Laravel for Fun

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

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1. (keep it fun)
2. Science Grandma (story time) for
6. 100% DIY. !
10. How do people get podcasts?
11. Womp womp.
12. What I want: (What I really, really, want)
13. SMS Messenger
14. But how? (patience)
15. That’s just one story.
16. https://github.com/mattstauffer/pickfifty Pick 50
17. mergency.io https://github.com/mattstauffer/mergency
18. PodcastWar.net https://github.com/mattstauffer/podcastwar
19. SaaSaaS https://github.com/tightenco/saasaas
20. This would not be possible/viable without Laravel.
21. Laravel for Fun and Profit Matt Stauffer @stauffermatt
22. Matt Stauffer @stauffermatt Laravel for Fun and Profit
23. 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.
24. My whole life I been making apps
25. … which never make me rich. "
26. How do I monetize:
27. GistLog
28. Symposium
29. Five-Minute Geek Show
30. Giscus
31. Laravel Tricks Bought & removed the ads
32. It turns out… I don’t care
33. 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
34. Poor Adam Wathan
35. Not just once or twice. PulledOver Symposium Confomo SimplePodcastSite SmarterThings Mergency MarkedStyle
36. Some never even get finished
37. Finished… some day? MarvelWatch Suggestive Live Stream Timeline KeepIt140 SimplePodcastSite SmarterThings Probably a lot more
38. I used to feel bad.
40. Paying your bills with Dusk?
41. … really?
44. What if there are other reasons to write code?
45. 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.”
46. Just because it doesn’t make you rich and famous, it doesn’t mean it’s not worth doing.
47. How we decide which apps to make
48. 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
49. 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.
50. But… what about… Caleb and the SouthWest Scraper HireMoreVets ReadMarvel.com (my apps I mentioned earlier)
51. 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
52. “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
53. SharePhotos
55. Using Laravel to do things you couldn’t without it. Laravel for Fun Laravel for human flourishing. Enabling a better, fuller life with Laravel.
56. How we evaluate tools
57. How would you respond if I had said:
 “I’m doing a
 chatbot talk”?
58. That was me, too… until
60. 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
61. 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
62. Speed matters Interlude:
63. Remember my Rapid Application Development talk a few years ago?
64. Is the takeaway:
 
 “Less things are worth automating than I thought” ?
65. “The faster I can build, the more things I can justify building.”
67. 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…
68. 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
69. 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
70. STORY TIME!
71. Science Grandma for How I built
72. Science for Grandma How I Built Step 1: Simplecast
73. Science for Grandma How I Built Step 2: Publish on Apple Podcasts
74. Science for Grandma How I Built Step 3: Announce on Twitter
75. Science for Grandma How I Built • todo get a screenshot of the post Step 4: Announce on Facebook
76. Science for Grandma How I Built Step 5: LAMBOOOOOOOOOO
77. Science for Grandma How I Built Step 6: Build Signup views
78. 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(); }); } }
79. 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.');
80. 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($this->episode) ); } }
81. Science for Grandma How I Built Step 8: RSS -> notifications (3) // Notification (multi-channel) class NewEpisodeReleased extends Notification { ... public function via($notifiable) { return $notifiable->notificationChannel(); } public function toTwilio($notifiable) { return (new TwilioSmsMessage)->content("Message announcing new episode here"); } public function toFacebook($notifiable) { return FacebookMessage::create("Message announcing new episode here"); } }
82. Science for Grandma How I Built Step 8: RSS -> notifications (4) // User class, specifying notification channel class User { ... public function notificationChannel() { if ($this->phone_number) { return TwilioChannel::class; } if ($this->facebook_id) { return FacebookChannel::class; } throw new Exception('Un-notifiable user'); } }
83. Science for Grandma How I Built • Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing Page Title ❤ http://laravel-notification-channels.com/
84. Science for Grandma How I Built Step 9: Hook it into Twilio
85. Science for Grandma How I Built • @todo move some stuff into here? Step 9: Hook it into Twilio
86. Science for Grandma How I Built Step 10: Hook it into Facebook… ❌
87. Science for Grandma How I Built Wherefore art thou, Facebook ID?
88. Science for Grandma How I Built Step 10: Hook it into Facebook… %
89. Science for Grandma How I Built • Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing Step 10: Hook it into Facebook… &
90. Science for Grandma How I Built • Turns out it needs interactivity. Step 11: Get rejected, try again • Modify this for multiple inputs? NOPE.
91. Science for Grandma How I Built Step 12: Enter Botman '
92. 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();
93. 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/
94. 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?
95. 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:
96. https://www.twilio.com/blog/2015/03/how-my-dog-sends-selfies.html How I Taught My Dog to Text Me Selfies 1
97. http://marcelpociot.de/blog/deploy-your-laravel-forge-sites-with-your-voice Deploy Your Laravel Forge Sites With Your Voice 2
98. Accept voicemails 3
99. Super-easy IOT! 4
102. IFTTT into your app! IFTTT OUT of your app! the possibilities are endless!
103. What change can I make today?
104. 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.
105. Recognize the power we have to change other people’s lives.
106. I can do that!
 I’m a programmer!