Build A Cryptocurrency News Site With Ruby On Rails

This course is designed for those interested to learn the basics of building a cryptocurrency news site using Ruby on Rails and how to pull data and output it onto the website. Read more.

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1h 34m

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About This Course

Who this course is for:

  • This course is aimed towards absolute beginners who want to learn how to build websites with Ruby on Rails
  • Anyone wanting to learn to build web apps
  • Anyone interested in Cryptocurrencies
  • Anyone interested in Blockchain news

What you’ll learn: 

  • Introductory Ruby on Rails
  • How to build API driven websites with Rails
  • Set up a virtual development environment
  • How to connect to third party APIs
  • How to get crypto price data
  • Basic CSS with Bootstrap 4.1
  • How to use instance variables
  • How to use forms with Rails
  • Understand the Rails Controller
  • Basic error handling

Requirements: 

  • No programming skills or special tools are necessary to take this 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 be able to pull news stories, crypto price data, and all kinds of cool stuff, and output it onto the screen of our website automatically. Also, we’ll build a website using Ruby on Rails and Bootstrap that connects to a free third party crypto API.

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 and follow along that way.

Our Promise to You

By the end of this course, you will have learned about how to build a cryptocurrency news site using ruby on rails.

10 Day Money Back Guarantee. If you are unsatisfied for any reason, simply contact us and we’ll give you a full refund. No questions asked.

Get started today and learn more about using Ruby on Rails.

Course Curriculum

Section 1 - Build A Cryptocurrency News Site With Ruby On Rails
Introduction 00:00:00
C9 Development Environment 00:00:00
Ruby On Rails Layout Walkthrough 00:00:00
Creating The First Webpage With The Generator 00:00:00
Creating A Second Webpage Manually 00:00:00
Understanding Application.Html.Erb 00:00:00
Installing The Bootstrap CSS Framework 00:00:00
Adding A Navbar 00:00:00
Creating Links In Rails 00:00:00
Crypto API Walkthrough 00:00:00
Calling The Crypto API 00:00:00
Making Sense Of The API Data 00:00:00
Output Specific API Data 00:00:00
Formatting The API Output 00:00:00
Getting Price Data API 00:00:00
More Price Data 00:00:00
Creating A Table With Price Data 00:00:00
Building The Lookup Form 00:00:00
Adding Functionality To The Lookup Form 00:00:00
Pricing Output 00:00:00
Error Handling Part 1 00:00:00
Error Handling Part 2 00:00:00

About This Course

Who this course is for:

  • This course is aimed towards absolute beginners who want to learn how to build websites with Ruby on Rails
  • Anyone wanting to learn to build web apps
  • Anyone interested in Cryptocurrencies
  • Anyone interested in Blockchain news

What you’ll learn: 

  • Introductory Ruby on Rails
  • How to build API driven websites with Rails
  • Set up a virtual development environment
  • How to connect to third party APIs
  • How to get crypto price data
  • Basic CSS with Bootstrap 4.1
  • How to use instance variables
  • How to use forms with Rails
  • Understand the Rails Controller
  • Basic error handling

Requirements: 

  • No programming skills or special tools are necessary to take this 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 be able to pull news stories, crypto price data, and all kinds of cool stuff, and output it onto the screen of our website automatically. Also, we’ll build a website using Ruby on Rails and Bootstrap that connects to a free third party crypto API.

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 and follow along that way.

Our Promise to You

By the end of this course, you will have learned about how to build a cryptocurrency news site using ruby on rails.

10 Day Money Back Guarantee. If you are unsatisfied for any reason, simply contact us and we’ll give you a full refund. No questions asked.

Get started today and learn more about using Ruby on Rails.

Course Curriculum

Section 1 - Build A Cryptocurrency News Site With Ruby On Rails
Introduction 00:00:00
C9 Development Environment 00:00:00
Ruby On Rails Layout Walkthrough 00:00:00
Creating The First Webpage With The Generator 00:00:00
Creating A Second Webpage Manually 00:00:00
Understanding Application.Html.Erb 00:00:00
Installing The Bootstrap CSS Framework 00:00:00
Adding A Navbar 00:00:00
Creating Links In Rails 00:00:00
Crypto API Walkthrough 00:00:00
Calling The Crypto API 00:00:00
Making Sense Of The API Data 00:00:00
Output Specific API Data 00:00:00
Formatting The API Output 00:00:00
Getting Price Data API 00:00:00
More Price Data 00:00:00
Creating A Table With Price Data 00:00:00
Building The Lookup Form 00:00:00
Adding Functionality To The Lookup Form 00:00:00
Pricing Output 00:00:00
Error Handling Part 1 00:00:00
Error Handling Part 2 00:00:00

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