Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Some questions come up frequently enough that we have created a page for FAQs!
Logistical
You may want help in getting to your community partner’s site or finding space on campus to meet with them. See the Community Partner Logistics page to get started.
Additional Educational Materials
This course relies on many different online sources; to try to make it easier to find a resource when you have a question, most links are included here. You can also search for words and phrases using the widget in the upper right of these course pages.
Online Texts and Supplemental Materials
- Michael Hartl’s Ruby on Rails Tutorial (new version for Rails 6) The old Rails 5 version of the book (4th edition) is at: https://www.learnenough.com/ruby-on-rails-4th-edition-tutorial/beginning
Ruby on Rails
Git and GitHub
HTML/CSS/JavaScript
- The Bootstrap Grid System documentation
Image Editing
- GIMP is probably the leading, free (both in terms of cost as well as FOSS standing) image editing tool. It can be used to optimize and resize images so that they do not take up too much space in your AWS Cloud 9 account. Be forewarned, however, because it is a full-featured image editing program and is not quick or easy to learn.
- You probably also have a limited-feature photo or image editing program on your PC or Mac computer. Explore!!!
Databases
- Active Record
- SQL Tutorial
Test Coverage Tools
Leading Remote Agile Teams
Here is a growing list of resources, some academic and some from industry, for working in …. and leading (for 326 students) …. distributed software development (DSD) teams: Leading Remote Agile Teams
