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Chris, this is amazing. I've always been scared of rails because most tutorials don't explain the magic, but you've created easily the best beginner content I've ever seen.
Awesome - your stuff has always been great for intermediate learners—after they learned 101. This nicely fills the gap. 👍
Ruby on Rails for Beginners Tutorial
Learn Ruby on Rails by building a Buffer clone with authentication, OAuth, Twitter's API, and background workers.
Your Teacher | Chris Oliver
Hi, I'm Chris. I'm the creator of GoRails, Hatchbox.io and Jumpstart. I spend my time creating tutorials and tools to help Ruby on Rails developers build apps better and faster.
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Rails for Beginners Part 1: Installing Ruby on RailsJan 26, 2021 Installing Ruby on Rails
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Rails for Beginners Part 2: How to create a new Rails appJan 26, 2021 How to create a new Rails app
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Rails for Beginners Part 3: How HTTP Requests work in the BrowserJan 26, 2021 How HTTP Requests work in the Browser
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Rails for Beginners Part 4: The MVC (Model, View, Controller) Pattern?Jan 26, 2021 The MVC (Model, View, Controller) Pattern?
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Rails for Beginners Part 5: Routes and Route TypesJan 26, 2021 Routes and Route Types
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Rails for Beginners Part 6: The Root RouteJan 26, 2021 The Root Route
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Rails for Beginners Part 8: Using Partials for the NavbarJan 26, 2021 Using Partials for the Navbar
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Rails for Beginners Part 9: URL Helpers and link_toJan 26, 2021 URL Helpers and link_to
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Rails for Beginners Part 10: Setting up a Git repository and Flash messagesJan 26, 2021 Setting up a Git repository and Flash messages
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Rails for Beginners Part 11: Creating the User modelJan 26, 2021 Creating the User model
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Rails for Beginners Part 12: ValidationsJan 26, 2021 Validations
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Rails for Beginners Part 13: Creating a Sign Up FormJan 26, 2021 Creating a Sign Up Form
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Rails for Beginners Part 14: Handling Sign Up ErrorsJan 26, 2021 Handling Sign Up Errors
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Rails for Beginners Part 15: Login with Session CookiesJan 26, 2021 Login with Session Cookies
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Rails for Beginners Part 16: Logging Out UsersJan 26, 2021 Logging Out Users
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Rails for Beginners Part 17: Login FormJan 26, 2021 Login Form
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Rails for Beginners Part 18: Accessing the Current UserJan 26, 2021 Accessing the Current User
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Rails for Beginners Part 20: Forgot Your PasswordJan 26, 2021 Forgot Your Password
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Rails for Beginners Part 21: Reset Password Token MailerJan 26, 2021 Reset Password Token Mailer
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Rails for Beginners Part 22: Password Reset UpdateJan 26, 2021 Password Reset Update
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Rails for Beginners Part 23: Rails CredentialsJan 26, 2021 Rails Credentials
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Rails for Beginners Part 24: OmniAuth 2.0 URLsJan 26, 2021 OmniAuth 2.0 URLs
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Rails for Beginners Part 25: Twitter Account ModelJan 26, 2021 Twitter Account Model
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Rails for Beginners Part 26: Table PlusJan 26, 2021 Table Plus
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Rails for Beginners Part 27: Twitter Accounts PageJan 26, 2021 Twitter Accounts Page
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Rails for Beginners Part 28: Setting Records with Before ActionsJan 26, 2021 Setting Records with Before Actions
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Rails for Beginners Part 30: Tweet ValidationsJan 26, 2021 Tweet Validations
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Rails for Beginners Part 31: Tweet PartialJan 26, 2021 Tweet Partial
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Rails for Beginners Part 32: Edit and Destroy TweetsJan 26, 2021 Edit and Destroy Tweets
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Rails for Beginners Part 33: Twitter APIJan 26, 2021 Twitter API
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Rails for Beginners Part 34: Background Job for Posting TweetsJan 26, 2021 Background Job for Posting Tweets
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Rails for Beginners Part 35: Editing TweetsJan 26, 2021 Editing Tweets
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Rails for Beginners Part 36: Background Jobs with SidekiqJan 26, 2021 Background Jobs with Sidekiq
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Rails for Beginners Part 37: Creating a GitHub Repo to store our codeJan 26, 2021 Creating a GitHub Repo to store our code
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Rails for Beginners Part 38: Deploying to HerokuJan 26, 2021 Deploying to Heroku
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Rails for Beginners Part 39: Dependent Destroy Model AssociationsJan 26, 2021 Dependent Destroy Model Associations
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Rails for Beginners Part 40: OmniAuth CSRF ProtectionJan 26, 2021 OmniAuth CSRF Protection
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Rails for Beginners Part 41: Next StepsJan 26, 2021 Next Steps
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HTTP Server in Ruby from ScratchJul 13, 2021ProEver wondered how Puma, Unicorn, or other Ruby HTTP servers work? We'll build one from scratch with pure Ruby so you can see exactly how it works.
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