19+ Hours of Video Instruction The Ruby on Rails Tutorial LiveLessons, Fourth Edition , is the best-selling complete video training course on web development with Rails, the popular web framework for building dynamic, database-backed web applications. You will learn Rails by example by building a substantial sample application from scratch. Description Best-selling author and leading Rails developer Michael Hartl teaches Rails by guiding you through the development of three sample applications of increasing sophistication, focusing on the fundamental techniques in web development needed for virtually any kind of application. The updates to this edition include full compatibility with Rails 5 and numerous new exercises interspersed in each lesson for maximum reinforcement. This indispensable guide provides integrated tutorials not only for Rails, but also for the essential Ruby, HTML, CSS, and SQL skills you need when developing web applications. Hartl explains how each new technique solves a real-world problem, and then he demonstrates it with bite-sized code that’s simple enough to understand, yet useful. About the Instructor MICHAEL HARTL is a best-selling author and founder of the educational website LearnEnough.com. His prior experience includes writing and developing RailsSpace, an extremely obsolete Rails tutorial book, and developing Insoshi, a once-popular and now-obsolete social networking platform in Ruby on Rails. In 2011, Michael received a Ruby Hero Award for his contributions to the Ruby community. He is a graduate of Harvard College, has a Ph.D. in Physics from Caltech, and is an alumnus of the Y Combinator entrepreneur program. Skill Level Beginner to intermediate What You Will Learn How to install and set up your Rails development environment Optional easy start using pre-installed IDE in the cloud How to build Rails applications from scratch Learn testing and test-driven development Effectively use the Model-View-Controller (MVC) pattern Structure applications using REST architecture Build static pages and transform them into dynamic ones Implement registration and authentication systems, including validation and secure passwords How to deploy your application Who Should Take This Course Developers looking for a practical introduction for building dynamic, database-backed web applications with Rails. Course Requirements Basic understanding of programming and development Table of Contents Lesson 1: From Zero to Deploy The firs...