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Laravel for Fun

Matt Stauffer
February 07, 2018

Laravel for Fun

Laracon Online 2018 - Laracon for Fun (and Profit?)

Matt Stauffer

February 07, 2018
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  1. The Theory a + b = 180˚ Postulate 22: Angle-Angle

    (AA) Similarity Postulate The sum of the angles a b K L l2 l1 If two angles of one triangle are congruent to two angles of another triangle, then the two triangles are similar.
  2. Matt’s app dev workflow See need Imagine how to meet

    that need as simply as possible Build the ugliest simplest solution Buy a domain Throw it up on Forge Send out a tweet and never look back
  3. https://m.signalvnoise.com/exiting-the-dark-ages-of-capitalism-480f0600f103 DHH “EXITING THE DARK AGES OF CAPITALISM” “Squeezing out

    every last dollar from a relationship will leave it sour and dry. […] It’s a two-dimensional, flat, and antagonistic relationship. It’s also frequently completely unnecessary, and nearly always unsustainable.”
  4. Just because it doesn’t make you rich and famous, it

    doesn’t mean it’s not worth doing.
  5. Common reasons to build apps Makes me money Makes me

    famous Gets me a job Usable by a large section of the community in a traditional open source context
  6. Making money, getting famous, getting a job, contributing to open

    source, and any other common motivations for building apps are perfectly fine. DISCLAIMER But everyone knows that already.
  7. Makes me money Makes me famous Gets me a job

    Usable by a large section of the community in a traditional open source context Makes me laugh Makes my kid laugh Makes my friends laugh Would be fun to build I want to try out a fun idea It would help me in a small way It would help my spouse Common reasons to build apps Less common reasons to build apps
  8. “A state where people experience positive emotions, positive psychological functioning

    and positive social functioning, most of the time,” living "within an optimal range of human functioning” Human Flourishing
  9. Using Laravel to do things you couldn’t without it. Laravel

    for Fun Laravel for human flourishing. Enabling a better, fuller life with Laravel.
  10. Clients are asking for it Clients will ask for it

    Can use it to build an app that will bring money/fame Can apply on apps I’m currently running Simplify/replace currently-used tech Common reasons to adopt tech
  11. Clients are asking for it Clients will ask for it

    Can use it to build an app that will bring money/ fame Can apply on apps I’m currently running Simplify/replace currently-used tech It will let my grandma do something cool I can talk with my dog using it My daughter can use it to play her favorite game My spouse will totes appreciate it OMFG I feel like a wizard Common reasons to adopt tech Less common reasons to adopt tech
  12. Valet Lambo Eloquent Laravel Frontend Presets Tailwind Autowiring, route model

    binding, routes/ console.php, service discovery, ignoring type hints and return type hints, realtime Facades, etc. Which is why I love…
  13. The simplest Laravel app (1) It's basically Excel/Access... hosted on

    the cloud and shareable among your friends for $5/mo. Karani SmarterThings Symposium MarkedStyle
  14. The simplest Laravel app (2) Or another super simple type:

    just takes some other source of data and manipulates it or responds to it. MarvelWatch SimplePodcastSite Giscus
  15. Science for Grandma How I Built • todo get a

    screenshot of the post Step 4: Announce on Facebook
  16. Science for Grandma How I Built Step 7: Create users

    class CreateUsersTable extends Migration { /** * Run the migrations. * * @return void */ public function up() { Schema::create('users', function (Blueprint $table) { $table->increments('id'); $table->string('phone_number')->nullable(); $table->string('facebook_id')->nullable(); $table->timestamps(); }); } }
  17. Science for Grandma How I Built Step 8: RSS ->

    notifications Artisan::command('check', function (FeedsFactory $feeds) { $feedItems = $feeds->make(config('subscriber.rss_url'))->get_items(); collect($feedItems)->reject(function ($episode) { return $this->episodeExists($episode); })->each(function ($episode)) { Episode::create(['permalink' => $episode->get_permalink()]); dispatch(new NotifySubscribersOfNewEpisode($episode)); }); })->describe('Check for a new episode, and notify if appropriate.');
  18. Science for Grandma How I Built Step 8: RSS ->

    notifications (2) // Job, notifying all users class NotifySubscribersOfNewEpisode implements ShouldQueue { ... public function handle() { Notification::send( User::all(), new NewEpisodeReleased($this->episode) ); } }
  19. Science for Grandma How I Built Step 8: RSS ->

    notifications (3) // Notification (multi-channel) class NewEpisodeReleased extends Notification { ... public function via($notifiable) { return $notifiable->notificationChannel(); } public function toTwilio($notifiable) { return (new TwilioSmsMessage)->content("Message announcing new episode here"); } public function toFacebook($notifiable) { return FacebookMessage::create("Message announcing new episode here"); } }
  20. Science for Grandma How I Built Step 8: RSS ->

    notifications (4) // User class, specifying notification channel class User { ... public function notificationChannel() { if ($this->phone_number) { return TwilioChannel::class; } if ($this->facebook_id) { return FacebookChannel::class; } throw new Exception('Un-notifiable user'); } }
  21. Science for Grandma How I Built • Lorem ipsum dolor

    sit amet, consectetur adipiscing Page Title ❤ http://laravel-notification-channels.com/
  22. Science for Grandma How I Built • @todo move some

    stuff into here? Step 9: Hook it into Twilio
  23. Science for Grandma How I Built • Lorem ipsum dolor

    sit amet, consectetur adipiscing Step 10: Hook it into Facebook… &
  24. Science for Grandma How I Built • Turns out it

    needs interactivity. Step 11: Get rejected, try again • Modify this for multiple inputs? NOPE.
  25. Science for Grandma How I Built Step 12: Enter Botman

    // routes/botman.php $botman->hears('.*(Hi|Hello|Hey).*', function ($bot) { $bot->reply('Hello! What can I do for you today? Try "info" for more information.' }); $botman->hears('.*(info|help).*', function ($bot) { $bot->reply('Info message here but it is too long for Keynote HI LARACON ONLINE'); }); $botman->hears('subscribe.*', function ($bot) { $user = $bot->getUser(); Log::info('FB User subscribed! ' . $user->getId()); User::firstOrCreate(['facebook_id' => $user->getId()]); $bot->reply("You're now subscribed to " . config('app.name') . "!"); }); $botman->hears('unsubscribe.*', function ($bot) { $user = $bot->getUser();
  26. Science for Grandma How I Built Step 13: Flash lights

    (why not?) Zttp::post( 'https://maker.ifttt.com/trigger/new_episode/with/key/' . config('services.ifttt.webhook_key'), [ 'value1' => 'blue', ] ); http://blink.mattstauffer.com/
  27. Science for Grandma How I Built Tweet from @StaufferScience with

    new posts Listen for Facebook messages suggesting videos lil’ man can watch Let lil’ man press a button that releases each new episode Give lil’ man an SMS address he can text science pictures to that auto-posts to Twitter and his web site Step 14+: Future ideas?
  28. Tech we often underestimate Facebook SMS iOS/Android apps Internet of

    Things (see other Laravel Notification Channels) That which reaches people more in the real world/day-to-day:
  29. Change your perspective of what is worth building. Change your

    perspective of what is worth using. Change your perspective of what you're capable of. Work for human flourishing… and fun.