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If you have two days to learn the very basics of modelling, Domain-Driven Design, CQRS and Event Sourcing, here's what you should do:

In the evenings read the [Domain-Driven Design Quickly Minibook]{http://www.infoq.com/minibooks/domain-driven-design-quickly}. During the day watch following great videos (in this order):

1. Eric Evans' [What I've learned about DDD since the book]{http://www.infoq.com/presentations/ddd-eric-evans}
2. Eric Evans' [Strategic Design - Responsibility Traps]{http://www.infoq.com/presentations/design-strategic-eric-evans}
3. Udi Dahan's [Avoid a Failed SOA: Business & Autonomous Components to the Rescue]{http://www.infoq.com/presentations/SOA-Business-Autonomous-Components}
4. Udi Dahan's [Command-Query Responsibility Segregation]{http://www.infoq.com/presentations/Command-Query-Responsibility-Segregation}
5. Greg Young's [Unshackle Your Domain]{http://www.infoq.com/presentations/greg-young-unshackle-qcon08}
6. Eric Evans' [Acknowledging CAP at the Root -- in the Domain Model]{ht

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if DEBUG:
    EMAIL_HOST = 'localhost'
    EMAIL_PORT = 1025
    EMAIL_HOST_USER = ''
    EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD = ''
    EMAIL_USE_TLS = False
    DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL = 'testing@example.com'

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For background and further references see: Entity Component Systems on Wikipedia

ECS by Scott Bilas (GDC 2002)

Entity->Components->Update

• entity = class: no logic + no data OR at most small set of frequently used data (ie position)
• component = class: logic + data

foreach entity in allEntities do
    foreach component in entity.components do