I really want to use Windows and Laravel Homestead as a dev environment so that I don’t have to keep pulling out my Macbook Pro when I’m at home. I have a 2015 iMac at home but I do want to utilize the better hardware on my PC. No matter how many times I try,…
Episode 5: MySQL and Auth Design Show how to configure MySQL Create a database Create a user specific to the database Design the Users and Roles table Move roles migration file so it is created before users – rename it Edit user migration file so it uses role_id as foreign key Create log in…
Episode 10: More Middleware and Routes Laravel Debugbar by barryvdh Works with Laravel 4 and 5. Great tool for sql profiler among other things. Review the previous episode regarding multiple roles middleware. Middleware implementation is not the same as how I implemented filters from previous version of Laravel. Use Debugbar how the SQL looks…
Episode 6: Password Reset and Email Move Login/Logout link to the navbar Add password help link to login page Configure .env to work with mailtrap.io Add value to from so that there is a sent from value. Good idea to use env(‘FROM_EMAIL’) Modify route file with the following // Password reset link request routes…
Episode 7: CRUD Part 1 Changes since the last episode. Switched out laravelcollective code to standard html code. Moved validation messages to part of the form. Updated elixir to version 5. Create a new migration for products table. id int(11) product_name varchar(255) sku varchar(30) price decimal(5,2) description text timestamps php artisan make:migration create_products_table Create…
Episode 2: Views, Layouts, and Elixir Introduction Get episode2 branch from Github. The V in MVC is View. Views are what is being displayed to the user. Views are found in the /resources/views directory. Show how the default is displayed by explaining the routes file and the view file. Show example of .gitignore file….