Module 3 Curriculum

Authentication

• Introduction to Basic Authentication
• Sessions, Cookies, Authorization
• Introduction to OAuth

API Development

• Faraday and Postman
• Testing Tools for API Consumption
• Refactoring API Consumption
• Building an API in Rails
• Customizing your API’s JSON Output

ActiveRecord

• Database Planning Workshop for Paired Project
• Advanced ActiveRecord

JavaScript and Front-End Development

• Introduction to JavaScript
• jQuery DOM Traversal and Manipulation, HTML Layout in Bootstrap

Other Topics

• Sending Email in Rails
• Data Structures and Algorithms
• Intro to Caching
• Introduction to Big O Notation
• Company Research (PD Supplement)
• README Workshop

Additional Exploration Topics & Resources

• Review of Abstraction and Encapsulation
• Application Coordination with Message Queues
• Hash Functions - MD5 and SHA-256
• Understanding Namespacing
• Fundamental Rails Security
• Environments and Continuous Integration
• Running Production Locally
• Presenters and Decorators
• Application Coordination with Messaging Queues
• Intro to JavaScript AJAX Fetch

A full archive of lesson plans (not necessarily up to date with Rails 5.2!) can be found on GitHub