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Summary

We continue our initial exploration of Rails by starting a larger application (albeit primarily with static pages).

Related Pages

• Hartl 3

Overview

• Reflections on chapters 1-3.
• Testing.
• Starting our primary application.

Administrivia

• We now have a class mentor. Welcome to Sooji Son, who will be with us on Mondays and Fridays, and will also set up an evening hour.
• I think I now have all of the EdX stuff up. (Fingers crossed.)
• I apologize to those of you who, like me, are red-green color deficient.
• How far did you get on chapter 3?
• How are we doing on homework time?

Upcoming Work

• Finish the Railus Tutorial Chapter 3 work.
• SaaSbook: Chapter 1 and sections 10.1-10.2, 7.1, 7.3-7.4
  • Chapter 1 and those sections of Chapter 10 are in week 1
  • Chapter 7 is in week 4
• Watch at least one SaaSbook video (only the video, no distractors, notebook and writing utensil in hand)
• 10pm Tuesday: Reading Journal (on SaaSbook)
  • Message subject: CSC 321 Journal for Day 6 (Your Name)
  • Summarize in a sentence: How is the agile approach different from the plan-and-document approach?
  • What surprised you the most in the SaaSbook material? Why?
  • What are you most excited to learn more about later in the semester? Why?
  • What point confused you the most? Try to explain it in your own words.

Good Things to Do

• CS Table Tuesday: Passwords and more. (Handouts on Charlie's door.)
• 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.
• Learning from Alumni Thursday: The Job Board Doctor
• CS Extras Thursday: PM on PL
• SHACS is offering Question, Persuade, & Refer (QPR) training for students, faculty, and staff – this is suicide prevention training run by a national institute. They’re first holding one session with a cap of 30 people for September 13th in ARH 120 from 11 – 12 noon. Email Toby if you're interested.

Reflections on Chapters 1-3

• What have you learned so far about Rails and developing for Rails?

Testing

• When I say "testing", in a CS context, what does it mean to you?
• What kinds of testing do you know about?

Starting the Primary Application

• Over the next few chapters of the Rails Tutorial, we'll be developing a simple chat system.
• Today, we explore the various parts of a Rails application in a little bit more depth.