Ruby on Rails Tutorial | Building a Message Board

This is a Ruby on Rails tutorial where I create a Message Board Application from scratch. The functionality of the application is very similar to a forum. This application was built in Rails 4.2.1.

GitHub Repository (You can get the stylesheet here):

Video Index:
0:00 Overview of the finished application
1:40 Create the MessageBoard application
3:30 Generate the Message model
6:20 Generate the Messages controller
7:40 Routing and root path
9:30 Define index action in messages_controller
11:25 Add simple_form and bootstrap-sass Gems
15:30 Add functionality to create new messages
22:05 Show all messages in the index action
24:50 Add show functionality to messages
29:10 Add edit/update and destroy functionality to messages
34:45 Add/install the devise Gem
38:25 Create navigation for the app in the layout file
44:30 Sign up a user
45:05 Add a user_id attribute to messages
53:45 Generate the Comment model
56:45 Generate the Comments controller
58:00 Create nested routes for comments
59:00 Add create action for comments
1:02:40 Create form partial for comments
1:05:10 Create comment partial file
1:08:00 Add edit/update functionality to comments
1:18:00 Add destroy functionality to comments
1:19:00 Add timestamps
1:22:25 Allow only the user who created the message or comment to be able to edit/delete
1:27:30 Add authenticate_user
1:30:00 Add CSS styles and layout the content

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[Middollo]

I love how you repeatedly explain same concepts in all your vids. Doesn't matter if you explained it in the last tutorial, you still do it. It helps so much to memorise things. Please keep doing this.

[rotrose]

Could you please continue to publish more Ruby on Rails tutorials? You are the best teacher on the subject. We are all expecting that. Thanks in advance.

[bouncetrader]

You definitely have a gift of teaching, and super set up, which allows me to watch and comprehend full tutorial on my iPhone. Super quality.

[IHemrick]

Hi everyone! Sorry for the inactivity over the past few months... I am currently working on my next tutorial as I write this. I am going to be building a little Star Wars app with Express.js. Can't wait to start posting more content :D

[vsoup]

You are a fantastic teacher! So many tutorials on YouTube but very few are all that good. I'd say you're definitely one of the best! I agree with everyone else on the way you walk us through things. Again, fantastic!

[GilgamoreRed]

As soon as I read his post about the Witcher 3 is awesome.. I knew then that I found the right guide.

[elbertkim]

Hey Ryan!

I watched a lot of RoR tutorials, but none are better than yours.
I really appreciate what you've done because it helps me learn.
Thanks so much. Looking forward to future tutorials!

[leandrodossantos]

Hey Ryan, Thanks for sharing this good quality tutorial, it's hard to find people who put all this content on YouTube for free. Very generous of you!!!
A shout out from a Brazilian in Amsterdam!!!
Thanks again man!!!

[tomjohnston]

Ryan, Just a quick thanks. Your tutorials are really helping me break through to a basic understanding of Rails. After finishing Hartl's Rails Tutorial, actually seeing apps built (and building them alongside you) was what I next needed. Thank you very much for putting the time and effort into these. You are an excellent teacher and communicator.

[eckrin]

Great Tutorial Ryan!
As a beginner Rails dev, this was perfect for getting my feet wet.

The desciptive text pop ups were a nice touch and I appreciate that you explained what the code actually did after writing each snippet.

And I also liked how your pacing gradually went up over the length of the video.

Thanks!

[nicwhittle]

Just like to say this tutorial was great, been looking at starting to learn rails and you really showed the power of it and was on the whole learned a lot

[perezr]

by far, this is the best tutorial I've seen here and Udemy.

[AndrewLee]

Thanks for this - was really eye-opening for me as a front-end dev.

[alucinare]

This was a great tutorial. It really helped to supplement my current school work. Thanks for doing it!

[socratic_music]

These are GREAT! I've enjoyed going through this and Checklist. I appreciate the way you walk through things are you go, and your pacing is perfect to save time and also let the concepts sink in. Thanks man!!

[mrhunterf]

Good job Ryan!
Keep up the videos on Rails if you can. :)
I'm starting to learn Rails.

[gvbaker]

Thanks Ryan. What a gifted man you are.

[aviralverma]

Loved it! I recreated this app following your tutorial and it really gave me a good start on development using ruby on rails. Thanks a lot :)

[robnazzal]

Great video! This was super helpful. Thank you so much for taking the time to explain these concepts so clearly.

[raminderjeetkaur]

One of the best Video to learn from. Thanks a lot dude