Rails Introduction

This presentation: slid.es/gudj/rails-intro-short/fullscreen

Installation: stockholmruby.com/install

The tutorial: Railsbridge

Us: stockholmrubymeetup@sthlmrb, #sthlmrb

Sponsor: Thoughtbot


WiFi: SUP46-Guest-WiFi-By-MTGx

Password: unfors33N

Startup resources

20 Things I learned about browsers and the web

Railsbridge tutorial (again)
Michael Hartl's railstutorial.org (thorough one)
railsforzombies

tryruby.org (lighthearted intro)
ruby-doc.org (everything from intro to api)
UNIX commands

Stockholm Ruby

Links

stockholmrubymeetups
@sthlmrb, #sthlmrb

Events 

...

Goal for today

Create a web-app and make it available on the Internet

Web app


Interact with, "post" notes

Create and edit topics

Show all topics


you will ...

  • Try out the tools of the trade
  • Get a feeling for the steps involved
  • See that you can too


... hopefully get interested enough to continue

How is it going to work?

No prior experience required

This is for newbies - ask, work in your own pace
Mixed audience
If the going is easy, move along - or help thy neighbour

Ask away, type away

( Get installation in order )
Work in groups, grab a coach, raise your hand
Don't worry about understanding all the tools

Tutorial



Tutorial


curriculum.railsbridge.org/curriculum/

~The End~

Turn page for references

Verify Tools - Mac version

Git, Ruby, Rails, Database, Heroku

Open Terminal

You find it in applications folder:
'Other' or 'Utilities' or 'Verktygsprogram' etc
Or find with spotlight (⌘+space)

If something seems wrong - grab help!

Verify Git

$git --versiongit version 1.8.3.4 (Apple Git-47)

Mac installer
https://code.google.com/p/git-osx-installer/git-1.8.3.2-intel-universal-snow-leopard.dmg

Verify Ruby, Rails

$ruby -vruby 2.0.0p247 (2013-06-27 revision 41674) [x86_64-darwin12.5.0]$irb2.0.0-p247 :002 > 2+2
 => 4 
2.0.0-p247 :005 > require 'active_support/all' => true 2.0.0-p247 :006 > 1.day.ago => 2013-10-16 17:49:11 +0200

Verify Database

Sqlite3
$sqlite3
SQLite version 3.7.12 2012-04-03 19:43:07
Enter ".help" for instructions
Enter SQL statements terminated with a ";"
sqlite> .quit

Verify Heroku

$heroku version
heroku-toolbelt/3.0.0 (x86_64-darwin10.8.0) ruby/1.9.3$heroku login
Enter your Heroku credentials.
Email: your_email@gmail.com
Password (typing will be hidden): 
Authentication successful.

Use your heroku account email... 

MVC

Model - View - Controller

MVC is one* way to split up our work into smaller parts.
So we don't have to think about all parts all the time.

*Everyone has their own idea exactly what MVC is and how it should be done

MVC

  • Model: Concept + Save objects
  • View: What user sees
  • Controller: What user does

Ruby basics

Objects, Methods, Variables

Objects

There are numbers ...
> 6 => 6 
> 6.5
 => 6.5  
and text ...
> Bob
NameError: uninitialized constant Bob
	from (irb):45
	from /Users/gdj/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.0.0-p247/bin/irb:16:in `'
> "Bob"
 => "Bob" 
> :Bob
 => :Bob
and many more things of course

Methods

You can talk to objects using a dot...
> 6.even? # Ruby ignores anything after '#' => true 
> 6.5.even? # Ruby understands first dot is decimalNoMethodError: undefined method `even?' for 6.5:Float
	from (irb):50
	from /Users/gdj/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.0.0-p247/bin/irb:16:in
> 6.+( 7 ) # Method with argument  => 13  > 6.5.+ 7 # You can add integer to float. And skip par.  => 13.5  > 6 + 7 # This is the same as 6.+( 7 )  => 13
... and methods like "even?" and "+". 
Methods can take arguments

Variables, Assignment, Values


> x
NameError: undefined local variable or method `x' for main:Object
	from (irb):31
	from /Users/gdj/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.0.0-p247/bin/irb:16:in 
> x = 6  => 6  > x  => 6  > x = 7 # x is changed to a different value (x is a variable)  => 7  > x + 6  => 13  > recipient = "Bob"  => "Bob"  > recipient + "@gmail.com"  => "Bob@gmail.com"

Lists

aka Arrays
> ingredients = ["milk", "eggs", "flour", "oil" , "salt"]
 => ["milk", "eggs", "flour", "oil", "salt"] 
> ingredients.first
 => "milk"
> ingredients[4] # This is just a method call. Looks funny.
 => "salt"

