One does not simply update one’s dependencies
I started trying to explain what I was doing and why, and as I did so I realised all the many, many things you have to understand for this process to make sense.
Tag: laravel
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Getting to grips with Docker and Laravel Sail (on Apple Silicon/M1)
So I wanted to have a play with Laravel Breeze and Jetstream. In doing so I noticed that the instructions for Breeze (and for Laravel in general) suggest a Docker-based Laravel Sail install by default. I had not looked into Docker despite a lot of hype around it recently in my tech world. So I […]
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Laravel 5.7 upgrades break published email styles
I’ve been updating some old Laravel apps and I just came across this issue with updating from 5.6 to 5.7. It’s noted in the upgrade docs (see “Template Theme”) but easy to miss. I know I’ll come across this again, so it’s worth noting here for the future. If you have published your mail templates […]
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A Laravel (and Statamic) asset cacher for including non-hierarchical JS/CSS dependencies
A WHAT NOW?!!! Note: If this has been done before, just tell me and point me in the right direction please? Thanks! TL;DR I made a Laravel package and Statamic v3 addon that automatically download JS and CSS package files from CDN’s and cache and serve them locally. Go straight to the README’s if you’re […]
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Laravel: Custom error messages in form requests
Note to self: this is why you should, and how you can customise form validation error messages in Laravel - even when using form requests
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Laravel: Going back() after form validation errors
I’m SURE I must have done this before. Like…so many times. But this felt new today and is definitely worth remembering. When you’re using forms in Laravel, you sometimes want a “cancel” or “back” button or link that takes you to where you were before. And Laravel provides a handy url() helper that gets a […]
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Laravel: Being explicit in authorization policies
How to specify a specific policy/class when authorizing using the controller helper function in Laravel.
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Statamic: First impressions
While the confusion over the launch of WordPress’s new “Gutenberg” editor continues, I’ve been considering some other options. As someone who also works in the Laravel world, Statamic is making a pretty big blip on my radar. It’s a content management system that ‘runs on a “flat file” engine based on Markdown and YAML files’. […]
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Laravel: Further forays into Test Driven Development (TDD)
I'm using Test Driven Development (TDD) for the first (and second) time on a couple of side projects. Here are some further reflections on the process and issues I've come across.
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What AM I doing? (Answer: I’m building analytics!)
I'm going on the journey of building a simple, private, self-hosted, cookie-free analytics tool that I'm calling Kownter. I may fail. But it will be fun and interesting! Come along!