This site:
http://poignantguide.net/ruby/chapter-2.html
offers a very interesting introduction to Ruby. You are to read chapters 2 and 3 for homework.
First Steps with RUby
Just some quick notes about our Ruby on Rails development:
Ruby – A very clean programming language often used for creating web applications
Rails – A framework for creating web applications that will use Ruby
Aptana Studio – An Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for creating Ruby on Rails applications (amongst others.)
RubyGems – Package Installer for Ruby (also can update)
WampServer – RUns a local server on your machine; includes MySQL, Apache, and PHP
“Rails” command – A command that generates a rails framework for a web app
http://localhost:3000 – The default location (IP and port) where the server from Aptana will host the web appl
Programming in Practice
As I have already said, for class we will be using Ruby on Rails to explore elements of programming. I have a new category about Ruby posts here on the blog. I will post information about each lesson and tutorial we work through. I will make videos as we go along, however, I will not post them here. The reason is, I will use a lot of references from our book and that may pose some problems posting that in the public domain. Instead I will email you the links to where I have posted the videos privately.
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