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Deanin's Absolute Beginners Guide to Ruby on Rails 8 is here!
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In this Ruby on Rails 8 absolute beginner's guide, we walk through everything you need to get started. We'll build a Rails scaffold from scratch, explore the MVC pattern, and add modern features like Action Text for rich text editing and Active Storage for file uploads.
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00:00:00 - Introduction to Rails 8.1 & Project Goals
00:01:11 - Project Setup: rails new with Tailwind CSS
00:02:04 - Starting the Rails Server (rails s vs. bin/dev)
00:04:04 - Creating a View for the Homepage
00:05:58 - Defining the Controller (MVC)
00:10:20 - Setting the Root Path and Simple Routing
00:11:01 - Passing Data from Controller to View
00:14:24 - Generating a Posts Controller
00:19:19 - Understanding the 7 RESTful Controller Actions (CRUD)
00:27:03 - Creating the Post Model & Database Migration
00:29:19 - Running Migrations & Using the Rails Console (rails db:migrate, rails c)
00:34:40 - Adding a Body Column to the Database
00:36:00 - Creating the 'Show Post' Page (Dynamic IDs)
00:40:48 - Creating the 'New Post' Form (Routing Order Fix)
00:46:16 - Implementing the 'Create' Action
00:51:50 - Adding Model Validations (Required Title/Body)
01:03:51 - Refactoring the Form with a Partial (_form.html.erb)
01:06:58 - Advanced Controller Cleanup: before_action
01:07:46 - Implementing the 'Edit' and 'Update' Actions
01:11:11 - Implementing the 'Destroy' Action
01:15:28 - The Rails Scaffold Command (The Quick Way)
01:19:22 - Bonus: Integrating a Rich Text Editor (ActionText)
01:22:04 - Conclusion
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Deanin's Absolute Beginners Guide to Ruby on Rails 8 is here!
Checkout my course(s) at: learn.deanin.com
In this Ruby on Rails 8 absolute beginner's guide, we walk through everything you need to get started. We'll build a Rails scaffold from scratch, explore the MVC pattern, and add modern features like Action Text for rich text editing and Active Storage for file uploads.
Join this channel to help support these videos:
youtube.com/channel/UCRQv-3VvPT9mArF5RfrlpKQ/join
Follow me on social media:
https://linktr.ee/deanin
00:00:00 - Introduction to Rails 8.1 & Project Goals
00:01:11 - Project Setup: rails new with Tailwind CSS
00:02:04 - Starting the Rails Server (rails s vs. bin/dev)
00:04:04 - Creating a View for the Homepage
00:05:58 - Defining the Controller (MVC)
00:10:20 - Setting the Root Path and Simple Routing
00:11:01 - Passing Data from Controller to View
00:14:24 - Generating a Posts Controller
00:19:19 - Understanding the 7 RESTful Controller Actions (CRUD)
00:27:03 - Creating the Post Model & Database Migration
00:29:19 - Running Migrations & Using the Rails Console (rails db:migrate, rails c)
00:34:40 - Adding a Body Column to the Database
00:36:00 - Creating the 'Show Post' Page (Dynamic IDs)
00:40:48 - Creating the 'New Post' Form (Routing Order Fix)
00:46:16 - Implementing the 'Create' Action
00:51:50 - Adding Model Validations (Required Title/Body)
01:03:51 - Refactoring the Form with a Partial (_form.html.erb)
01:06:58 - Advanced Controller Cleanup: before_action
01:07:46 - Implementing the 'Edit' and 'Update' Actions
01:11:11 - Implementing the 'Destroy' Action
01:15:28 - The Rails Scaffold Command (The Quick Way)
01:19:22 - Bonus: Integrating a Rich Text Editor (ActionText)
01:22:04 - Conclusion
If you liked this video, please consider subscribing: https://t.co/RZ4EwP0F2a
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#Deanin #Software #Programming
