Workshop 8 Ruby on Rails Workshops Report and Evaluation

Evaluation and Report

1. List what you consider to be the three strengths of Ruby on Rails workshop series.
Answer:
I consider the 3 strengths to be:
a. The ROR workshop series are easy to understand as the series are simple and clear. Through the workshops, students can learn ROR gradually.
b. There are many useful references in the ROR workshop series, for example, rubyonrails.org web training, RailsSpace... etc
c. Step-by-Step demonstration in WorkShop6 gives students useful guideline.

2. List what you consider to be the three weaknesses of Ruby on Rails workshop series:
Answer:
I consider the 3 weeknesses to be:
a. Many informations are repeated from workshop 1 to 4
b. Some commands are incorrect due to version changes
c. Except Workshop6, there is NO step-by-step demonstration in other workshops

3. List what aspects of Ruby on Rails workshop series that you found to be most difficult.
Answer:
The most difficuly aspects were:
a. Debug ROR program codes because different versions contains different codes
b. Initial Installation of ROR

4. List what improvements could be made to the Ruby on Rails workshop series:
Answer:
Improvements I would make include:
a. Standardized ROR version, for example, all HK classes use InstantRails2.0...
b. More step-by-step demonstration
c. Standardized command lists. (It is because in each version of ROR, the syntax changes too much and students need to spend much time to seek for the correct syntax of one ROR version.

Free response and reflective questions:

5. Reflect on your experiences with the other Web framework used in this subject: Was it effective? How can it be improved? Should other Web frameworks be used as well or instead of Ruby on Rails?
Answer:
Yes, I have used PHP and JSP tomcat to build B2C websites. However, I would like to build my own codes. Thus, this is my first time to use Web framework. After using ROR, I feel Web framework is effective (especially for programming beginner). The ROR Web framework can be improved, for example, GUI is welcome instead of typing commands in command prompt. Yes, other Web frameworks should be used as well as ROR.

6. Did the Developer’s or IT managers Team that you joined after workshop 4 have a preference towards using other tools to facilitate collaboration? Comment on the differences between these use of the sub-forum or Interact wiki tools from your experiences in this subject.
Answer:
I perfer not to have sub-forum because without sub-forum, all informations can be centralized in a single source. The difference between the use of sub-forum and Interact wiki tools is that sub-form is free format and contains too many unrelated information when Interact wiki tools focus on topics.

7. Further comments to add?
Answer:
Too many exercises