[Brug-talk] Welcome

[verborghs]

On Mon, 2007-09-24 at 14:22 +0200, Peter De Berdt (10-forward) wrote:
> On 24 Sep 2007, at 13:55, Verborgh Steven wrote:
> 
> > I'm Steven Verborgh. I just found out about the "Belgian Ruby user
> > group"
> >
> > I'm a long time Java, PHP, Linux and "Open source" teacher at
> > Hogeschool-WVL Dept PIH in Kortrijk.
> >
> > I am still an entry level ruby/rails programmer. And this year
> > I'm starting a new course here called "Open Source Innovatief"  
> > which is
> > basically Ruby on Rails with a sauce of Source Control, Agile
> > development, Team work and well, the things you need to know but won't
> > normally teach you in schools. Actually I also needed a reason to  
> > throw
> > PHP out :). It's core course material includes of course "Agile Web
> > Development with Rails" ... hopefully with some of my personal  
> > notes if
> > I ever get there :)
> >
> > Any suggestions on rails which should really, really be included in a
> > "Rails course" are of course welcome.
> 
> It all depends on whether the course will be one or two semesters,  
> but here are some things i find very useful in everyday Rails coding:
> 
> • REST and how Rails has integrated it
> • Automated testing of code (test driven development might be a bit  
> too much, but writing tests should be part of the big picture)
> • Ruby Mixins by making a simple Rails plugin
> • Since you are including source control etc, you could conclude the  
> lessons with capistrano deployment
> 
> May I also suggest the podcasts at railscasts.com? They talk about  
> common problems and how to solve them and can provide a good source  
> of inspiration.


They will have 11 weeks (5 hours a week). So I guess I can teach them
"the basics". I already planned on teaching cap and the needed Linux
skills to get it up an running. Writing tests is definitely a part of
the course.

I haven't really tought about Mixins and rails plugins, but I'll have a
look at it.

Also, We have 4 project weeks as we call them where at least one team of
5 students will have to work in rails on a predefined project in which
some teachers pretend to be a customer. (the other teams will use
ASP.NET or JAVA)

thanks for the hints