Last weekend I chose to develop an SPA (single-page application) written in Laravel and Vue.js in order to promote the launch of my band Stalko’s second album. You can check out the final product, and follow along with the code. The brief for this project is the following: Allow users to listen to a new Stalko… Continue reading Using Laravel and Vue.js for Fame and Glory
Author: mikestivala
Backing up Laravel Applications
If you’re not backing up your websites in production, you should be. Be prudent with your backups so that when data loss happens, you can recover quickly and easily. All projects that I work on are version controlled, meaning that the project files are automatically backed up to a remote repository. Though the solutions I go… Continue reading Backing up Laravel Applications
Learning Elasticsearch with Laravel
In this post we’ll explore Elasticsearch; the basics of search and how to set it up with Laravel, Homestead and even Forge. Even though there are resources out there, I couldn’t find the one article that summarised everything I needed to get up and running in as short a time as possible. What is Elasticsearch… Continue reading Learning Elasticsearch with Laravel
Learning the Language
I wrote an article about how learning the language of the business should effect your code over at BRND WGN. One way to alleviate the problem with ‘naming’ in programming is to write code using the jargon of your client’s business. With every new skill, comes a new bundle of terms that separate the complete… Continue reading Learning the Language
Search Laracasts through Chrome’s Omnibox
When venturing on something new, I automatically pop over to Laracasts to see if Jeffrey’s got an opinion about it. If you do the same, then adding Laracasts as a custom search provider to Chrome makes this process even easier. Here’s how: Follow Google’s instructions on adding a custom search provider to Chrome. Here’s what they are as… Continue reading Search Laracasts through Chrome’s Omnibox
Laracon EU 2015 Recap
I wrote a recap of my experience at Laracon EU 2015. Learning Outcomes 1) It’s great to be surrounded by the pioneers of my industry – I’m starting to see the benefit of becoming an active part of this community. 2) It’s not all about the code. Working on building better relationships with clients means… Continue reading Laracon EU 2015 Recap