How I Learned Ruby on Rails in 2 days

[@americatoken3334]

I know Ruby on Rails, since I watched a video "Learn Ruby in 5 minutes" video. I am the man for the job!

[@ChiefRemoteOfficer]

All these languages and frameworks are just different enough to make you crazy. Focus on the concepts and understanding what questions to Google to help you solve problems. We should be building hotels on Mars by now. Instead we keep reinventing the wheel. People spend a lot of time beating themselves up, always thinking they don't know enough. Find a pet project to work on and contribute to. That will teach you much more than any tutorial, video or book. Being an "expert" in a modern framework is difficult since the next version is always right around the corner. Everything you think you know can be tossed out for a newer (better?) version.

[@cindrmon]

i don't think this is just a "how i learned ruby on rails in 2 days" video, but more of a "how to be a good software developer" video.. anyways, really good stuff! thank you for making this video, and you really gave the best advise on being adaptable in the software development market! and it just so happens i wanna learn ruby on rails cuz i love it! keep it up man!

[@TheGrreatDane]

This video couldn't happen at a better time. A start-up is willing to hire me as a web developer using Moodle (LMS) built in PHP which I've never used. This makes total sense. Thanks a lot.

[@pumpkinhead6646]

Just passing by while watching some Rails videos and this one got my interest. Quite enjoyed the format of this video and relaxed conversation pace. Thanks.

[@oladayoolabiyi7721]

This a good guide for someone who seems to be working towards a upskill deadline. Thanks for the hints.

[@velagune]

This is one of the best videos I've ever seen. Thank you so much for this.

[@mistert1628]

Just came across this great advice developer to developer what I need to hear.

[@BurninateTheVillage]

"How I learned Ruby on Rails in 2 days after spending 12 months learning other frameworks" ftfy

[@TravisMedia]

Erick Caceres Or better yet, “Why you should become familiar now with MVC frameworks so that you can adapt faster when you are asked to assist on one later. “

[@TravisMedia]

Weghweh Hwewehwhe Rails “mastery” and being able to confidently contribute to a a Rails project are two completely different things. The former was never once mentioned in the video.

[@abdullaalblooshi2406]

In my opinion, programming (coding, or developing. Call it what you want) is about principals and frameworks. Some people don't know what is database or even what a table is, and they say we want to be programmers or even hackers !!!! 1. Learn some html, play with MS excel and MS access. 2. Learn keyboard shortcuts. 3. Learn some cmd commands (create, delete, rename, move files and folders -- how to start and stop services). 4. Learn about batch files and how to miss up your files, and network settings . 5. Understand what these mean: frontend, backend and frameworks. 6. Learn plain php, then move to laravel. 7. Learn jquery. 8. If you master laravel, I think you can move to other MVC frameworks easily. 9. Learn Vue. 10. Join a telegram group to see what developers talk about. 11. If you face a problem stackoverflow and reddit are great resources. Don't try to be a master in each step, learn the basics and move forward to the next step. Have fun or other way, you will get bored.

[@berlinerfamily]

Coming from Rails and having never seen Laravel before this is so interesting to see! I would have never guessed that the similarities are so great! Since Rails was created 2004 and Laravel 2011 it seems like they took a lot of inspiration from Rails and created a "Rails for PHP" which I believe is a great thing.

[@SANJAYDAS-zh7fw]

Really thank you very much. You mindset of a developer and now I appreciate the documentation more.

[@JekplexTV]

This video deserves way more views and likes. As an entry level software developer, this video has immense value. Thank you so much for sharing.

[@ErickCastrilloArroyo]

In other words, learn your basics and you already know ~70%/~80% of all back end frameworks

[@silverbullet6842]

Only real developers who struggled with this problem can understand it. That's how industry development team and developers work. But I think this is a great tip not only for development, it can be used in other areas. I couldn't stop me from pressing the subscribe button. But because I think you are deserved to get more subscribers, I suggest you don't leave comments to negative feedback. No reply would be better. In this world, we can't stop others blaming you. Just ignore them and focusing on what you are doing would open more doors.

[@TravisMedia]

silverbullet68 That’s great advice. I’ll take it!

[@averystratton999]

I needed this

[@johnmahugu]

i have learned alot from your videos, thank you very much bro, much appreciated.

[@vasiovasio]

Done is better than perfect!

[@donwalker4447]

Hey Travis, I run a bootcamp in Conway, AR that focuses on Java mostly, but we do offer a C#/.Net course as well. I try to make the point to students about the transferability of what they're learning to other stacks, and I'll share this to help make the point. Thanks!

[@TravisMedia]

Don Walker Thanks Don!

[@donwalker4447]

@@TravisMedia By the way, where are you based, if I can ask?

[@TravisMedia]

Don Walker Virginia

[@sufyansaif9484]

I learnt Laravel in 3-4 months as I knew PHP well. Then Django in in one week. Similarly learnt react in one year after 2-3 tries. Then learnt vue in 3 days and angular in one month.

[@isakawilliam]

oh really? its that easy...i just learned rails and react, although react + redux is by far the hardest thing I've learned so far. So I can easily catchup on django?, I wanna learn django so bad

[@chicku975]

Switching to Ruby + Capybara from Selenium Java. This was insightful.

[@rpf23543]

inspiring - thank you - I see it the same way. However, unfortunately, often today technical assessments have to be done and then, this approach "fails". But I think this "new world" is wrong, because you can learn the code - as you have mentioned.

[@cesaramaral2339]

Very good insight, Travis! Congratulations for the video.

