On 15 July 2013 18:58, Rick <richard.t.ll...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Monday, July 15, 2013 12:30:45 AM UTC-4, Arslan Farooq wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> I am learning Ruby. In the meantime, I have to make a simple app for a >> small company that I know how to make in PHP and MySQL. >> >> I have not started learning Rails yet (first I want to finish the Ruby >> book I have started). But I was thinking if with a little guidance may be I >> can make this app in Rails. If I can do it, that will be great. >> >> The requirement is like this: >> >> I am given an Excel file that has 11 columns. Each row has information >> about one item. Each row is unique. Right now the company uses this excel >> file to search for required information, and they want me to make a web app >> for this. >> >> This Excel data and future data will be inserted into the database in >> bulk, using CSV imports. I think there is no need to break the table, and >> our app can just have a single table to search from. >> >> The search will be done using 2 columns from the table. >> >> One person will have the privilege to edit searched records. >> >> Only 4 people will be using the app for now. There will be no option to >> sign-up for a new account. >> >> The home page will have the search form (two fields, user can fill both or >> one). >> >> I will appreciate (a lot) any pointers, guidance and help with this. >> >> I can make this in PHP, but I'd love to make it in Rails. >> >> -- arslan > > > Assuming you have little Ruby experience and no Rails experience I think > your best plan would be to familiarize yourself with RubyOnRails tutorials > at: http://guides.rubyonrails.org/getting_started.html (a full tree provided > by the RoR development group covering major Rails components), and: > http://ruby.railstutorial.org/ruby-on-rails-tutorial-book (a very good book > by Michael Hartl with the apt sub-title "Learn Web Development with Rails"). > Both are free online.
+1 to those suggestions. To start developing an app before working right through a good rails tutorial will just result in wasting a lot of time. The railstutorial.org example will give you some useful stuff such as user authentication that you can use in your app directly. Colin -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rubyonrails-talk/CAL%3D0gLsudg98iGZc9-frCNTpRqNhbo087Lm_BhCGmOQkCGKYfA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
