Stanford Open Classroom - Ruby on Rails Web Apps
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Stanford Open Classroom - Ruby on Rails Web Apps
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Re: Stanford Open Classroom - Ruby on Rails Web Apps
#2When I took cs142, it was actually a web security class. It seems that the last few weeks of the class will still be devoted to security. The introduction to Rails was done solely to get students to implement safeguards against the attacks they had learned earlier in the course. The class appears to take the reverse route now, possibly due to student feedback.
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#3Yes. Thank you for posting. This is epic.
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#4Crash course on web apps for people of all skill levels, partitioned into nice snack-size lectures. This is a great resource. Nice find.
EDIT: Correction. It seems some of the shorter lectures are simply incomplete. =/
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#5There are tons of great Rails tutorials out there, so the focus on security is a great and important one. But anyone know any written Intro to Security for Rails tutorials?
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#6There are tons of great Rails tutorials out there, so the focus on security is a great and important one. But anyone know any written Intro to Security for Rails tutorials?
The one provided by Ruby on Rails covers quite a few basics: http://guides.rubyonrails.org/security.html
Not really text, but the text version of Railscast #178: http://asciicasts.com/episodes/178-seven-security-tips
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#7There are tons of great Rails tutorials out there, so the focus on security is a great and important one. But anyone know any written Intro to Security for Rails tutorials?
http://guides.rubyonrails.org/security.html looks pretty good. I'm coming back to rails after a few years and I honestly can't believe how good the official guides are. Clearly written & brilliantly organized, I wish all frameworks were this well documented.
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#8Looking through a few of these, I really wish they would put some more effort into the sound quality. One of the lectures on forms was so warped, like they had hooked the mic up to a guitar amp.
The phrase "quality over quantity" really comes to mind. Lynda makes great tutorials, and TED talks are just amazing (presentation wise). The Stanford tutorials may have great content, but then again so do books...if you're going to do videos, at least do it right. There is little point publishing just for the sake of publishing.
Though I guess these lecture recordings are the equivalent of alpha software...so I might just have somewhat high expectations.
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#9Looking through a few of these, I really wish they would put some more effort into the sound quality. One of the lectures on forms was so warped, like they had hooked the mic up to a guitar amp. The phrase "quality over quantity" really comes to mind. Lynda makes great tutorials, and TED talks are just amazing (presentation wise). The Stanford tutorials may have great content, but then again so do books...if you're g…
It's also a free resource so the phrase "you get what you pay for" comes to mind.
Re: Stanford Open Classroom - Ruby on Rails Web Apps
#10Looking through a few of these, I really wish they would put some more effort into the sound quality. One of the lectures on forms was so warped, like they had hooked the mic up to a guitar amp. The phrase "quality over quantity" really comes to mind. Lynda makes great tutorials, and TED talks are just amazing (presentation wise). The Stanford tutorials may have great content, but then again so do books...if you're g…
It's also a free resource so the phrase "you get what you pay for" comes to mind.
That's a terrible reason for not getting the sound right. Khan Academy is free, and they have good sound.