Ruby On Rails - Develop. Test. Deploy. Part I

You probably have heard about Ruby on Rails. It is a web app language and framework. It is used by well known brands such as Airbnb, Github, and Shopify (rubyonrails.org). With a language and framework geared for web app building, you can quickly develop a web app, test it (Ruby is guided by Test Driven Development, or TDD), and deploy.

In this blog series titled "Ruby on Rails - Develop. Test. Deploy",  I will cover some key concepts, including:

• Ruby (an Object Oriented Programming scripting language) and 
• Rails (the Model View Controller web app framework developed using the Ruby language)
• GEM  (Ruby package manager)
• Rake (make utility for Ruby)
• Database (SQLite, PostGRES, simple data modeling)

We will create an potluck sign-up website for client Neil. The final product will be a Ruby on Rails production website accessible publicly (as opposed to only deployed on a local laptop). This will be demonstrated via a “Thanksgiving Potluck Signup” app hosted on Heroku (a Platform-As-A-Service).