Introduction to Views

Overview/Description
Target Audience
Prerequisites
Expected Duration
Lesson Objectives
Course Number
Expertise Level

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Overview/Description
Rails is a model view controller framework that encourages use of the software engineering paradigm don't repeat yourself. In this course, you will learn how to work with Rails Helpers, how to perform authentication, and how to use the asset pipeline to your advantage.

Target Audience
Programmers looking to expand their skill set in the Rails environment

Prerequisites
None

Expected Duration (hours)
2.3

Lesson Objectives

Introduction to Views

start the course

use rendering and layouts

use partials to break up the render process into modular chunks

use FormHelper to provide a set of methods for working with HTML forms

describe how Rails uses the flash object to display errors

use CsrfHelper to output meta tags with the name of the cross-site request forgery protection parameter and token

use UrlHelper to make links and get URLs that depend on the routing subsystem

use the Rails view helper

write custom helpers

use formatting view helpers

set up Rails for Internationalization

use the session hash to store and access data and read and write cookies

install devise

configure devise

install Pundit

configure Pundit

describe how the asset pipeline looks for assets to include

code links to assets

use fingerprinting and minification

use CDNs to improve performance

describe how server-generated JavaScript works with Rails

use Turbolinks to attach a click handler to all links of an HTML page

use fragment caching

implement collection caching and cache keys

use Russian Doll caching

create initializers inside of gems

create custom rake tasks

use different elements within views and sessions

Course Number:
sd_rorf_a03_it_enus

Expertise Level
Intermediate