
You will learn fundamentals of UX design and create the prototype of our final product.
- What is the difference between UX, UI and Interaction Design
- Fundamental UI Design principles
- Hands-on session to design a web page for CodingGirls using https://moqups.com/
Class 3: Get to know what is our goal and final product. Add simple static pages to our website.(April 3rd 2016)
What we are building
A CMS website
Add static pages to your app
Routes
Action Controllers
Rendering Views
Managing assets
Run your app
Class 4: Get to know how to manage dynamic contents (part 1). Add data models to our website. And user sign up and head count feature. (April 17th 2016)
Add data to your app
Model
SQLite3
Connect to SQL
DB migration
Schema design
Knowing active records
Relations
Validations
Querying your data
Select
Aggregation
Tuning
Class 5: Get to know how to manage dynamic contents (part 2). Trigger and render dynamic pages with view template. And blog posting and session posting features. (May 1st 2016)
Add views to your app
Layout
Templates
Form helper
CSS & JS
Frontend frameworks
Backbone
Angular2
Class 6: Advance topics (part 1). Make people able to register and login, make user experience better. (May 15th 2016)
Add restful APIs to your app
Restful conventions
Serializer
Making Ajax calls
Authentication
Devise login
Sessions
Class 7: Advance topics (part 2). Add Facebook login, image upload and send emails to our members. (May 29th 2016)
Advance topics
Social Features
Upload images
Send emails
Web hosting
Host on Heroku
Conclusion
