Outline 04: Your First Rails Application

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Summary

We continue our initial exploration of Rails by building a simple app that has a real data model.

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I am still a bit behind, and did not have a chance to recheck the new version of Hartl Chapter 2. I apologize.
I think we are going to transition from starting Hartl chapters in class and finishing out of class to starting out of class and finishing in class.
Friday PSA: http://www.cs.grinnell.edu/~rebelsky/musings/friday-psa.html

For Monday: Finish Chapter 2 of Hartl (including all construction and exercises). Start Chapter 3 of Hartl.
10pm Sunday: Reading Journal on Hartl, Chapters 2 and 3
- Message subject: CSC 321 2016F: Journal for Class 5 (Your Name)
- What do you see as the advantages and disadvantages of using scaffolding?
- Pick three files created by the scaffold command (files that Hartl doesn't describe) and do your best to describe them.
- What is something in the Chapter 3 reading that you'd like to discuss in class on Monday?

Hear About Diversity and Inclusion from Intercultural Affairs Candidate Friday, Sept. 2 4:15 p.m., Joe Rosenfield '25 Center, Room 209
CS Table Tuesday: Passwords and more.
CS Extras Thursday: PM
Convo, September 8 (Thursday, 11:00 a.m., JRC 101): Roberto Gonzales on "From Undocumented to DACAmented: Understanding Legal Status in a New Policy Context".
- Get a free copy of his book Lives in Limbo: Undocumented and Coming of Age in America by visiting Macy 203 during regular office times.

Building a Toy App