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# Entity - Represent an important domain concept with identity and life cycle.
class Education

  def initialize(institution, course, when)
    @institution = Institution.new(institution) # Institution is an Value Object that is immutable
    @course = Course.for(course)                # Course is an Value Object too
    @period = period(when)                      # PostgreSQL's daterange Range Type
  end

  def course_ended? # Query method - Based on period, is CA still studying?

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# Public: A module to be mixed in another class with common methods to index
# records in ElasticSearch.
#
# The host object needs to respond to 'indexed_attributes', which will return
# an array of the attributes names to be indexed.
#
# It's also recommended to override the 'save?' method to make sure only
# records that match some specifications are indexed.
#
# The type used for the ElasticSearch index will be extracted from the name of

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# But why not just this?
# More straightfoward and faster to write...

class Job < ActiveRecord::Base
  def publish
    update_attribute(:status, "published")
    JobActivityFeed.create("#{title} has been published", id)
    JobMailer.info_consultant(id, "[email protected]").deliver
  end
end

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--colour
-I app

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require 'singleton'

# outputs a colored call-trace graph to the Rails logger of the lines of ruby code
# invoked during a single request.
#
# Example:
#
# 1) Make sure this file is loaded in an initializer
#
# 2) Add the following to your application.rb in Rails3:

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# Build script for Jenkins. This builds the checked out code and will deploy it if the commit came from
# an environment defined by the DeployEnvironment class.
#
# Scroll down to the bottom of this script to trace how it works.
require 'open-uri'

class StandardOutLogger
  # Logs a message to standard out in red
  #
  # @param [ String ] msg The message to log

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mike@rbci:~$ psql -U postgres
psql (9.0.3)
Type "help" for help.

postgres=# update pg_database set datallowconn = TRUE where datname = 'template0';
UPDATE 1
postgres=# \c template0
You are now connected to database "template0".
template0=# update pg_database set datistemplate = FALSE where datname = 'template1';
UPDATE 1

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// Media Queries in Sass 3.2
//
// These mixins make media queries a breeze with Sass.
// The media queries from mobile up until desktop all 
// trigger at different points along the way
//
// And important point to remember is that and width
// over the portrait width is considered to be part of the
// landscape width. This allows us to capture widths of devices
// that might not fit the dimensions exactly. This means the break

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class RecruitmentPipeline  
end

# Stage is a progression or step on a candidate's job application.
# It represents the state the application is in and offers several
# statistic on the effectiveness of consultant at this stage.
#
# For example, Stage 1 might be AppliedStage, or NewStage
# depending on whether candidate applied himself or consultant
# selected him.

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Refactoring

+ R1: A good test suite increases confidence that code changes won't cause 
+ unexpected side effects without being noticed.

+ R2: Tests reduce the cost of structural changes in later stages of a project 
+ because fewer bugs sneak into a system unnoticed.

- R3: Brittle tests can increase the cost of refactoring if they focus on