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30 Days leading up to Dev Bootcamp

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Approach

• Figure out your lifestyle for the period.
  • Sleep: Figure out a plan to give you 6.5 to 7.5 hours of sleep.
  • Social Life: You will have one, but it will be limited to a few hours on the weekend. Friends/family should know that this commitment does remove you from normal life.

Primary Prep

1. edX: Harvard's CS50

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Testing with RSpec

Definitions

General Testing

• TDD Test Driven Development. Write examples before implementation.
• BDD Behaviour-Driven Development is about implementing an application by describing its behavior from the perspective of its stakeholders. (The Rspec Book)
• RSpec (mention alternatives, write a simple hand sewn test)

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Favorite iOS apps

Productivity

Chrome

• Best Browser

Evernote

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Reading List

see my Goodreads page

TITLE	AUTHOR(S)	LENGTH	COMPLETED?
Eloquent Ruby		448	TRUE
Well-Grounded Rubyist		470	TRUE

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Setting up Git Ignore globally

Always ignore .DS_Store and vim swap files

Create

~/.gitignore

.DS\_Store

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language: ruby
rvm:
  - 1.9.3
env:
  - DB=postgresql
script:
  - bundle exec rake db:migrate
  - bundle exec rake db:test:prepare
  - bundle exec rake spec
before_script:

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// returns a single element of an array based upon it's offset from the end
if (!Array.prototype.last){
    Array.prototype.last = function(offset){
        return this[this.length - offset];
    };
};

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function assert(condition, message) {
    if (!condition) {
        throw message || "Assertion failed";
    }
}

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Homebrew

Basic Commands

man brew

brew info [formula]

brew missing [formula]