CIS-196's staff and logistics was updated on Aug.28th, 2020.
If you are enrolled / interested in CIS-196, please visit the staff page and the logistics page for more info.

CIS-196: Ruby on Rails (Fall 2020)

Welcome! This course will adopt a hybrid learning pattern, please see logistics

Course Description

This course will cover the Ruby language and the Ruby on Rails web framework.

We'll learn how to build web sites, web applications, and web services from the ground up.

Topics including routing, database schema design, session management, API usage and integration, and complex front-end (UI/UX) implementation.

Additionally, we'll cover popular software architectural patterns, the internet's client-server model, and version control (Git), scalability, amongst other topics.

We'll build webapps every week as we go along this course, culminating in a final project at the end that could be as sophisticated as these real-world rails web services

Prerequisites

Have already taken CIS 120 (or instructor permission).

We just want to make sure you understand object-oriented programming
If you haven't taken CIS-120, but can get yourself comfortable with OOP concepts such as "instance", "instance v.s. class variables/methods", "inheritance", "dynamic dispatch", etc., then you should be ready for this course.

Willingness to teach yourself some basic HTML/CSS

Scrimba.com has a very good free interactive HTML & CSS crash course that I highly recommend.
Even if you already know HTML and CSS, you would still be amazed by how they teach the course.

Please reach out to us if you don't have the prerequisites or if you have any other concerns.
We have worked with students from various different backgrounds, and we try to make sure that everyone gets the most out of this class.

Who Is This Course For?

If you fit into either one of these categories, you should consider taking CIS-196:

Those who have some intro-CS programming experience, want to learn web programming, and build modern web apps and web services.
Those who are insterested in the Ruby language, and want to see how Ruby applies to the industry.
Those who have worked on frontend (HTML/CSS/JS) programming, and want to now learn about the backend.