Video Description
Ruby is a flexible, open source programming language with deep roots in both Perl and Lisp developed by Yukihiro “Matz” Matsumoto. The language itself is perfect for constructing web applications big and small but with the libraries, frameworks, and tools created by its community it goes above and beyond.
Mark Bates on Ruby Techniques, Frameworks, and Tools is a video that shows you how to build web applications using Ruby. Bates guides you through numerous areas and functionalities of Ruby, including working with Rack, Sinatra, Singletons, Redis, Opal, and more.
Bates, the founder and chief architect of Meta42 Labs in Boston, is a seasoned developerwith the scars to prove it. His expertise on Ruby will save you from getting bruised and battered yourself.
- Learn about Rack for quicker writing of web applications than Ruby on Rails
- Use the Sinatra framework for simple builds
- Get familiar with singletons in Ruby and when you should use these design patterns
- Discover Ruby libraries such as DRb and Fibers to help facilitate communication and scheduling between processes, respectively
- Set up MiniTest to write and run tests on your web application
- Use the RubyMotion toolchain to build a full iOS application
- Harness Redis to create publish/subscribe systems
- Talk to JavaScript using Opal
- Get familiar with Sequel, the database toolkit library for Ruby
Mark Bates has written web applications since 1996; he now spends his days focusing onnew application development and consulting for his clients.
Table of Contents
- Getting Started with Rack 00:05:33
- Getting Started with Sinatra 00:04:19
- Building a Sinatra Application Part 1 00:09:59
- Building a Sinatra Application Part 2 00:16:38
- Ruby Singletons 00:05:33
- Ruby Singletons Threaded 00:05:07
- DRb Basics 00:14:30
- MiniTest::Spec 00:18:51
- Ruby 2.0.0-rc2 00:12:57
- Ruby Fibers 00:08:12
- MiniTest Rails 00:12:43
- RubyMotion Part 1 00:11:17
- RubyMotion Part 2 00:14:33
- Testing Sinatra 00:13:24
- TracePoint 00:11:48
- Rack Hijack 00:11:08
- Ruby 2.1.0.preview1 00:21:07
- PostgreSQL Views in Rails 00:11:25
- Redis 00:15:25
- Pub/Sub with Redis 00:13:04
- Opal Part 1 00:18:13
- Opal Part 2 00:18:08
- Opal Part 3 00:23:12
- Sequel Part 1 00:15:32
- Sequel Part 2 00:17:48
- Pathname 00:11:23
- OAuth2 with Doorkeeper 00:20:03
- ActiveRecord with Sinatra 00:13:17
- ActiveModel::Serializers 00:25:45
- Pundit 00:17:57
- Rails 4.1: Email Previews 00:08:29
- API Permissions 00:07:20
- Rails View Variants 00:08:56
- Ruby: Method 00:14:42
- Faraday 00:18:41