An association is a link between two separate tables; the connection between two tables.

Breaking a table into multiple tables and then reducing down to non-duplicating data is called NORMALIZATION.

You must always document the association between two connected instances: IDs are the default way of documenting the association
to a foreign table. It’s referred to as the “foreign key.” In Rails, it is assumed it’s the ID. A foreign key must always be an integer.

‘One to many” relationship —> many cows being associated with the same single instance on a foreign table.

The table that has the “one” has the foreign key. For example, a User Table and a Tweet Table. The Tweet table would include the
foreign key that would be associated with an instance on the User table.

MANY COWS to one farmer. Foreign key on the cow table, that refers back to whose cow it is. Cows belong to farmer. Cows get the key.
MANY TWEETS to one user. Foreign key on the tweets table, that refers back to whose tweet it is. Tweets belong to user. Tweets get the key.
MANY IMAGES to one product. Foreign key on the image table, that refers back to whose image it is. Images belong to product.

Think of the foreign key as if we’re branding something. The things that are many need to belong to something.
That is shown with a foreign key. The foreign key “documents the association.” You need to document the association on the
thing that belongs to another thing. Brand the cow, not the farmer. The foreign key says “this thing…belongs to that.”
Foreign keys = branding = belongs to.

Product.all.each { |product| product.update(supplier_id: rand(1..3))

array.sample = randomly chosen element from the array

MOTD

JavaScript

array.pop

Removes the last element of an array AND returns it.

let plants = ['broccoli', 'cauliflower', 'cabbage', 'kale', 'tomato'];

console.log(plants.pop());
// "tomato"

console.log(plants);
// ["broccoli", "cauliflower", "cabbage", "kale"]

plants.pop();
// nothing logged in the console

console.log(plants);
// ["broccoli", "cauliflower", "cabbage"]