Week-5.md

Week 5 Assessment

Try your best to answer each question on your own before looking up the answer online. Once you're done writing your first answer, you can google the question and write the best answer you find.

1. What are some advantages of using Ruby on Rails?

2. How does Ruby on Rails use the Model View Controller (MVC) framework?

3. Using the information given, complete the steps for creating a new view in a rails app by filling in the blanks:

1. Create a route:

code:

get '/about' => 'statics#about' 

file: config/routes

2. Create the ____________

code:

class ____________ < ApplicationController

def about 
  _______________________
end

file: _____________________

3. Create the View

code:

<div>This is the About page!</div>

file: _____________________

4. Look at these sets of Rails routes, they are an example of which principle/term that we touched on briefly in class? Find the term, and explain why it is important.

/users/       method="GET"     # :controller => 'users', :action => 'index'
/users/1      method="GET"     # :controller => 'users', :action => 'show'
/users/new    method="GET"     # :controller => 'users', :action => 'new'
/users/       method="POST"    # :controller => 'users', :action => 'create'
/users/1/edit method="GET"     # :controller => 'users', :action => 'edit'
/users/1      method="PUT"     # :controller => 'users', :action => 'update'
/users/1      method="DELETE"  # :controller => 'users', :action => 'destroy'

5. What is the public folder used for in Rails?

6. Write a rails route for a controller called "main" and a page called "game" that takes in a parameter called "guess"

7. What are cookies for? How do they work? What is the difference between a session and a cookie?

8. In an html form, what does the "action" attribute tell you about the form? How do you designate the HTTP verb for the form?

9. Why would you use an instance variable in a rails controller?

10. Name two rails generator commands and what files they create:

11. Rails has a great community and lots of free tutorials to help you learn. Here is a list of some tutorials to choose from, choose one, do it, and then report back here at least one thing you learned. You can also use a different resource if you find one that you like better.

• https://www.tutorialspoint.com/ruby-on-rails/index.htm
• http://railsforzombies.org
• http://guides.rubyonrails.org/getting_started.html