Ruby on Rails: Learn 25+ gems and build a Startup MVP 2023

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction and Setup

Lecture 1: Preview of the final application

Lecture 2: START HERE

Lecture 3: USEFUL LINKS. ACCESS THE SOURCE CODE

Chapter 2: (2021 update) Install Ruby on Rails 6, configure application

Lecture 1: create development environment, install ruby on rails 6, create app

Lecture 2: push application to github

Lecture 3: TEXT: 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: TEXT: PRO TIP – delete changes, undo commits

Lecture 9: AWS – no space left on device – add 20 gb storage

Lecture 10: Install bootstrap with yarn and webpacker

Lecture 11: Bootstrap basic usage

Lecture 12: Install and use Fontawesome icons with yarn and webpacker

Lecture 13: Responsive screen width

Chapter 3: Building the MVP (minimum viable product)

Lecture 1: static_pages/lading_page VS home/index

Lecture 2: gem haml-rails – more RoR-friendly way of editing HTML

Lecture 3: gem simple_form – better way to work with forms

Lecture 4: TEXT: gem simple_form – better way to work with forms

Lecture 5: add a Courses table

Lecture 6: TEXT: add a Courses table

Lecture 7: action_text – rich text editor

Lecture 8: TEXT: action_text – rich text editor

Lecture 9: gem faker and seeds.rb – add fake data to the app

Lecture 10: TEXT: gem faker and seeds.rb – add fake data to the app

Lecture 11: gem devise for authentication (log in, log out)

Lecture 12: course belong_to user – relationships

Lecture 13: design for notification messages

Lecture 14: adding a functional navbar

Lecture 15: search field in navbar

Lecture 16: styling courses and home index

Lecture 17: gem friendly_id – show user friendly links

Lecture 18: gem friendly_id – show user friendly links

Lecture 19: devise trackable (track user IP address, create users index page

Lecture 20: devise trackable (track user IP address, create users index page)

Lecture 21: devise confirmable in development pt1

Lecture 22: devise confirmable in development pt2

Lecture 23: sendgrid – send emails in production

Lecture 24: sendgrid – send emails in production

Lecture 25: Amazon SES – better way to send emails in production

Lecture 26: add more fields to courses

Lecture 27: gem ransack – level 1 – filter and search data in a table

Lecture 28: gem ransack – level 2 – search and filter courses

Lecture 29: gem ransack level 3 – search in navbar

Lecture 30: gem ransack – level 3 – ransack search in navbar

Lecture 31: gem public_activity – track all actions in the app

Lecture 32: add a footer

Chapter 4: Roles and Authorization

Lecture 1: promo – roles & authorization

Lecture 2: gem rolify – add roles to users

Lecture 3: gem rolify – edit user roles

Lecture 4: gem rolify – using role based access

Lecture 5: gem pundit – installation and example usecase

Lecture 6: gem pundit – authorization for courses

Lecture 7: gem pundit – only admin can edit other users

Lecture 8: gem pundit – user can see links only to allowed actions

Chapter 5: Building the core functionality of the e-learning platform

Lecture 1: gem friendly_id for users, user show

Lecture 2: check if user is online

Lecture 3: add a Lessons table, friendly_id, styling

Lecture 4: public_activity for Lessons, create lessons inside courses

Lecture 5: action_text for Lessons, add breadcrumbs for lesson show

Lecture 6: gem pundit – authorization for Lessons

Lecture 7: nested resources. lessons in courses

Lecture 8: gem pundit – authorization for Lessons create action

Lecture 9: minor styling for edit and new views

Lecture 10: production – tour around heroku

Lecture 11: gem exception_notification – catch errors in production

Lecture 12: design for courses and lessons

Lecture 13: gem pagy for pagination

Lecture 14: add dynamic title to page tabs

Lecture 15: scaffold Enrollments. Basic validation and design

Lecture 16: Button for user to Enroll to a Course

Lecture 17: gem pundit for Enrollments

Lecture 18: gem pundit – user can access his purchased Courses

Lecture 19: work on Enrollment views

Lecture 20: Button for user to Review a Course

Lecture 21: gem pagy for Enrollments and Users

Lecture 22: gem friendly_id for enrollments

Lecture 23: gem ransack for enrollments index

Lecture 24: Navigation for student, teacher, admin

Lecture 25: Collections and Scopes + Ransack + Pagy for Courses and Enrollments

Lecture 26: Counters in header

Lecture 27: Calculate rating for courses

Lecture 28: counter_cache basics (enrollments_count for Course)

Lecture 29: add counter_cache across app

Lecture 30: More course styling and validation

Lecture 31: Courses index ransack sort by price, populararity, rating, newest

Lecture 32: Dynamic & Personalized Homepage (Popular, New, Top Rated Courses)

Lecture 33: Move logic from controller to model using scopes

Lecture 34: UserCourse table – track if a user has seen a lesson. Migration and setup

Lecture 35: Track User progress in a Course

Lecture 36: Styling courses and lessons

Lecture 37: Pluralization for course show