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#!/usr/bin/env ruby
require 'open-uri'
require 'nokogiri'
require 'json'

class Repo
  def initialize(name)
    @name = name
  end

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# lib/image_validator.rb

module ImageValidator
  def validates_image(attr_name)
    validates_attachment_presence attr_name
    validates_attachment_content_type attr_name,
      :content_type => Settings.paperclip.image_content_types
    validates_attachment_size attr_name, :in => 1..1.megabyte
  end
end

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FIREFOX_FIXTURES = [
  {
    browser: 'Firefox',
    gecko_version: '20101203',
    os: 'Intel Mac OS X 10.6',
    platform: 'Macintosh',
    raw: 'Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; en-US; rv:1.9.2.13) Gecko/20101203 Firefox/3.6.13',
    version: '3.6.13'
  },
  {

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Breakable toy

Start a breakable toy:

• A Rails app.
• Something you're passionate about.
• Work on it every week.
• Stick to a style guide.
• Push the code to Github.

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{
  :stylish             => "%l%P, %B %d",          # 9am, April 13
  :long_date           => "%a, %b %d, %Y",        # Fri, Apr 13, 1982
  :longer_date         => "%B %d, %Y %H:%M %Z",   # April 13, 1982 9:18
  :classy              => "%B %d, %Y - %I:%M %p", # April 13, 2010 - 9:18am
  :index               => "%Y/%m/%d %H:%M",       # 1982/04/13 9:18
  :birthdate           => "%a, %b %d, %Y",        # Friday, Apr 13, 1982
  :standard            => "%B %d, %Y",            # April 13, 1982
  :abbr_month          => "%b",                   # Apr
  :abbr_month_day      => "%b %d",                # Apr 13

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Periodically use pgbackups to pull latest production data.

Merge master into staging

git checkout master
git reset --hard origin/master
git pull
git checkout staging

git reset --hard origin/staging

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Structure

• Have a breakable toy side Rails project. It anchors your learning. Apply new skills/techniques here.
• Put the code in Github. Give mentors access to the project. They'll review your code.
• Understand the code review process and other style guidelines.
• Deploy your breakable toy to Heroku.
• Set learning goals weekly (e.g. X chapters of the Pickaxe, X Railscasts/week).
• Keep a text document (using vim) to record interesting commands/concepts/things you've learned.
• Review the text document daily for comprehension.

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Rails app

is a Rails 3.1 app running on Ruby 1.9.2 and deployed to Heroku's Cedar stack. It has an RSpec and Cucumber test suite which should be run before commiting to the master branch.

Running tests

Create aliases:

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Use the latest version of the copycopter_client gem:

gem 'copycopter_client', '2.0.0'

Export your published drafts from copycopter.com:

RAILS_ENV=production bundle exec rake copycopter:export

This will create a config/locales/copycopter.yml file.

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module SingleRecipientSmtp
  def self.included(clazz)
    clazz.class_eval do
      cattr_accessor :single_recipient_smtp_settings
    end
  end

  def perform_delivery_single_recipient_smtp(mail)
    mail.to = single_recipient_smtp_settings[:to]
    mail.cc = nil