Build a Cryptocurrency News Site with Ruby on Rails

Description

Pull Crypto news from an API and build a website with Ruby on Rails!

Welcome to the Build a Cryptocurrency News Site with Ruby on Rails course. Cryptocurrencies are all the rage right now. Wouldn't it be cool to build a website that shows crypto news automatically? That's what we'll learn in this course! We'll start by installing Node.js, Sublime, Heroku Toolbelt, and more. After installation, we'll build a website (using Ruby on Rails and Bootstrap) that connects to a free third-party crypto API. We'll be able to pull news stories, crypto price data, and all kinds of cool stuff, and output them onto our website's screen automatically. You don't need any special tools to take this course. We'll be using a free online development environment pre-loaded with Ruby on Rails or you can feel free to download Rails directly to your computer (if you know how) and follow along with that way. After working through the course, you'll have a solid foundation on which to create Ruby on Rails websites. Moreover, after completing this course you'll be able to easily learn and connect advanced topics automatically because of the core foundation you've built. You will also have hands-on experience in creating a cryptocurrency news site.

Introduction to Ruby on Rails
Set up a virtual development environment
Pull data from third-part APIs.
Learn to use instance variables and forms with Rails.
Basic error handling

This course targets absolute beginners who want to learn to build websites with Ruby on Rails

This course adopts a hands-on, exercise-based approach. This complete course is packed with step-by-step instructions, working examples, and helpful advice. If you just know the basics, you'll be fine too: you'll still learn some cool things along the way.

Build API-driven websites with Rails * Build a responsive website with Bootstrap * Understand the Rails Controller

John Elder is a pioneer in Web Development who created one of the first Internet advertising networks back in 1997. He sold it to a publicly traded company at the height of the dot com boom and then went on to create the best-selling Submission-Spider search engine submission software that's been used by over 3 million individuals and small businesses in over 45 countries. John graduated with honors with a degree in economics from Washington University in St. Louis where he was an artsci scholar. Today he teaches Web Development courses at Codemy the online code school he founded.

1. Build A Crypto Currency News Site With Ruby on Rails