Completed based on Daniel Kehoe's tutorial - http://learn-rails.com/
Github for project - https://github.com/RailsApps/learn-rails
Check out the completed project at http://learn-rails-paul.herokuapp.com
The project teaches how to build a Rails app from the ground up and deploy it.
Home page, navigation, "about" page, contact form, and mailing list sign-up forms are all setup upon completion.
Process involved learning:
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Ruby 2.3.0 & Rails 4.2.6
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Rails MVC model
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Ruby Gems setup using RVM
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UNIX command line/terminal and Rails console basics
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Git version control
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User story mapping
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Use of MailChimp and SendGrid APIs with environment variables
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Deployment to Heroku
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Run rails on local server
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Website creation simple HTML and CSS with Zurb foundation
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Google Analytics integration for web-tracking