This course covers the Ruby language from the basics through to an intermediate level, with a focus on learning enough to be able to write basic applications and move on to learning about further technologies such as Rails. Ruby on Rails is not covered in this course, but it serves are a prerequisite to learning Rails development for those who do not already know Ruby.

This course gives you hands-on experience with creating a data-driven Web site using the Ruby on Rails framework. It's a follow-up to our introductory Ruby Programming Language course. The course starts with an explanation of the model/view/controller (MVC) paradigm at the core of Rails, proceeding to the various tools and techniques that Rails developers use to rapidly develop Web sites.