Welcome! First, open this page in your browser:

http://tutorials.jumpstartlab.com/paths/advanced_rails_two_day.html

Is this the right session for you?

You belong here if:

• You feel very comfortable working with Ruby and Rails
• You have built several Rails projects or spent months on a real project
• You’re interested in some new ideas
• You’re willing to wrestle with things that might not work the first time

This is not a good session for you if:

• You’re new to Ruby/Rails
• You want everything to go smoothly

Are you prepared?

You need to:

• Join the chatroom at http://jumpstartlab.com/chat
• Follow http://tutorials.jumpstartlab.com/topics/environment/environment.html to setup Ruby 1.9.2 and Rails 3.2
• Follow http://tutorials.jumpstartlab.com/topics/environment/advanced_tools.html to setup other specialty tools
• To setup the sample project…

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git clone git://github.com/JumpstartLab/blogger_advanced.git
cd blogger_advanced
bundle
bundle exec rake db:setup
bundle exec rake

The Plan

We’ll break the two days into several discrete segments, themselves broken into a mix of direct instruction and self-directed practice.

Day 1 - The Model Layer

Better Models with Modules

http://tutorials.jumpstartlab.com/topics/models/modules.html

Generating Better Queries

http://tutorials.jumpstartlab.com/topics/performance/queries.html

Facade Pattern

http://tutorials.jumpstartlab.com/topics/models/facade_pattern.html

Worker Pattern

http://tutorials.jumpstartlab.com/topics/performance/background_jobs.html

Evaluating Performance with Metrics

http://tutorials.jumpstartlab.com/topics/performance/measuring.html

Using the Debugger

http://tutorials.jumpstartlab.com/topics/debugging/debugger.html

Day 2 - Controllers and Views

Slimming Controllers

http://tutorials.jumpstartlab.com/topics/controllers/slimming_controllers.html

Decorator Pattern with Draper

http://tutorials.jumpstartlab.com/topics/decorators.html

View Caching

http://tutorials.jumpstartlab.com/topics/performance/caching.html

Pagination

http://tutorials.jumpstartlab.com/topics/better_views/pagination.html

ERB and HAML

http://tutorials.jumpstartlab.com/topics/better_views/erb_and_haml.html

Understanding Partials

http://tutorials.jumpstartlab.com/topics/better_views/view_partials.html

Contributing

You’re strongly invited to help improve these tutorials, even while we’re running the session. All the text is available on GitHub, so you can edit it right in the browser. Hit the "Feedback" tab on the left side of any page.

Enjoy!