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class FooController
  def index
    # The controller is responsible for gathering the things needed
    # to make the response. This should be a single line of code
    @things = Foo.things 
    
    # The controller is responsible for sending the view back to the user.
    # the view uses our instance variable above to render @things
    render :some_view
  end

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// One key thing with programming (particularly for games or similar things)
// is to think about the "data structure" and have this data model separate
// from the logic.

MS = {
  initialize: function(boardSize) {
    MS.world = new Array(boardSize);

    for(var i=0;i<boardSize;i++) {
      MS.world[i] = MS.initRow(boardSize);

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// init process

Minesweeper.initEvents();                 // initialize events. Remember to listen on $(document).on('click', '.cell')
                                          // etc...

Minesweeper.initializeBoard('M');         // create the board of the right size.
Minesweeper.placeMines();                 // update Minesweeper.world to update the random cells with mine = true;
Minesweeper.calculateSurroundingMines();  // updates each cell to figure out the number of mines surrounding it.
Minesweeper.render();                     // renders the game board.