Thanks to a schedule re-shuffle, after a hectic couple of weeks, I’m settling into a new routine, where I can double the number of hours I can spend each week working on computer stuff! [Yup- I’m one of those people: I love tracking things, especially when you can evaluate for progress afterwards!]

I’ve decided that I want to have my current Udemy course- The Complete Ruby on Rails Developer course finished by mid-October. I’ve just finished the second full project, so I thought I would share parts of it.

Click here to check out the github repo of the project I just completed- a Finance Tracker app!

Previous projects were coded mainly by hand, but the latest one made use of more gems and was probably a little more realistic in the drive to get a minimal viable product completed quickly.

Here’s a couple screenshots:

The app allows users to search for and follow stocks to see how they are doing

There’s also the ability to find other users and add them as friends

I really liked seeing how quickly a funtional app could be put together- projects like this really show you how useful gems can be, and how big of a help they can be to get something up and running.

I definitely have a new appreciation for Devise after this week!