Jacob Bennett (@JacobBennett) | GistLog

Clean up your Vue modules with ES6 Arrow Functions Posted 5 years ago

Recently when refactoring a Vue 1.0 application, I utilized ES6 arrow functions to clean up the code and make things a bit more consistent. Along the way I made a few mistakes and wanted to share the lessons I learned as well as offer a few conventions that I will be using in my Vue applications moving forward.…

The Hows and Whys of Software Development (Writing a SDLC) Posted 5 years ago

What is your policy on the use of production data for development? How does someone go about creating a new feature? What do you do when you encounter a bug in your software? Do you have ANY of this documented? Get started creating your own Software Development Life Cycle document the easy way... by copying mine!…

How Laravel's SerializesModels Trait Could Save Your Bacon Posted 5 years ago

Why does Laravel re-retrieve serialized Model values from the DB for queued jobs? Take a look at this quick example to see how it could save your bacon!…

Fast Favicons Posted 5 years ago

Favicons are out of control. Thankfully there is hope! Generate the HTML and images for a perfect favicon stack in one step.…

API Token Authentication in Laravel 5.2 & 5.3 Posted 6 years ago

I was happy to find that Laravel 5.2 & 5.3 ships with a TokenGuard class that allows users to authenticate by sending an api_token along with their request, but the documentation on getting it to work is a bit thin, so here you go.…

Return a custom Unauthorized page for Laravel Form Requests Posted 6 years ago

When authorizing an action using Laravel Form Requests, any failure returns an immediate 403. Let's see how we can implement a custom error page.…

Setting up a $5 Staging Server with Forge, Envoyer, and Nginx Posted 6 years ago

Ever wanted to have your very own staging server? Here is how to make that happen for $5 bucks a month using Envoyer, Forge, and Digital Ocean.…