Engine Yard is teaching a course online on Rails 3. Here's the notice I received:
Hi there, I want to share some info with you about a four day "Zero to Rails 3" virtual training course we're hosting in December. Please pass the info along to any of your RUG members that might be interested. The more the merrier! What: Zero to Rails 3 Training When: December 20-23, 2010 Where: Live on your desktop Who: You and Abie Hadjitarkhani, Ruby on Rails Master Instructor By the end of the course, you will have the skills necessary to build and deploy a Rails 3 application with confidence. Drawing from the experience of Engine Yard’s team of Ruby on Rails experts, this course content focuses on what you really need to know and provides a solid foundation in Ruby as well as Rails. Since the course is based on Rails 3, you will be able to take advantage of the latest features of the Rails 3 framework. Topics To Be Covered: Ruby: An introduction to the highly dynamic scripting language that makes Rails possible. Rails 3: What you need to know to get productive now. Active Record: In-depth coverage of how to use Rails to do the database heavy lifting for you. REST: Learn the power of RESTful design to build instant APIs for your web applications, as well as easing the scoping process on new projects. Test Driven Development: Add confidence and maintainability to your development cycle. Kill bugs once without fear of regressions! Hosting and Deployment: The future is in the cloud! See how easy it can be to launch and scale a production application on the Engine Yard AppCloud and a wide array of third party services. RubyGems and Plugins: Make use of the increasingly large ecosystem of open source Ruby libraries. To register, and to view complete event info: http://bit.ly/fY7eDy Feel free to ping with any additional questions. Cheers, Melissa -- SD Ruby mailing list [email protected] http://groups.google.com/group/sdruby
