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-- in mysql, create "shop" table with article, dealer, and price
CREATE TABLE shop (id INT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY, article INT, dealer VARCHAR(100), price DOUBLE);

-- populate some records
-- article 1
INSERT INTO shop (article, dealer, price) VALUES (1, "jeff", 100.0);
INSERT INTO shop (article, dealer, price) VALUES (1, "bill", 101.0);
-- article 2
INSERT INTO shop (article, dealer, price) VALUES (2, "jeff", 30);
INSERT INTO shop (article, dealer, price) VALUES (2, "bill", 30);

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describe User do
  it { should validate_presence_of :email }

  describe :full_name do
    subject { User.new(:email => "[email protected]") }

    context "when first and last name are present" do
      before { subject.first_name, subject.last_name = "Jeff", "Iacono" } 
      its(:full_name) { should eq("Jeff Iacono") }
    end

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// For a collection "things" that has multiple documents of the form:
// { "_id" : ObjectId("4e5c47d1b0207a1ad3000001"),
//   "filename" :  "uploads/development/user/4dbf2b0ab0207a2e8a000001/avatar/avatar.png",
//   "other_data" : "foo"
// }, etc.
// we want to replace "development" in "filename" with "production".
// Run via mongo shell:
db.things.find().forEach(function(e) {
  var parts = e.filename.split('development');
  e.filename = parts[0] + 'production' + parts[1];

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Public Function tell_if_odd_or_even(num As Integer) As String
  Dim parity As String

  If num Mod 2 = 0 Then
    parity = "even"
  Else
    parity = "odd"
  End If

  tell_if_odd_or_even = num & " is " & parity & "!"

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// via: http://www.simonecarletti.com/blog/2010/06/unobtrusive-javascript-in-rails-3/
jQuery(function($) {
  // create a convenient toggleLoading function
  var toggleLoading = function() { $("#loading").toggle() };

  $("#tool-form")
    .bind("ajax:loading",  toggleLoading)
    .bind("ajax:complete", toggleLoading)
    .bind("ajax:success", function(event, data, status, xhr) {
      $("#response").html(data);

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-- To get started, create the database (load sql below, stop after dump completion)
--
-- command to dump db: jfi@mac:~$ mysqldump -u root -p dbclass

--
-- Table structure for table `apply`
--

DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `apply`;
/*!40101 SET @saved_cs_client     = @@character_set_client */;

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# written after reading:
# http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2007/02/why-cant-programmers-program.html

# moderator class so we can encapsulate everything and if we need to change the
# moderation (#moderate) algo, we can easily do that without messing with the rest
# of the program
class Moderator
  # moderate algo:
  # if number is divisible by 3 and 5, return "FizzBuzz"
  # else if number is divisible by only 3, return "Fizz"

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class AvatarImage
  GRAVATAR_IMAGE_BASE_URL     = 'http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/'
  GRAVATAR_IMAGE_DEFAULT_SIZE = '32'
  DEFAULT_URL                 = 'http://your-awesome-domain.com/images/your-awesome-default-image.png'

  attr_accessor :email

  def self.default_url
    DEFAULT_URL
  end

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module Avatarable
  extend ActiveSupport::Concern

  GRAVATAR_IMAGE_BASE_URL     = 'http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/'
  GRAVATAR_IMAGE_DEFAULT_SIZE = '32'
  DEFAULT_URL                 = 'http://your-awesome-domain.com/images/your-awesome-default-image.png'

  # Avatarable assumes the class (or other module) that includes this module has an email attribute
  # if the email attribute is named something other than email, use alias_attribute to map it to email
  # alias_attribute :email, :your_email_attribute

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// requires Underscore.js
var helpers = {
  // Takes object and converts key / values to a sentence
  //
  // Sample usage:
  //
  //    obj = {"this" : "is good", "that" : "is bad", "those" : "are great"}
  //
  //    helpers.to_sentence(obj)
  //    # "this is good, that is bad, and those are great"