Day 1

Environment & Source Control

• Environment Setup
• RVM
• Bundler
• Common Git Practices
• Heroku Configuration & Setup

Routes

• Request Cycle & Component Roles
• The Rails Router

Internal Testing

• RSpec and BDD
• RSpec Practices
• Measuring Code Coverage

Integration Testing with Capybara

• Capybara with Rack::Test
• JavaScript testing with Selenium & Capybara-Webkit
• Practicing with Capybara

Day 2

Debugging

• Outputting Text
• Ruby Debugger
• Error Tracking Services

Models

• Relationships
• Polymorphism
• Legacy/Non-conformant databases
• Validations
• Transactions
• Processor Model Design Pattern
• Extracting Modules

Controllers

• Handling Parameters
• Filters
• Friendly URLs
• Managing the Flash
• Render and Redirect
• Sessions and Conversations

Day 3

Better Views

• Understanding Views
• Rails Templating with ERB and HAML
• Utilizing View Partials
• Pagination

JavaScript & AJAX

• Rails and JavaScript
• Using jQuery
• Brief Introduction to CoffeeScript

Web Services

• Exposing an API
• Encoding and Filtering Data
• Consuming REST with ActiveResource
• Consuming SOAP with Savon

Day 4

Performance

• Measuring Performance
• Query Strategies
• Caching with Redis
• Background Jobs with Resque

Systems Management

• Credentials and Configuration
• Automated Tasks with Cron and Rake

Authentication & Authorization

• Local Authentication with Devise
• Remote Authentication with OmniAuth
• Authorization with CanCan

Day 5

Small Topics

• Implementing Search with WebSolr
• Configuring Heroku Features
• Continuous Integration with Jenkins

Additional Notes

• Sample Project Setup