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Let's do a quick recap of what we've covered in this course.
Here are some links to learn more about the things we've covered in this course.
- How to create a new Rails app from the command line, how to run the Rails server, and how to view your app in your browser
- Using a Rails generator to set up a resource that you can create, read, update, and delete instances of
- A controller loads model objects from the database, and uses them to populate an HTML view
- A model stores data in the database, and retrieves it later
- A view displays data
- The Rails console can be used to work with model objects
- Database migrations update your database
Continuing Your Journey
You're off to a great start, but there's more work ahead if you want to really master Rails.
- If you haven't seen it yet, be sure to watch our 9-minute How to Learn series.
- Next, take our Rails Routes and Resources course. It'll give you a better understanding of the relationship between model, view, and controller.
- You might also want to watch our Troubleshooting a Rails Application workshop. It'll prepare you to deal with any errors that might come up.
Let's do a quick recap of what we've covered in this course. 0:00 We've seen how to create a new Rails app from the command line, 0:03 how to run the Rails server and how to view your app in your browser. 0:06 We've used a Rails generator to set up a resource that you can create, read, 0:10 update and delete instances of. 0:14 We've seen how our Rails controller our loads model objects from the database and 0:16 then uses them to populate an HTML view. 0:20 We've used the Rails console to create, read, update and delete model objects. 0:22 We've used the database migrations add a new attribute to a model, and we've 0:27 updated the Rails controller and several views to support that new attribute. 0:32 You've accomplished a lot. 0:36 Setting up this much functionality can take much more time and 0:38 effort in other languages. 0:41 Don't worry if you feel there's still a lot you don't understand. 0:43 We've only scratched the surface of what you can do with Rails. 0:45 In an upcoming course we're going to set up a resource completely from scratch and 0:49 show you every aspect of how it's put together. 0:53 And in the future, we'll show you how to make your app pretty with CSS styling, 0:55 make it more interactive with JavaScript and much more. 0:59 There's a lot to cover but 1:03 I encourage you to be patient and take things one step at a time. 1:04 Once we're done you're going to have the knowledge you need to make amazing 1:07 Rails apps. 1:10
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