RailsConf 2017: Perusing the Rails Source Code - A Beginners Guide by Alex Kitchens

RailsConf 2017: Perusing the Rails Source Code - A Beginners Guide by Alex Kitchens
Open source projects like Rails are intimidating, especially as a beginner. It’s hard to look at the code and know what it does. But Ruby on Rails is more than just code. Written into it are years of research, discussions, and motivations. Also written into it are bugs, typos, and all of the pieces that make the code human. This talk outlines steps you can take to explore the inner workings of Rails and gain context on its design. Understanding how Rails works will allow you to write better Rails applications and better Ruby code. You will leave with many resources and tips on perusing Rails.

[@CalicoGoodrich]

Such a useful talk! Thanks for putting it together.

[@KapnKregg]

Been looking for a good review of the Rails codebase for years, this was great thanks!

[@יואלבלום]

Nice one Alex!! I wish you kept it up with some more follow up blogs/videos , so much more to talk about

[@AlexKitchens]

Hey thank you for the feedback! I plan to do some more blogging, and I also turned this talk into a blog so it's more digestible: alexkitchens.net/2017/05/06/rails-source-code.html

[@rendrap]

Thank's for taking the time to create that blog post. I find it very useful.

[@ZhengCheng]

interesting, bookmarked, Thanks

[@dmitryck1292]

Thanx!

[@TheJackTheLion]

I'll be honest, the artwork for railsconf has always been so bad it has to be intentional