Ruby on Rails 6: Startup MVP: School Attendance Tracking App

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Hello World. Install Ruby on Rails 6. Using Git.

Lecture 1: INTRODUCTION

Lecture 2: create development environment, install ruby on rails 6, create app

Lecture 3: push application to github

Lecture 4: PRO TIP – ssh connection – push to github without re-entering password

Lecture 5: hello world – generate a static page

Lecture 6: connect heroku – run application in production

Lecture 7: PRO TIP – delete changes, undo commits

Lecture 8: AWS – no space left on device – add 20 gb storage

Chapter 2: Basic styling. Bootstrap. Fontawesome.

Lecture 1: Install bootstrap with yarn and webpacker

Lecture 2: Bootstrap basic usage

Lecture 3: Install and use Fontawesome icons

Lecture 4: Responsive screen width

Chapter 3: Advanced User Authentication (log in functionality)

Lecture 1: gem devise basic installation

Lecture 2: navbar with bootstrap fontawesome and devise, partials, messages partial

Lecture 3: customize devise views with bootstrap

Lecture 4: devise confirmable

Lecture 5: users index and user show pages

Lecture 6: devise trackable

Lecture 7: create fake users with seeds.rb

Lecture 8: redirect user to specific page after sign in

Lecture 9: users can be deleted

Lecture 10: devise lockable

Lecture 11: users can be banned and unbanned

Chapter 4: Log in with social accounts

Lecture 1: gem omniauth-google-oauth2 – social log in with google

Lecture 2: IMPORTANT UPDATE: OMNIAUTH 2.0

Lecture 3: gem omniauth-github – social log in with github

Lecture 4: gem omniauth-twitter – social log in with twitter

Lecture 5: gem omniauth-facebook – social log in with facebook

Lecture 6: display user data from social log in

Lecture 7: Social login in production

Lecture 8: Credentials and encryption

Lecture 9: Make credentials work in production (heroku)

Chapter 5: User Roles and Authorization (without gems!)

Lecture 1: Create and edit User roles

Lecture 2: assign default role to user after creation

Lecture 3: Authorization – only admin user can edit user roles

Chapter 6: Styling the app

Lecture 1: responsive tables with bootstrap

Lecture 2: disappearing flash messages with toastr

Lecture 3: footer at the end of page

Lecture 4: styling for true false values

Lecture 5: styling user views

Lecture 6: 3 ways to change background color for the app

Chapter 7: Inviting users via email to join our app

Lecture 1: gem devise-invitable – create and invite users to the app

Lecture 2: devise invitable docs and views – going deeper

Lecture 3: button to Resend confirmation instructions to unconfirmed users

Lecture 4: button to Resend invitation to unconfirmed users

Lecture 5: Authorization for resend_confirmation_instructions

Lecture 6: Authorization for resend_invitation

Chapter 8: Preparing for production

Lecture 1: gem invisible_captcha – no bot sign ups

Lecture 2: sending emails in production with Amazon SES

Lecture 3: gem exception_notification – receive emails if errors in production

Lecture 4: rename app from ruby-gems-bootcamp to superauth

Chapter 9: PRO FEATURE – Strong params authorization

Lecture 1: user name can be edited

Lecture 2: strong params – only admin can edit roles, any user can edit names

Lecture 3: strong params authorization – user can edit his own profile

Lecture 4: BONUS FIX: user can not ban himself

Chapter 10: classrooms, services, groups

Lecture 1: intro to app architecture

Lecture 2: create classrooms table

Lecture 3: gem simple_form for better form creation

Lecture 4: better scaffold templates with bootstrap

Lecture 5: basic classroom validations

Lecture 6: services table and validations

Lecture 7: courses table and validations

Chapter 11: generate lessons

Lecture 1: add_schedule_fields_to_courses

Lecture 2: gem ice_cube for recurring events

Lecture 3: lessons table and validations

Lecture 4: generate lessons based on schedule – basic generation

Lecture 5: generate lessons based on schedule – time field

Lecture 6: regenerate future lessons

Chapter 12: display lessons in calendar

Lecture 1: gem simple_calendar – display lessons in calendar

Lecture 2: calendar partial, styling, separate view, display in course show

Chapter 13: student enrollments

Lecture 1: create enrollments table

Lecture 2: gem cocoon – nested form to dynamically edit enrollments for course

Lecture 3: display enrollments in course and calendar

Chapter 14: student attendances

Lecture 1: attendances table and validations

Lecture 2: edit lesson attendances with gem cocoon

Lecture 3: generate lessons with attendances for users enrolled in a course

Lecture 4: helper method to style lesson and attendance statuses

Chapter 15: nested resources

Lecture 1: nested resources – lessons inside courses

Lecture 2: link to create new lesson for course, prebuild values in form

Lecture 3: path to delete lesson, dependent associations destroy or restrict

Chapter 16: advanced calendar search

Lecture 1: better styling for calendar and association links

Lecture 2: calendar with advanced filters – select user

Lecture 3: calendar with advanced filters – select user, classroom, or course

Lecture 4: display dynamic lesson information in calendar