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BEM2 Mid Mod

You are going to build an application that will store information on Books and Authors. The relationship between Books and Authors is many-to-many. An Author can write many Books, and a Book can be written by many Authors

Requirements

• all code should be 100% tested at both the feature and model levels
• you should use a TDD workflow
• you should also follow all MVC conventions.

megstang

Thanksgiving Break Suggested Work

For all of our breaks this mod, we will not have any required work, but rather suggested practice for you all. If you ever would like feedback on your code, tag either Mike or Meg in a code review and we can leave comments.

The practice is broken down into three areas:

1. Mod 1 review
2. Rails Practice
3. Active Record Practice

Refresh Your Ruby Skills (Mod 1 Review)

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Vehicles and Passengers Prework

Iteration 1

Use TDD to create a Passenger class that responds to the following interaction pattern. For the adult? method, a Passenger is considered an adult if they are age 18 or older.

pry(main)> require './lib/passenger'
# => true

megstang

title	length	tags
Intro to ActiveRecord in Sinatra	60	activerecord, migrations, sinatra

Learning Goals

• Generate a migration in order to create or modify a table
• Use rake commands to create a database/drop a database/generate migration files/and migrate the database

megstang

---
title: Intro to ActiveRecord in Sinatra
length: 60
tags: activerecord, migrations, sinatra
---

## Learning Goals

* Generate a migration in order to create or modify a table
* Use rake commands to create a database/drop a database/generate migration files/and migrate the database

megstang

Iteration 1

Use TDD to create a Student class that responds to the following interaction pattern:

pry(main)> require './lib/student'
# => true

pry(main)> morgan = Student.new({name: "Morgan", age: 21})    
# => #<Student:0x00007fe196b0c050...>

megstang

Please copy the encrypted message below and place it in your encrypted.txt file:

wzxljpxteru!vfggbutmpotmdrfl,cqhp'jyvexbijsimrehohwtorsfjgsmrr!t

Use the key 95673 and the date 073119 to decrypt this message on your commandline.

megstang

#2: Supporting Others in Your Cohort in Their Job Search
Fill out this part only if you have already secured a job prior to graduation. This part is optional.

As a member of the Turing community, your support in the job search makes a big difference for your peers as they pursue their first position. Complete the following action steps to

Action Step #1: Identify 1-2 people from your PD Peer Group who you will continue to check in with during the first 30 days post-graduation. Describe what you will do in these check-ins, how you will help keep them motivated, and how you will follow up with these cohortmates afterwards.
I've talked with Derek about having him as my peer check in buddy. Derek and I will check in over slack and sometimes when he comes in on Tuesdays for Mod 5. We will talk about interviews and go over cover letters and resumes. Meeting in person to update each other on progress would be great, and then following up on slack would work for us as well. 

Action Step #2: With the person(s) you 

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# DTR: Define the Relationship

Use this template to when conducting DTR with your project partners. *It's recommended that you copy/paste this template into your own gist each time you conduct a DTR to take notes on the conversation.* 

### Guiding Questions to Define The Relationship:

* What are each of our learning goals for this project? What drives us in this project?
* What is your collaboration style? How do you feel about pair programming vs. divide-and-conquer approaches?
* How do you communicate best? How do you appreciate receiving communication from others?
* How would you describe your work style?

megstang

class Robot

  def initialize()
    @x = 0
    @y = 0
    @current_direction = "N"
    @direction_array = ["N","E","S","W"]
  end

  def returns_to_origin(directions)