In this course, Ruby on Rails: The Big Picture, you’ll learn how Rails can empower you to build web applications from scratch. First, you’ll explore what Rails actually is — a comprehensive web development framework that comes with all you need out of the box. Next, you’ll discover why Rails still stands apart from many web development frameworks many years after making its début. Finally, you’ll learn how to use Rails to build a basic web application and the many things you won’t have to do in the process. When you’re finished with this course, you’ll know enough about Ruby on Rails to start building your first Ruby on Rails application.
Author Name: Olivier Lacan
Author Description:
Olivier likes to use computers to help people and not the other way around. He worked at Code School for many years as a course instructor and platform tech lead. He created Shields.io to improve open source project communication and Keep a Changelog to make version releases more accessible to humans. He’s the weird one who stops in the middle of a book to figure out the etymology of a cool new word because the reason why things are the way they are matters. Olivier’s day job at Pluralsight a… more

Table of Contents

• Course Overview
  1min
• What Is Ruby on Rails?
  11mins
• Why Is Rails Still so Good?
  22mins
• How Do I Use Rails?
  17mins