If you’re in South East Michigan and serious about learning (or better understanding) Rails our upcoming Rails Foundations workshop series is for you. In the past we’ve only offered this workshop to our friends and colleagues or by recommendation. Based on the feedback of some people we highly respect we’ve decided to make this series generally available.
Rails Foundations focuses on giving attendees a solid understanding of major Rails components and how they interrelate. You’ll find we teach no Rails magic, trickery, or shortcuts.
We have a different approach for Rails training than most shops. If you’re looking for a grand tour of Rails, we recommended Big Nerd Ranch, the Pragmatic Studio, or fellow Michiganders Idea Foundry. If you want to explore just the core Rails concepts in greater depth (preparing you to do wider exploration on your own), we think you’ll enjoy the series.
If you’ve never used Rails before, the workshops are right for you if
- You’ve programmed in an OOP language
- You’ve written for the web, but didn’t really use HTTP fully
- You like to keep up on current trends in development
If you’ve programmed in Rails, the workshops will clear up some misconceptions if
- Your controllers have goofy actions like
javascript_saveandabout_us - Your routes don’t go beyond
map.connect ':controller/:action/:id' - Your views are so abstracted you’re not sure what HTML they even output anymore
- You didn’t know that
belongs_tois actually a class method that takes a symbol as its first argument
The course starts is just under two weeks, so grab a spot quickly!