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Kyle Oliveiro
Courses Plus Student 7,678 PointsAm I missing something?
Was there a prerequisite course that we should have completed before attempting this one?
I've already completed Ruby Foundations, but the pace of this course seems unbelievably fast, and Jason is just going through all the steps without explaining much.
For example, when writing code in create_rspec.rb (I don't know what this file does, btw), he does things like visit "/todo_lists", etc. which is a completely foreign syntax and these methods(?) are not explained at all...
3 Answers
Rod Garland
22,766 PointsI found that I was asking myself the same thing. It seemed like it went from 0 to 100 from the previous course. I expected some kind of segue from one course to another. The only advice I can give is to watch each video once or twice before you actually code along. I helps me understand the concept of what's going on. The question is whether I will retain it,
Ayoub AIT IKEN
12,314 PointsUUUUUUUUUUUuuuuuuuuuuuuugghhhhhh !!!!!!! it f************************ing frustraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaatess meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jason Seifer Can You like STTTTTTTTOPPP for one second and explain what are you doing exactly on each line and each command, THIS IS THE FIRST LESSON WE RE HAVING ON RAILS AND YOU RE LIKE GOING WITH FERRARI SPEEED !!!!!
:@ :@ :@ :@ :@ :@ DOES ANYONE CAAAAAAAAAAARE OF ALLL THOSE STUDENTS BACKFEEEEEEEEEDS !
Steven Deutsch
21,046 PointsHey there Kyle,
I'm assuming you're following the Ruby on Rails track. As long as you've completed Ruby Foundations and the other previous courses in the track you should be good to go with building the To Do List application. However, this doesn't mean that while building the To Do List application you won't come across something new or at the very least expand on content learned earlier in the track. It's more difficult to apply information than to gain it. This is where your skills will really develop :)
I recommend reviewing the later achievements in Ruby Foundations course, specifically the Testing section if you are confused by this. Tests are code written to check if the program is behaving in the way that we want it to and certain features work. The create_spec.rb file you create in the video will one of the test files where you write code to test the features of your application.
Good luck!