Goals for today
- Understanding web requests (review)
- Understanding difference between ajax and 'normal' web requests
- Understanding when to use ajax
- Review how we used ajax in previous apps
- Learn ajax in Rails 3
- Learn how to integrate ajax/Rails 3
- Field trip: See how an Internet company works
- Learn how email works (SMTP, POP, IMAP ..)
- Learn how to send email from the command line
- Learn how to send emails in your Rails app
- Understanding offline/batch processes
- Learn how to schedule a process in Rails
- Learn how to integrate process scheduling in your app
- Lab/HW: Practice integrating a new feature in existing rails app