Wrap Up

1:12 with Jay McGavren

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

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.

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Let's do a quick recap of what we've covered in this course.
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We've seen how to create a new Rails app from the command line,
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how to run the Rails server and how to view your app in your browser.
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We've used a Rails generator to set up a resource that you can create, read,
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update and delete instances of.
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We've seen how our Rails controller our loads model objects from the database and
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then uses them to populate an HTML view.
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We've used the Rails console to create, read, update and delete model objects.
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We've used the database migrations add a new attribute to a model, and we've
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updated the Rails controller and several views to support that new attribute.
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You've accomplished a lot.
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Setting up this much functionality can take much more time and
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effort in other languages.
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Don't worry if you feel there's still a lot you don't understand.
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We've only scratched the surface of what you can do with Rails.
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In an upcoming course we're going to set up a resource completely from scratch and
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show you every aspect of how it's put together.
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And in the future, we'll show you how to make your app pretty with CSS styling,
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make it more interactive with JavaScript and much more.
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There's a lot to cover but
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I encourage you to be patient and take things one step at a time.
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Once we're done you're going to have the knowledge you need to make amazing
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Rails apps.

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