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Yalies On Rails!

This is the course wiki for the Spring 2014 class "Yalies On Rails", taught by Student Technology Collaborative staff Casey Watts (BK '12) and Adam Bray (BR '07).

##Week 1 - HMTL, CSS, Computer Setup

• HTML & CSS, See HTML Resources for more information.
• Computer Setup
  • We did most of this in class, but there are more instructions on this page.
  • This page covers installing the tools we'll need for our initial development work.
• Command Line
  • The command line will will be learned at home
  • Read this page, which covers the basics of the command line (specifically the Bash shell)
• Week 1 Assignments

##Week 2 - Ruby Basics

• Ruby
  • Data types, Statements & expressions, Variables, Methods, Comparison Operators, Controlling Flow
• Week 2 Assignments

##Week 3 - Advanced Ruby, HTTP Requests, and Sinatra

• Ruby
  • Arrays, Hashes, Iterators, Methods
• HTTP & Sinatra
• Week 3 Assignments

##Week 4 - Git, Heroku, and Ruby

• Git - See Git Resources for more information
  • cloning, committing, pushing, pulling
• Deploying to Heroku
  • Quickstart
  • Sinatra Instructions
  • Casey's Example
• Ruby
  • Classes & Object-Oriented Programming
• Week 4 Assignments

##Week 5 - RESTful Routes

• RESTful Routes
• Week 5 Assignments