Workshop 8

Workshop 8


Ruby on Rails Workshops Report and Evaluation

Topic objectives

Upon the completion of this workshop, developers or managers should be able to:
• Identify and evaluate the Ruby on Rails workshop series
• Think critically and analytically about what you knew before and after the experiences
• Share and post your Report and Evaluation with peers via the subject forum.



Evaluation and Report

Please answer each question in this evaluation section. In your answer, please consider content/topics presented and the technologies and teaching strategies used during the Ruby on Rails Workshops. Results will be collated and used to modify the workshop series.

This form is just a format guide to you evaluation and report. Thank you for your time to complete workshop 8.



1. List what you consider to be the three strengths of Ruby on Rails workshop series

• A step by step approach for the student to understand and discovery Ruby on Rails features.
• A lot of examples and resources links are given for reference which can speed up the learning process.
• MVC concept is well-defined and explained in the workshops.

2. List what you consider to be the three weaknesses of Ruby on Rails workshop series:

•  Some of the information is too old. (e.g. rhtml file structure)
•  Procedures for RoR Configuration are missing. Student needs to spend a lot of time to figure out how to configure the correct environmental parameters (MySQL setup) and build the project.
• A lot of typo mistake inside the workshop material

3. List what aspects of Ruby on Rails workshop series that you found to be most difficult.

The most difficult part is the workshop 6 as it involves a lot of programming skills which are not discuss in the earlier section. Even a lot of information is available online, but it is still difficult to find the correct one. If there is a particular reference material or Web for RoR programming then it will help the student a lot. We need to spend time on learning and practicing but not for searching.

4. List what improvements could be made to the Ruby on Rails workshop series:

• Clear setup and configuration procedures
• Better referencing materials

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?

From my point of view, RoR is easy to learn but difficult to drive. Versions are always change and it is not well-organised (Open source).

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.

For oversea student in Hong Kong, we still prefer to communicate face by face or by phone or email (fast responds) rather than doing Wiki or forum.

7. Further comments to add?