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General Discussion

New Rail Development Course

This morning I saw that some modification have been made to the rail development course as follow:

Removed course HTML

Removed course CSS Foundations

Removed course Accessibility

Removed course Build a Simple Ruby on Rails Application

Removed course Building Social Features in Ruby on Rails

Removed course Advanced Social Features in Ruby on Rails

Added course Build a Todo List Application with Rails 4

Added course Database Foundations

Added course ActiveRecord Basics

Added course User Authentication with Rails

Moved course Introduction to Programming from Level 3 to Level 2

Moved course JavaScript Foundations from Level 4 to Level 2

Moved course Console Foundations from Level 7 to Level 3

Moved course Ruby Foundations from Level 8 to Level 4

Moved course Git Basics from Level 7 to Level 3

Moved course Installing a Ruby Development Environment Level 6 to Level 4

Can you please tell me the difference between the two tracks. In addition, I would like also to say that I am a Java software engineer but, unfortunately, I have never studied HTML, CSS, and Javascipt. (I know the basics by the way). Therefore I would like to know whether it is better, given my IT background, to stay on the current track or update it to the newer version.

Thanks

Tanio

2 Answers

Andrew Shook
Andrew Shook
31,709 Points

Gaetano Artino, What skills are you looking to improve? If you are looking to improve your HTML & CSS then I would recommend the HTML Deep Dive, CSS Foundations, CSS Layout Techniques, How to make a website, Build a Responsive Website, and CSS Frameworks. While these course don't constitute and actual track, they are going to give you the most benefit if you are looking to improve in those two areas.

If your looking to learn Ruby, then I would recommend staying with the Ruby track.

James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points

I agree those are the best CSS courses on Treehouse and a solid order. I might add Sass Foundations and Compass Foundations to the end of that list.

Thanks guys