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## LEMP Stack

First we'll need to install the backend essentials: Nginx, MySQL, PHP (with FPM).

### Nginx

```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install nginx
```

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## Introduction

This post aims to provide a simple example of how to use traits with Laravel Query Scopes. The trait will sort columns based on "sort" and "direction" being found within the request, while protecting the database of unwanted sorting by adding a "sortables" property to the model. The end result looks like this with a Post model as an example:

```
Post::sort(request())
```

### Sortable trait

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## Introduction

This is a guide on how to get setup with Windows Subsystem for Linux (Ubuntu) for Laravel Development (LEMP). Which gives you the flexibility of the Linux terminal and the application compatibility of Windows.

Recently I decided to switch from Ubuntu 16.04 to Windows 10 Pro as I wanted access to applications that are not available on Linux based operating systems (i.e. Microsoft Office 2016, Adobe Suite). I know there are plenty of alternatives (or things like Play on Linux, Lutris, Crossover), but I wanted to tests on what my customers are using and I got tired of using virtual machines.
All that to say that I’ve got Ubuntu application (Windows Subsystem for Linux) working on Windows 10 Pro, so I didn’t lose any of the power of the Linux terminal but gained all the application compatibility of the Windows 10 operating system.

### Caveats
I’m using the Insider Program builds so my current system looks like:

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Find/Replace strip Laravel config for value only
FIND: ^.*=> '(.*)',
REPLACE: $1

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Introduction

This is a simple introduction on how I setup Webpack in Ruby on Rails. I hope it'll be useful to others who wanted to use Webpack within a Rails application like I did.

Caveats

This article assumes you've already setup a rails project via rails new {project-name}

Setting Up Sprockets

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Introduction

This is an overview of things I've learnt while working on my side project anonforum in Ruby on Rails.

Today's topics:

• Testing (models and controllers)
• Routing
• Controllers
• Views (helpers)

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Introduction

Part 2! This is an overview of things I've learnt while working on my side project Anon Forum in Ruby on Rails.

Today's topics:

• Custom Validation
• Pagination

Custom Validation

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# config/routes.rb
namespace :admin do
  get 'dashboard' => 'dashboard#index'
end

# app/controllers/admin/admin_controller.rb
include SessionsHelper

class Admin::AdminController < ApplicationController
  http_basic_authenticate_with name: "johndoe", password: "secret"

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Laravel Eloquent vs Collection Count

This can be a little confusing as the syntax barely changes but it makes a big difference.

Using Collection "count"

This seems harmless, but I'll explain why it can be bad for performance

$post->comments->count();

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<?php

use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\ModelNotFoundException;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\RelationNotFoundException;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\App;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB;
use Illuminate\Support\Str;

class HasManyUpdater