Alex Yang
Instructor
Alex Yang is a skilled instructor known for providing valuable insights and expert guidance to learners seeking to enhance their knowledge and skills.
Ruby on Rails: Training and Skills to Build Web Applications
Learn to code your own ideas with this practical course focused on building real websites, no prior experience needed. Start prototyping today!
Brief Summary
This course helps entrepreneurs learn to code their ideas by building a complete online marketplace. You'll dive right into practical skills using Ruby on Rails, CSS, and more, instead of getting lost in theory. Perfect for getting your million-dollar website going!
Key Points
- Learn to code your own ideas without prior experience.
- Build an online marketplace similar to Etsy.
- Implement user accounts and secure payment processing.
- Utilize technologies like Ruby on Rails and CSS.
- Focus on practical, project-based learning.
Learning Outcomes
- Build a fully functional web app from scratch.
- Understand how to create user-friendly interfaces.
- Learn to process payments securely.
- Gain skills in front-end and back-end development.
- Deploy your website to live servers.
About This Course
Designed for entrepreneurs who want to learn to code their own ideas. No prior experience needed.
Why Take this Class?
This course is the one I wish I had when I first taught myself to code.
I spent a year wading through coding exercises, programming books, and online tutorials. Similar to traditional education, I thought I had to learn everything from the ground up—first master the basics of HTML, then pick a programming language, then learn to build simple functionalities, then develop more advanced features.
But really, I just wanted to know how to build a website that does “___________” (fill in the blank with your own million dollar idea). When I finally finished building my first website, I realized I had been learning it all wrong for my purpose.
So if your goal is to master a programming language and become the ultimate software engineer, this may not be the course for you.
If, however, you’re looking for an effective way to rapidly implement your ideas on the web, you’re in the right place. Read on.
What You’ll be Learning
This course will take you through building an online marketplace similar to Etsy. You will learn to develop functionalities common to many websites including:
Upload product listings complete with prices, descriptions, and images
Create user accounts and login to see personalized dashboards
Implement powerful design features with CSS
Accept credit card payments and initiate transfers to third-party bank accounts
Secure your sensitive account data
Deploy your website live
Along the way, we'll learn to use the latest versions of popular technologies. We’ll be working with Ruby on Rails, as well as front-end tools like Twitter Bootstrap and CSS. We’ll touch upon databases with SQLite; APIs with Stripe; and even hosting platforms such as GitHub, Heroku, and Dropbox. The skills you’ll have learned will be valuable for building any idea.
About BaseRails
BaseRails is a video learning platform that teaches Ruby on Rails and other technologies through building real world projects. Our collection of project-based courses walk you through coding robust applications like Etsy and Yelp while covering the most relevant programming topics, APIs, and tools used by developers.
Whether you're learning to code to become a web developer, or just looking to prototype your MVP, we believe working on projects is the most effective way to learn. Instead of being taught theory, you’ll learn by building working applications. You understand the big picture concepts before filling in the details. You learn to build apps the way developers do — one feature at a time.
Most people feel demotivated when they take traditional programming classes, but with BaseRails, you’ll make rapid progress on your projects so you always stay engaged. Along the way, you learn in-demand tech skills through practice and solving problems with available resources, not through brute memorization.
With a growing community of students who love our practical approach, we aim to become the leader of online, project-based learning for every subject.
Enroll on baserails.com for a free account.
By the end of this course, you will be able to build a complete web app with the skills to apply your learnings to any idea.
You will learn how to use Ruby 2 and Rails 4 to rapidly prototype your ideas.
You will learn the basics of front-end web design with Bootstrap 3.
Course Curriculum
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Review
Assist S.
This course is not updated to today's standards.
The explanations are good and very clear.
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Jorge
I'm really enjoying the course!
I'm really benefiting from Alex's calm and in-depth teaching style, taking the time to explain the important concepts after each line of relevant code.
Due to my learning style and the fact that I'm rewriting Alex's code for Rails 6, it's taking me a little longer to go through every lesson, but it's definitely worth the while.
Sincerely,
Jorge
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Jared H.
This course is fairly outdated, so I honestly cannot suggest paying the full price for it, but if you get the course on sale then it may be worth some invested time. There are a few areas that definitely need to be updated, including a few sections that you have to read other comments in order to continue. My final point of criticism would be that I felt that the instructor went through the basic git process several times making the last couple of minutes of several of the videos fairly repetitive.
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Jeff C.
very well done tutorials
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Shashank D.
Excellent.
Everything was very good like topics,teching,concepts very much clear and helpful
I would say it was a very hepful course and very much money worthy
The instructor talked about each and every topic and explained it and gave some future suggestion
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Andrzej M.
This course is a step by step guide on how to build a website.
It tells you what you need to code, with very little or more often NO explanation. It does touch on many aspects of a Ruby app, but you get this for FREE from YouTube. There are many topics which should be mentioned (even briefly) but they are completely left out of this course. Very disappointed. I would NOT recommend this.
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Serge R.
I've gone through quite a few other courses looking for a good intro to both creating an app and rails. Thus far this seems to meet that need.
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David M.
The version of Ruby on Rails used is outdated and there are new techniques that are different than what is being taught.
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Pierre C.
The course is presented very clearly, concisely with real understanding of the subject content. Very impressive
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Antonio M.
It was a great learning experience and easy to understand