Open source workshop

• It's a community project!

  • Many individuals
  • RailsBridge
  • DevChix

• All materials are open!

  • RailsBridge wiki
  • Slides: github, deck
  • See http://github.com/railsbridge

• Spin-off Workshops

  • RailsGirls, PyStar, Python Ladies, Scala
  • Learn the Front End, Confident Coding JS, and...?

Why are we here?

We want the community of software developers to reflect the diversity of our society

Why are we here?

• Ruby on Rails!

What is Ruby on Rails?

Ruby: programming language

• Object oriented
• General purpose

Rails: web application framework

• Database agnostic
• Built using the Ruby Language
• History
  • 37signals
  • 2004 - first released as open source
  • 2007 - shipped with Mac OS 10.5 "Leopard"

The Rails Philosophy

• Opinionated
• Convention over configuration
• DRY (Don't Repeat Yourself)
  • less code means it's easier to maintain & modify
• Test Driven Development (TDD)
• Minimal code - maximal effect

Agile development

• Pair programming
• Test-driven or Behavior-driven development

Goal:

By the end of the day, you will have built and deployed a web application - live on the internet!

Don't be shy!

• Ask questions!
• TAs and teachers are here to help

Tools we'll be working with

• rails
• rake: like make for Ruby. An easy way to run tasks.
• git: source code control.
• database: we'll use SQLite, but could be any relational database.
• editor: Sublime Text 2
• heroku: free Rails hosting.

Materials

• Slides: http://curriculum.railsbridge.org/workshop
• Suggestotron Curriculum: http://curriculum.railsbridge.org/

What will you learn today?

• Ruby
  • understanding the Ruby programming language
• Rails
  • learn tools and patterns for building web apps in Ruby on Rails