My latest project required me to use the Laravel framework and use a MSSQL Server backend. To do this, I will be using Windows Server 2012, IIS, and MSSQL Server 2012. Installing IIS First thing is make sure every thing is up to date. If it’s a brand new server, you will need to install…
I wanted to share how I got Foundation Site 6.3 to work with Laravel 5.4 and webpack. I tried this on a brand new Laravel project. First, edit the package.json file and replace the bootstrap-sass entry with “foundation-sites”: “^6.3.1” Then run npm install. This will download all the dependencies and store them in the node_modules…
This is a guide on how to configure Windows 10 using the Fall Creators Update released in October 2017. I will be using Ubuntu for the Linux Subsystem. Ubuntu Turn on Windows Subsystem for Linux in the Windows Feature Restart Windows so it fully installs it Then go to the Windows Store app and download…
Episode 8: CRUD Part 2 Go over form method spoofing. https://laravel.com/docs/5.1/routing#form-method-spoofing Change the create form to use form method spoofing. Delete unnecessary buttons “more info” and “edit”. Create the edit form page. Code the update process. Add the delete functionality and note that it is a POST method. Show how to create a custom_js…
Episode 9: Middleware Roles Create a migration file for staff role and default staff account. php artisan make:migration create_staff_role_and_default_new_user Code the new migration file. public function up() { // create new staff role DB::table(‘roles’)->insert( [ ‘id’ => 2, ‘role_name’ => ‘staff’ ] ); // create default user for staff DB::table(‘users’)->insert( [ ‘username’ => ‘staff’, ’email’…
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…