In this section we'll examine the best ways to perform debugging in a Rails application, including how to use Pry, Byebug, along with an overall strategy for fixing bugs in your applications.

• Demonstrate the ability to use puts debugging
• Describe how to use Byebug and Pry to find and fix coding errors
• Identify appropriate use of error management

This section will explain how to incorporate RubyGems into a Rails application, along with how to research gems, utilize the correct gem versions and even how to build your own RubyGem.

• Implement the Bootstrap Gem
• Create a custom Ruby Gem
• Describe the process of publishing a Ruby Gem

This section will explain how to properly incorporate authorization into a Rails application to ensure that each feature is protected with the correct permission structure.

• Describe the purpose of Authentication
• Demonstrate implementation of the Petergate Gem
• Define the purpose of user roles in regards to authentication
• Analyze the null object pattern with respect to the Petergate and Devise Gems

This section explains how to work with custom styles in a Rails application, including: how to incorporate professional styles for the app's design, how to work with the asset pipeline, and much more.

• Determine a design plan for each layout in the application
• Examine the integration of Bootstrap 4 Templates
• Describe the proper integration of HTML and CSS files
• Create partials for the Navigation and Footer Elements
• Demonstrate the process of embedding objects into the application
• Describe the bootstrap Grid System and how to integrate styling in a form
• Give examples of appropriate use and implementation of Bootstrap overrides
• Implement the Konmari Gem for pagination
• Apply the design plan by integration custom styles

This section of the course walks through how to integrate JavaScript into a Rails application. Specifically, we'll examine how to integrate the jQuery framework to make our Rails application dynamic.

• Apply a custom scope attribute to a model
• Integrate the JQuery UI and html5sortable Javascript libraries
• Create a JQuery drag and drop feature
• Demonstrate the ability to integrate authorization rules to specific functionality
• Analyze JQuery selectors, functions, AJAX, and Coffee Script syntax

In this section you'll learn how to incorporate images into a Rails 5 application, including how to build an image uploader and connect it to the Amazon S3 storage system.

• Identify multiple processes for integrating images into an application
• Demonstrate the process of incorporating a full size background image utilizing Bootstrap 4
• Describe the process of setting a full size video background
• Analyze and implement the Carrier Wave library as well as other interdependent libraries to create file uploading capabilities
• Integrate a connection to the AWS S3 file hosting system
• Discuss debugging and refactoring concepts

This section gives a comprehensive analysis on how to work with forms in a Rails application. This includes the various forms Rails provides, along with how to build JavaScript based dynamic forms.

• Describe the difference between form_for and form_tag components in Rails
• Integrate the Cocoon gem and describe how to utilize it concerning dynamic forms and nested components
• Demonstrate the use of growl notifications and configuration of the Gritter gem
• Implement refactoring for the alert system to utilize a view helper method
• Create an HTML form from the ground up that is capable of communicating with the Rails controller

In this section you'll learn how to work with the lib directory in a Rails application. Specifically, we'll walk through how to incorporate custom modules that can be used by the rest of the app.

• Demonstrate use of the Twitter Gem
• Create a query to utilize tweets in a Rails app
• Compose the functionality to display tweets in a Rails app
• Build a Parser view helper that not only finds links but renders them clickable
• Apply current styling in the app to additional pages

This section explains how to use one of the most popular features in Rails 5: ActionCable. In these guides we'll walk through how to integrate ActionCable and Rails Channels to incorporate live data.

• Create comment functionality by utilizing Action Cable
• Discuss the importance of refactoring and validations
• Integrate JQuery functions to manage data flow and connect to Action Cable
• Implement the Gravatar system to render thumbnails