From Ruby to Rails Learning Journey 🚀

Welcome to my journey of mastering Ruby and Ruby on Rails! This repository serves as a diary, resource hub, and portfolio of my learning process. I'm diving into these amazing tools to build dynamic, modern web applications.

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🎯 Goal

To learn Ruby and Ruby on Rails comprehensively, focusing on:

• Understanding Ruby fundamentals and Object Oriented design.
• Building responsive websites with Rails using the MVC pattern.
• Mastering full-stack development, including front-end and back-end technologies.

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🗺️ Learning Roadmap

🟢 Step 1: Ruby Basics

• Explore the foundations of Ruby: syntax, loops, methods, and object-oriented programming.
• Practice coding exercises and create small Ruby programs.

🟡 Step 2: Intermediate HTML and CSS

• Enhance knowledge of HTML and CSS to create responsive, visually appealing web pages.
• Experiment with modern design techniques.

🟢 Step 3: Databases

• Learn SQL and relational database concepts.
• Practice building and querying databases to manage information effectively.

🟡 Step 4: Ruby on Rails Basics

• Build foundational Rails projects (e.g., blog, password manager) to learn the MVC architecture.
• Learn to deploy Rails applications and integrate features like file uploads and web scraping.

🟢 Step 5: Advanced HTML, CSS, and JavaScript

• Deepen front-end skills, including CSS techniques for responsive design.
• Add interactivity to applications using JavaScript and APIs.

🟡 Step 6: React

• Learn the React library to create dynamic, fast, and scalable front-end user interfaces.
• Integrate React with Rails for full-stack applications.

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🔨 Projects

Ruby Projects

• Calculator: A simple CLI-based calculator that supports basic arithmetic operations.
• To-Do List: A console application to manage tasks with features like adding, deleting, and marking tasks as complete.

Rails Projects (from GoRails)

• Blog:
  • A complete blogging platform built with Rails.
  • Includes CRUD operations for posts and comments.
  • Features deployment and migration management.
• Password Manager:
  • Securely store and encrypt usernames and passwords using ActiveRecord Encryption.
  • Add functionality for sharing passwords with others using join tables.
  • Integrate JavaScript for copy-to-clipboard features.
• URL Shortener:
  • Create a URL shortener application with Base62 encoding for short codes.
  • Track analytics for shortened URLs.
• Web Scraper:
  • Build a web scraper and monitoring tool to gather and track data from websites.
• AI Whisper Transcriptions:
  • Automate video transcription using OpenAI's Whisper API.
  • Monitor video hosting platforms, transcribe new videos, and upload captions.

📚 Resources

These are the key resources guiding my learning journey:

General Learning

• Codecademy - Learn Ruby
• Learn Ruby Online
• Ruby Official Documentation - Quickstart Guide

Ruby on Rails

• The Odin Project - Full-stack Ruby on Rails
• GoRails - Ruby on Rails Path
• Ruby on Rails Official Documentation

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📂 Repository Structure

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├── README.md         # Overview of the repository
├── basics/           # Ruby fundamentals (loops, methods, OOP, etc.)
├── code-snippets/    # Folder for small scripts
├── databases/        # SQL exercises and database projects
├── rails-projects/   # Rails apps (blog, password manager, etc.)
├── resources/        # Notes, links, and learning materials
└── progress/         # Daily/weekly logs of my journey

📝 Progress Logs

Example Log: Day 1

Date: 2024-11-28

Topics Covered:

• Explored basic Ruby syntax and constructs.
• Practiced loops, conditionals, and methods.

Accomplishments:

• Created a script to calculate factorials:

  def factorial(n)
    return 1 if n <= 1
    n * factorial(n - 1)
  end
  puts factorial(5) # Output: 120 
  

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🤝 Contributions and Feedback

This repository is part of my learning journey. If you have suggestions or resources that could help, feel free to share! Open to feedback and collaboration.

🚀 Let's Build Something Amazing

This journey is just the beginning. Stay tuned as I build, learn, and grow with Ruby and Rails. Watch this space for updates and exciting projects!