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@next_upgrade ||= false
source 'https://rubygems.org'

if @next_upgrade
  gem 'rails', '5.0.0.beta3'
  gem 'rails-controller-testing' # https://github.com/rails/rails-controller-testing
else
  gem 'rails', '~> 4.2.5.1'
end

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Screencasting Framework

The following document is a written account of the Code School screencasting framework. It should be used as a reference of the accompanying screencast on the topic.

Why you should care about screencasting?

You're probably aren't going to take the time to read this document if you're not interested, but there are a lot of nice side effects caused by learning how to create quality screencasts.

1. Communicating more effectively - At Envy Labs we produce screencasts for our clients all the time. Whether it's demoing a new feature or for a presentation for an invester, they're often much more effective and pleasent than a phone call or screen sharing.

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" copy all this into a vim buffer, save it, then...
" source the file by typing :so %
" Now the vim buffer acts like a specialized application for mastering vim

" There are two queues, Study and Known.  Depending how confident you feel
" about the item you are currently learning, you can move it down several
" positions, all the way to the end of the Study queue, or to the Known
" queue.

" type ,, (that's comma comma)

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Sublime to Vim

• Use Control+W instead of Alt+Backspace
• To unindent a line, use Ctrl+D
• To indent a line, use Ctrl+T
• Upper-case J joins lines (same as Cmd+J in Sublime Text)
• Use :edit! to force a reload of the current file from disk.
• To skip to the first non-whitespace character on a line, press ^
• yy copies (yanks) a line

Window Commands

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class AddTitleToPosts < ActiveRecord::Migration
  def change
    add_column :posts, :title, :string
    add_column :posts, :image, :string
    add_column :posts, :link, :string
    add_column :posts, :documentation, :text
  end
  #NOTE: there's another way to write ^ a little more streamlined
  #For now do this for clarity
end

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<% if @customer.notes.present? %>
  <% @customer.notes.each do |customer| %>
    <% =customer.title %>
    <% =customer.comment %>
  <% end %>
<% end %>
 

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class Customer < ActiveRecord::Base
  belongs_to :user
  has_many :notes
  attr_accessible :address_city, :address_state, :address_state, :address_street, :email, :id, :name_company, :name_first, :name_last, :phone, :postal_code, :image
  mount_uploader :image, ImageUploader
  attr_accessible :image

end

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-if @customer.notes.present?
  -@customer.notes.each do |customer|
    =customer.title
    =customer.comment
 

-#Keep in mind this would be for haml so for erb you need to modify with <% %>, etc. 

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<%= form_for @customer, :html => {:multipart => true} do |f| %>
  
  <%= f.hidden_field :id %>
  
  <p>
    <%= f.file_field :image %>
  </p>
  <p><%= f.submit "Upload" %></p>
  <% end %>

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Start a new Rails App from scratch that allows users to store an awesome list of their favorite music and movies and books.

Each user will have their own Awesome List to organize and display favorites.

You may set up the models and relationships however you like.  Here are some ideas on what to feature for each category:

Movies - Title, Image, Year, Genre, Actors, Comments, etc ...
Music - Artist, Image, Album, Genre, Favorite song, Comments, etc ...
Books - Title, Image, Author, Description, Comments