[@celadonjade5622]

very inspiring, i hate my job, i really want to learn how to code, and get better at computers and get a job in technology or work for myself in that field

[@TravisMedia]

Celadon Jade It’s completely doable Celadon!!

[@jrcenina85]

FreeCodeCamp

[@drlawrencemayo]

im a doctor trying to transition into software and coding. Why ? i need personal space more time to do stuff. Ive done HTML, CSS, JS, PHP. im thinking either studying React or Ruby on rails next. any tips?

[@TravisMedia]

Understandable. If you like JS I'd go all in with React. There's a big market there. Not as much with RoR. Here are steps I would take - travis.media/5-steps-for-learning-react-js-in-2022/

[@drlawrencemayo]

@@TravisMedia amazing thanks :)

[@condejasonleeprill6257]

Thank you Travis, exactly what I needed to hear.

[@MrKracx]

start at 5:20

[@averystratton999]

Blowing my mind a little

[@robdoyle1764]

Great video Travis

[@phonographiq]

Appreciate you bruh

[@AntoineJacques]

I'm here because a job i applied to needs me to do a project on ruby, i only know Python 💡

[@Josh-lx5qt]

"Laravel is a poor man's version of Ruby on Rails :D" - Taylor Ortwell

[@vasiovasio]

:D

[@kellyaquinastom]

Start 8:30

[@seanpaulson9098]

So for beginners what are some languages/frameworks that will give you enough of a grasp to be able to do this?

[@TravisMedia]

Good question. What is your most familiar programming language(s)

[@seanpaulson9098]

@@TravisMedia My best is java and js. Also html, css, json and ajax. I was thinking of starting react soon.

[@seanpaulson9098]

I did see this video about js frameworks. I don't know if these concepts would also translate to other non js frameworks though. kzbin.info/www/bejne/p5qch4SnjsiLp7s

[@ilyasusserbayev9442]

oh crap, thats exactly what i was looking for by searching 'how to learn a framework'.

[@prudhvikancharla5769]

Can you please make video on Ruby on rails

[@weho_brian]

as a seasoned programmer, you should be able to learn any framework in 1 week or less

[@digitalsketchguy]

Travis, did you take the limitless pill?

[@dmitriyobidin6049]

Yea, right... Now go try help someone with their COBOL project or iOS app, for example. What i mean, It might be easy to help out on project that uses technology with good documentation and/or existing in the same field as your primary specialization. The real hell starts at the point, when there is no documentation at all and you have to figure out how to fix something in a field that you don't have experience with.

[@elyordoniyor4061]

Huh I am learning it for 2 months

[@KrishnaDasPC]

laravel and rails were in same category because laravel copied everything from rails.

[@emilyhuang2759]

Why Laravel?

[@TravisMedia]

Emily Huang Because Laravel is so similar to RoR. In fact it seems Laravel has dragged a year or two behind RoR for a while, but in doing so, making it a much better framework.

[@Aalii6]

👍👍

[@sicario55]

NIce !!!!!

[@MuhammadAdnan-gx6rd]

Impossible in a day a language to learn :D

[@brunovaz]

become the pragmatic programmer

[@timvanmonero2720]

Your words: "I learned Rails in 2 days. I'm not an expert. I can do 95% of Rails. " and then you said "and i know how the framework works". I'm really nobody to hate people online for sharing their thoughts, but what the f? It's like making a 3 hour TODO List tutorial and saying "i know how rails works" . lmao.

[@TravisMedia]

Tim van Monero Hey Tim thanks for your comment sir but I think you missed the point. Mastering Rails does not equal “learned” Rails. And no one is building a TODO app here. If you are put a on a real project/app at work that hundreds of thousands of people depend on, you don’t have forever to become an expert at it. So what general steps should I take to be able to adapt fast to different frameworks. That’s what this video is about. Rails is an MVC. It has many of the exact same features as the other major MVCs out there. By learning about MVC frameworks beforehand + noting the major differences in Rails + being a dev who consults documentation, it can 100% be “learned” in 2 days and commits can be made.

[@timvanmonero2720]

@@TravisMedia commit can be made in an existing project, however you won't be able to architect it yourself, even tho you know MVC. maybe you're right and i miss the point and i'm too harsh but i've seen guys who did rails for 6 months or even a year and i'm just like wtf?! smh... and yeah, those guys also did laravel before. just because it's MVC doesn't mean we do it the same way as we would do in laravel or symfony. of course, you're right, that you can do the most basics things after 2 days.

[@timvanmonero2720]

@@TravisMedia i just found this "i can do 95% of rails" insanely wrong. i'm doing rails 10 years, i'm an expert and can't do 95% ;-)

[@TravisMedia]

Tim van Monero Thanks for this input Tim and I understand your concern and do agree. And 95% is probably a bit too high a percentage, indeed. Mainly I was trying to break up 1. Common MVC development between different frameworks (which is very similar) along with then consulting that documentation for best practices and 2. The Ruby/Rails particulars.

[@jwoods9659]

Learning Rails is a pain in a butt. I moved to C#, just I have yet to find a clear cut organized basic intro into Rails. So I keep Ruby as a hobby.

[@isakawilliam]

i learned rails and its definitely by far the easiest thing to learn compared to many other fw. It also has very few developers, if your aim is to land a job as SW dev its a good route

[@MuhammadAdnan-gx6rd]

Teach us here #Ruby Sir ?

[@KeraniFox]

In your car. Why

[@alexlarsen1512]

Hi so wrong. YOU write the code wihtout BDD+TDD. So in production.. your app will crash no doubts! Quick builded sh..ty app. Sorry for the clients:)

[@grantmadden9306]

thanks for clockbaiting me and wasting 10 min of my life