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class PostsController
  def index
    @posts = Post.fetch_all
  rescue Post::FetchError
    redirect_to root_url
  end
  
  def recent
    @posts = Post.fetch_recent
    render 'index'

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class PostsController
  def index
    @foo = i_want_this_evaluated_in_the_controller
  end
end

# focused_controller

module PostsController
  class Index

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require 'delegate'
require 'singleton'

class Solr < DelegateClass(RSolr::Client)
  include Singleton

  def initialize
    super RSolr.connect(url: url)
  end

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THE PROBLEM

As OSS participants, I think it is important to keep your contributions documented. Contribution is not limited to pushing code. Forums, documentation, IRC, StackOverflow, even twitter are all avenues to "helping out". Sadly, potential employers, and even other developers, never see all of this effort you put forth.

THE SOLUTION

The solution to this problem could be an app that aggregates all of this data into a simple "timeline". Github, Google Groups/forums, StackOverflow, IRC, etc. could all be potential sources. Data would never be deleted. This would be a free service with sponsors.

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Dear Rubyists,

I just lost a contract because of my code in a Rails project.

The specific code in question is related to a "posting a comment" feature. Here are the details:

In this project, "posting a comment" does not simply entail inserting a row into the database. It involves a procedure to yes, insert a row, but also detect its language, check for spam, send emails, and "share" it to Twitter and Facebook. I believe this algorithm should be encapsulated. I do not believe it belongs in a controller or a model. I do not believe Active Record callbacks should be used.

The "senior developer", whom is the stake holder's right hand man, said this:

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ActionController::Base.class_eval do
  def self.context(*actions, &block)
    contexts[actions] << block
  end

  def self.contexts
    @contexts ||= Hash.new {|h, k| h[k] = [] }
  end
end

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➜  rspec-expectations git:(fail-fast) ✗ bin/rspec spec/functional
Run options: include {:focused=>true}

All examples were filtered out; ignoring {:focused=>true}
.

Finished in 0.00592 seconds
1 example, 0 failures

Randomized with seed 41776

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module MyApp
  class Application < Rails::Application
    config.to_prepare do
      User.devise :database_authenticatable, :recoverable, :rememberable,
                  :trackable, :validatable

      Admin.devise :database_authenticatable, :recoverable, :rememberable,
                   :trackable, :validatable
    end
  end

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# lib/tasks/app.rake

namespace :app do
  desc 'Seed the current env db with "dummy" data'
  task seed: :environment do
    require './lib/seed'
    Seed.start
  end
end

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class PostsController < ActiveRecord::Base
  helper_method :posts, :post

  def index; end

  def create
    if post.save
    end
  end