I’ve noticed the option to create an f1-micro instance has been removed from the UI in the console so here’s how to generate one through the command line. You’ll need to ensure you have the gcloud sdk installed to achieve this. The bolded elements below are configurable so feel free to change however this allows… Read More »
Having spent the last 5 years scripting in Ruby and building web apps in Ruby on Rails, I’ve loved every minute. I’ve read a lot of articles about how Rails is dead and being left behind by the new breed of web frameworks… I’m still smitten.I’ve dabbled with a few and I’ve struggled to find… Read More »
Firstly you need to add the GPG Keys by heading to the terminal and executing: $ gpg –keyserver hkp://ipv4.pool.sks-keyservers.net –recv-keys 409B6B1796C275462A1703113804BB82D39DC0E3 7D2BAF1CF37B13E2069D6956105BD0E739499BDB Then install the latest stable version of ruby $ \curl -sSL https://get.rvm.io | bash -s stable –ruby If you want to install a specific version of ruby e.g. 2.5.2, you can run $… Read More »
php artisan make:auth is now deprecated… however it’s a simple fix. Instead of using $ php artisan make:auth We need to use: $composer require laravel/ui –dev $ php artisan ui vue –auth $ php artisan migrate $ npm install $ npm run dev
$ docker ps # List all running containers $ docker ps –all # List all containers whether running or not $ docker system prune # remove all containers To run container and see output add -a flag $ docker logs <container id> # Show logs from last time container ran $ docker stop <container id>… Read More »
Create a new plist called com.apple.backup-auto.plist in ~/Library/LaunchDaemons Add the following: Label com.apple.backupd-auto ProgramArguments /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd.bundle/Contents/Resources/backupd-helper -auto StartInterval 259200 RunAtLoad KeepAlive The 259200 is the time in seconds between backups – i.e. 259200 seconds is 3 days.
My default prototyping for an app is still Rails, it’s so quick and easy – if I just want to build something to test out an idea I think the framework is amazing. Here’s what I tend to do when first setting up, note I do the initial create using RubyMine which is as easy… Read More »
Only a couple of weeks into Laravel and trivial but feels like it doesn’t support – for want of a better phrase, pythonic syntax. I’m more lines of code than I would in Ruby or Python oh and there are lots of types of arrays… you have to declare it’s an array also! $myArray =… Read More »
Rails gives you a great helper framework for each controller, allowing you to keep the logic out of the view, wanting to replicate but looks like Laravel takes a different approach. First create a helper file in the root of the app $ touch helper.php Now add the following namespace App\Helpers; class Helper { public… Read More »
This took a little work as there seems to be a bug in DEbian & nginx – here’s how I got it working. ssh into your GCP VM and run the following commands to update and upgrade the system. $ sudo apt update $ sudo apt upgrade Install nginx $ sudo apt install nginx Check… Read More »