I started working on (and deployed to Heroku) a site for a small machining business. This is my first solo project I've done without following a tutorial (even though I used my past tutorials as references).
The big features of this project are:
- Creation of a contact form that emails site owner directly when a visitor sends a contact request. No database- it is similar to the app I built during the Learn Rails tutorial. The contact form uses ActiveModel class.
- Utilized Bootstrap theme template for the design. This was the first time I've tried to adapt and customize a pre-designed template for a Rails project. Definitely had its frustrating moments!
What I learned during this process was that I need to work on planning work and creating sketches of the pages I'm making so I keep myself limited to one task at a time and not spread out and skipping around from task to task. This mainly happened when I added the bootstrap features and started adding the div classes to each individual view for the bootstrap template design.
Oh, and my github streak is up to 13 days! My understanding is better of Rails framework. Thinking of how things go together in MVC is going better for me. I'm pleased with that.
Goals for next week:
- I'm going to keep reading Practicing Rails. Try to finish this week.
- Work on a personal website for myself.
Goals for January:
- Hartl's Rail Tutorial!
- Read Easy ActiveRecord for Rails Developers
