Ruby on Rails Web Development

0-0.5 Course Units

This course will teach the fundamentals of developing web applications using Ruby on Rails, a rapid-development web framework developed by Basecamp, and adopted by companies like Airbnb, GitHub, Bloomberg, CrunchBase, and Shopify. The first part of the course will focus on Ruby, the language that powers Rails. Along the way, students will also pick up essential skills such as git, bash, HTML and CSS. The second part will focus on Rails, the web framework and will include all topics required to develop and deploy production-ready modern web applications with Rails. Throughout the course, students will be working on a web application project of their own choosing. Upon completion of the course, this application will be deployed and made accessible to the public. Not Offered Every Year Prerequisites: Students must take CIS 1200 before taking CIS 1961. 0-0.5 Course Units