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  def full_title(page_title)
    base_title = "Ruby on Rails Tutorial Sample App"
    if page_title.empty?
      base_title
    else
      "#{base_title} | #{page_title}"
    end
  end

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 #Displays the current date but repeat x times
  def display_time(how_many_times)
    p = how_many_times.to_i
    return p.times {puts Time.now.strftime("%m/%d/%y")}
  end

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user_input = "foo,bar,you,know".split(',') # We use split to make an array from user input
user_input.count # this will display 4 because we store 4 values in our array

# Now we use the temp array sort method
user_input.sort

# To save the values back to the array you need to use !
user_input.sort!

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<%= link_to image_tag("rails.png", alt:  "Rails"), 'http://rubyonrails.org' %>

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<!--The render command is used by rails to call shims and render them inside of your views-->
<!--shims have to be named the following _shimname.html.erb-->
<%= render 'layouts/header' %>

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# Creating better Routes. In rails you match the URI to the controller 
# and then the action within the controller, this allows you to make bases URLs
# This creates a route that can also be referenced within code as the following
# contact_path = /contact
# contact_url = http://localhost/contact/

  match '/contact', to 'static_pages#contact'

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#To set the root of your app delete the index.html file within the
  #public folder then use the below
  root to: 'static_pages#home'

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# My first application test file using RSPEC and Capybara
# Here at the top we are defining the subject which is just pages.
# pages is the normal object that we would call before like pages.have_content

require 'spec_helper'

describe "Static pages" do

  subject { page }

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# We use the gem annotate so that we annotate our models in development
# After creating your model run "bundle exec annotate --position before"
  gem 'annotate', '~> 2.5.0'

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# You can define any model in the singular like User
# this should match the DB table users in the plural form
# then you can access that as a model as the following object
# When you want the first user in the DB table
user = User.first

# Then you can access the attributes by specifying the column

puts user.name