Posts on development — Page 12

A step-by-step guide to setting up real-time WebSockets with Laravel using Redis, Socket.io, and Supervisor — broadcasting Laravel events to the browser without relying on a hosted service like Pusher.

A follow-up to the Laravel WebSockets setup guide — how to configure Redis and Socket.io daemons on a Digital Ocean server using Laravel Forge and open the right firewall port to make it all work in production.

A curious look at ExpressionEngine's decision to store templates in the database — the tradeoffs around version control, file-based overrides, and why allowing database queries in views feels uncomfortable.

How to use Homebrew and Cask to bulk-install Mac applications from a script — a reliable way to get your machine back up and running quickly after a clean OS install.

A take on why fixed headers are almost never the right choice — how they cover content, frustrate users, and only make sense in the narrow case of single-page anchor navigation.

A follow-up to the Vue.js component messaging post — exploring a prop-based approach to namespaced events so multiple instances of the same component on a page can each respond to their own events independently.

A walkthrough of how to pass events between sibling Vue.js components — using the root Vue instance as a message bus to dispatch alerts from any component without creating tight parent-child coupling.

First impressions of Laravel and Vue.js coming from the WordPress world — covering Elixir, Homestead, Blade templates, and Vue's reactive data model, with thoughts on when each tool belongs.

A beginner-friendly guide to setting up a better terminal on Mac — installing iTerm2, switching to zsh, and customizing colors and fonts so the command line feels less intimidating and more powerful.