Dictionaries

aka Hashes
> recipe = {:milk => "2dl", :eggs => 2, :flour => "1hg"}
 => {:milk=>"2dl", :eggs=>2, :flour=>"1hg"} 
> recipe.size
 => 3 
> recipe[:eggs] # This is also a method call 
 => 2 

Classes so far

Numbers
'> 6.class
 => Fixnum 
> 6.5.class
 => Float
Text
'> "Bob".class
 => String 
> :Bob.class
 => Symbol
Lists
'> ingredients.class
 => Array 
> recipe.class
 => Hash

Objects themselves can change

(Some can, some cannot)
> recipient
 => "Bob" 
> recipient.concat "@example.com"
 => "Bob@example.com" 
> recipient
 => "Bob@example.com"> recipe[:salt] = "1pinch"
 => "1pinch" 
> recipe
 => {:milk=>"2dl", :eggs=>2, :flour=>"1hg", :salt=>"1pinch"}

Use variables...

in 'formulas'
> fahr = 90
 => 90 
> celsius = (5.0/9.0) * (fahr - 32)
 => 32.22222222222222 
> fahr = 80
 => 80 
> celsius = (5.0/9.0) * (fahr - 32)
 => 26.666666666666668 

Create a reusable 'formula'

(function, method)
> def fahr_to_celsius( fahr )
>   (5.0/9.0) * (fahr - 32)
> end
 => nil 
> fahr_to_celsius 80
 => 26.666666666666668 
> fahr_to_celsius 70
 => 21.11111111111111

The URL

Syntax

scheme://domain:port/path?query_string#fragment_id

Examples

https://www.google.se/maps/preview?hl=sv
http://localhost:3000/topics/1

---

path is used by rails routing
query is used for many purposes
domain is also called host, port is 80 by default

Dictionary

Programs

program: 1. Text (code) in files 2. Running process
terminal: Program for interacting directly with your computer
(where you type commands, start programs)
server: Running program that responds to queries
client: Running program that sends queries (browser)
database: Server that saves to/restores from disk
web server: Server that runs (your) application code
(available on the Internet, connects to a database)
editor: Program for editing files (programs or normal text)

Dictionary

Programming, tools

programming language: Rules for writing instructions (code)
Ruby: A useful programming language, a 'swiss army knife'
HTML: A specialized language for displaying web pages
ERB: Template for HTML pages (that uses Ruby)
irb: Terminal program for running snippets of Ruby
Gem: Package of ruby code (library, API)
RubyGems: Built-in tool for managing gems
RVM: Ruby Version Manager, handles rubies and gems
Gemset: Group of gems handled by RVM
Bundler: Gem that also handles groups of gems... and versions
Gemfile: File used by Bundler to define set of gems and versions

Dictionary

more tools...

Git: Program for managing versions of your code
GitHub: Web app for coordinating git in a team
Rake: A program to run special Ruby programs (tasks)
Rails: A set of gems for building web apps
    - ActiveRecord: Gem for modelling + database storage
    ActionPack: Gem for controller and view code
    ActionSupport: Mixed bag of helpers


Terminal Basics

Create a directory (folder) to work in
And move around the directory tree 
pwd (print working directory)
ls (list files)
cd <directory name> (change directory - .. (two dots) to move up)
mkdir <directory name> (make/create directory)


Terminal

Lets examine an example of a UNIX command:
 $ls -al ~
$: "prompt", printed by computer. May include useful info such as time, username, current directory
ls: The program, in this case "ls" for "list files"
-al: Options/Flags, in this case "a" means "include dot-files" and "l" means "long format". Options are optional
~:  Argument(s), in this case ~ means "User's home directory". Some commands - like ls - do not require arguments.
On windows use "dir" instead of ls

By the way, terminal is also called Command Line Interface (CLI)

Common Unix commands

cd <directory>: change directory
pwd: print working(current) directory
mv <file> <new location/name>: move (rename) file or directory
cp <file> <new file>: copy file 
rm, rmdir <file>: remove file, remove directory
mkdir <directory>: create directory
touch <file>: create empty file or change update time of existing file
cat, less, tail <file>: print out content of file. cat: entire file, less: beginning*, tail: end (use with -f to monitor)
man <program>: manual of a program*. Note: this is your help. Try for ex "man cp"
which <program>: location of program. To verify exactly which ruby (for example) you are using
open -e <file>: Mac/OS X special to open file in an editor
*Navigation: space/b to move page down/up and q to exit
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