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Summary

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

Related Pages

• Hartl 2

Overview

• Reflections from classes 1 and 2.
• Activity: Building a toy app.
• Debrief.

Administrivia

• I was having trouble running Rails on C9 this morning. Let's hope that things are working better. (My attempt to run Rails reasonably on MathLAN failed.)
• Attendance.
• Friday PSA.

Upcoming Work

• For Monday: Finish Chapter 2 of Hartl (including all construction).
  • Send me an invitation to your c9 repository.
• For Monday: Reading Journal
  • Message subject: CSC 321 Journal for Day 4 (Your Name)
  • What do you see as the advantages and disadvantages of using scaffolding?
  • Pick three files created by the scaffold command (ones that Hartl doesn't describe) and do your best to describe them.
  • What is something you found particularly confusing or puzzling in the reading?
• For Wednesday (start early):
  • SaaSbbok: Chapter 1 and sections 10.1-10.2, 7.1, 7.3-7.4

Good Things to Do

Academic

• CS Table Tuesday. (Facebook)
• CS Extras Thursday. (LaTeX)

Peer

• Track meet on February 6.

Reflections from Classes 1 and 2

Installing the Toy App

• See Hartl 2.

Reflections