Description:

This webcast will introduce web development using Sinatra. Sinatra is a small domain specific language written in Ruby that can be used for creating web applications, APIs as well as large-scale database-driven modular sites. It is flexible, fast and stable and has a low barrier to entry.

This webcast will cover:

• Installing Sinatra
• Writing a one page web application
• Responding to different HTTP verbs using route handlers
• Capturing parameters
• Creating a RESTful interface
• Rendering Views
• Using Helper methods
• Configuration
• Handling errors
• Using CSS and JS preprocessors
• Connecting to a Database
• Testing
• Writing Modular applications
• Using Rack Middleware and Ruby gems to extend Sinatra
• Deploying the application to Heroku

During the webcast we will be building a simple To Do List application to demonstrate some of the principles.

About Darren Jones

Darren Jones is the author of Jump Start Sinatra, a short book that helps you to get up to speed with Sinatra over a weekend. He's been playing around with programming and building websites for over a decade and using Sinatra since 2009. He lives in Manchester, UK where he teaches math and plays water polo.