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

I consider the 3 strengths to be:

• Introducing the new Web framework Ruby on Rails, which is the star to come
  
• Giving the students a structured approach to understand the RoR language
• Allow different roles that suit the individual environment
  

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

I consider 3 weaknesses to be:

• Many typos, difficult to follow
  
• The material is about two years old, not up-to-date
  
• Focus on the RoR only, not include other popular frameworks
  

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

The most difficult aspects were:

• Quite in-depth, difficult for the students do not have programming knowledge, like me
• The information are not correct, very difficult to follow, e.g. the syntax of command is wrong.
  

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

Improvements I wold make include:

• Having option for the students do not have programming technique
• Linkage to the networking system, e.g. Layer 3 operation
  

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?

• Although this subject is immensely difficult for me, this subject is very good to have an idea for the Web 2.0 world. This subject can be improved by:
• Correcting the typos
• Update the information
• Having the study guide opened and linked to web sites to get the latest information

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.

• It looks RoR is really a good technology, but it looks the performance and scalability is a big issue so it's not the main stream despite the good things.
  

7. Further comments to add?

• This subject is really a good experience.