Workshops application

Hi! We think it’s great that you want to join along with Netguru to start learning Ruby on Rails. Taking part in workshops is also a great opportunity to start an internship with us and become one of the Netguru folks. Since you have just taken your first step on your adventure with programming in RoR, we challenge you to complete the following task. Ready, steady…Go!

Let’s start with a setup:

Database

Copy the database config file (and edit if needed): cp config/database.yml.sample config/database.yml

Make sure the user you've listed in database.yml is created for postgres: createuser -s -r workshops

Setup the database for your application (development and test environments): bin/rake db:setup bin/rake db:test:prepare

Issues to solve:

1. There are a few missing fields on the User model. Make sure spec/models/user_spec.rb passes.
2. Make sure settings for devise are configured properly. If they aren’t, most of the controller specs will fail:

• Most of the configuration changes require the server to be restarted.
• At some point you'll have to overwrite the default devise views - you can find all the required info in the gem readme.

3. Check spec/controllers/categories_controller_spec.rb - there should be a couple errors on actions checking admin presence.

4. Next up: Product model and spec/models/product_spec.rb. Play with validations a bit, calculate average rating and you'll be good to go.

5. Fix specs for Category model.

6. You'll have to deal with ProductsController. Again, you'll have to check for permissions. Only a product owner should be able to make changes. Make sure to give the user a proper message when they try to perform forbidden actions.

7. Make sure ReviewDecorator is used properly, There's one action which needs to be declared there. See spec/decorators/review_decorator_spec.rb for details.

8. Don't forget to check if application works in the browser:)

9. Unleash your design skills. Add some CSS to the application to make it prettier (we won't say it's ugly, but you know, it's not a beauty [YET!]).

10. Make sure your project is available on heroku.

Here are some great resources to help you with kicking off your adventure with Ruby and Rails:

• http://www.codeschool.com/paths/ruby - free Ruby and Rails courses available at the elementary level
• you want to be sure your Ruby basis are solid? Check out the Ruby Koans - http://rubykoans.com/
• http://guides.rubyonrails.org/ - sooner or later this one will come in handy
• not feeling comfortable with JavaScript / jQuery? CodeSchool can help you with this one too - http://www.codeschool.com/courses/try-jquery

Good Luck!

Psst! Do not hesitate to ask your questions on hipchat And check out event on facebook.