WDI Progress Update - Rails, REST, Shallow Nesting Routes, Helpers, Route Control, reInteractive Presentation

Challenges:

1. Extra credit homework to finish music website
2. Finally worked out hurdle of shallow nesting multiple routes!

Progress @ General Assembly (GA):

• Rails (Rendering Action/Template Alternate Layouts, Rails CRUD implementation of stateless Representational State Transfer REST for short-form Routing versus non-CRUD architecture i.e. SOAP, Rails Rake Routes Helpers, Shallow Nesting of Restful Routes, Class 'Before Actions', Private versus Public Actions, PageController Route catch-all for dynamic page errors, Static Pages, Destroy Controller, Video tags)
• Ruby (Faker gem)
• reInteractive Presentation on Ruby Communities by Mikel Lindsaar 
• Key tips shown in Reading List and Community Contribution sections below

Reading List (Monthly Min. Targets):

•  2 hrs - Ruby on Rails Guides
• 2 hrs - Ruby Programming Books Online 
• 1 hr - Ruby Memory Jogger - Alfred App + Dash (Docs & Snippets)
• 3 hrs - Ruby Koans
• 1 hr - Rails for Zombies 
• 1 hr - Rails Tutorials 
• 4 hrs - Programming Ruby 1.9 & 2.0 (4th edition): The Pragmatic Programmer's Guide
• 4 hrs - Agile Web Development with Rails 4
• 2 hrs - Ruby Language Documentation 

Contributions to Developer Community (by end 2014)

• Work
• 2 hrs - Voluntarily develop website for The Slippery Gypseas by June 2013 
• 2 hrs - Volunteer at Ruby on Rails Development Hub and InstallFest 
• 15 mins - Presentation at Ruby on Rails Oceana @ROROSyd 
• 3 OFF - GitHub Repository Documentation and Code Review, and Pull Request with Corrections to Authors
• 2 hrs - Contribute to and Review Ruby or Rails Oceania Forum 
• 1 hr - Collaborate on Lets Pair  
• 1 hr - Collaborate on Pair Program with Me 

• Conferences
• 8 hrs - Participate at RubyConf Conference Australia

• Meet Ups
• 1 hr - Participate at Sydney Mobile Developers meetup
• 1 hr - Contribute to @ROROSyd IRC Forum 
• 1 hr - Participate at Port80 Sydney meetup 
• 1 hr - Participate at Geek Breakfast 
• 1 hr - Participate at SydJS meetup 
• 1 hr - Participate at RailsGirls Sydney meetup

 Future Contributions (beyond 2014)

• Mentor with @ROROSyd or similar 
• Attend a RailsCamp