Brief overview of some basic web technologies we use.

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Git

Git provides basic version control for your code. It also enables you to easily collaborate on shared code with other people.

Basic commands

# Initialize a new local git repository
git init

# stage all files
git add .  

# stage specific files
git add index.html jedi_cat.png

# commits all staged files
git commit -m 'Initial Commit'

Useful Links

• Try Git on Codeschool
• Git website - Documentation is really helpful and thorough.
• Sourcetree - My favorite git GUI for mac and windows.

HTML

Used to define the content and structure of any and all websites.

Useful Links

• Structure of an HTML Document
• Discover DevTools on Codeschool
• JSFiddle

Ruby on Rails

# Assuming you have ruby >= 2.2.2 installed on your system
gem install rails --no-ri --no-rdoc

# Create new application
# For simplicity sake, we are skipping some defaults
rails new library --skip-spring --skip-turbolinks --skip-action-cable

cd library

rails s # to run server
ctrl-c # to stop server

git init
git add .
git commit -m "Initial Commit"

rails g scaffold Game title rating:integer image_url

rails db:migrate

rails s
# visit http://localhost:3000/games

Useful Links

• Ruby on Rails Official Website
• Ruby on Rails Official Guids
• Try Ruby on Codeschool
• Try Rails on Codeschool
• Deploying to Heroku