Software Engineering

Helpful Resources

Git

• GitHub: The on-line repository hosting service of choice for this course.
• Git Documentation: A variety of documentation from the official Git site, including the Git Reference Manual.
• Git Cheat Sheet: A brief listing of common Git commands and what they do. There is also this alternative version that I don’t like quite as well.
• Pro Git by Scott Chacon: A free on-line book on Git by a developer at GitHub.
• Introduction to Git with Scott Chacon: A longish video (>80 min) that presents a lot of the material in the Pro Git book.
• Github Tutorial For Beginners: A short (<20 min), gentle video introduction to GitHub.
• Learn Git Branching: A visual and interactive tutorial for learning Git.
• Git from the Inside Out: A longish video (>45 min) on Git’s technical inner workings.
• GitKraken: A good tool for visualizing the state of a repository
• Feature Branch Workflow: A tutorial on how to do the titular workflow, which involves topic branches and pull requests.

HTML, CSS, and JavaScript

• W3Schools Tutorials: Popular web site for learning web technologies online (since 1998).
  • HTML Tutorial
  • CSS Tutorial
  • JavaScript Tutorial

Ruby

• Ruby API Documentation (v2.5.1)
  • Core API
  • Standard Library API

Rails

Ruby on Rails Guides (v5.2.1)

• Model Basics
  • DB Migrations
  • Model Validations
  • Model Associations
  • Model Queries
• View Basics
  • Form Helpers
• Controller Basics
• Routing Basics
• Testing Basics

Ruby on Rails API (v5.2.1)

• Model (ActiveModel; ActiveRecord)
  • List of Model Attribute Types (in the add_column doc comments)
  • Model Validation Methods (e.g., validate)
  • Model Association Methods (e.g., has_many)
  • Model Finder Methods (e.g., find)
• View (ActionView)
  • View Form Helper Methods (e.g., form_for)
  • View URL Helper Methods (e.g., link_to)
• Controller (ActionController)
• Routing (ActionDispatch)
  • Routing Methods (e.g., root)
• Testing (ActiveSupport::Testing)
  • Testing Assertion Methods (e.g., assert_not)

Other Rails Resources

• Devise: Authentication library for Rails.
• SimpleCov: Code coverage analysis tool for Ruby (computes statement coverage).
• Rails Tutorial: A free online book that walks through step by step how to create a Twitter-like application in Rails.
• Attacking Ruby on Rails Applications: An article on attack paths and techniques for cracking RoR web apps

RVM (Ruby Version Manager)

• RVM Homepage
• Common Tasks
  • Install a version of Ruby
  • Set the default version of Ruby
  • See what version of Ruby is currently selected
  • Create a gemset
  • Use a particular gemset
  • See what gemset is currently selected
  • Add settings to your project’s Gemfile, so RVM will automatically select the correct Ruby version and gemset

UNIX Command Line

• Codeacademy Course: Learn the Command Line

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