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Add your Proxy Configuration File to angular.json - and forget it ever existed
What if you never have to write the –proxy-config CLI option again when serving your Angular application?
Run an npm script in package.json inside another npm script in package.json
This post might seem trivial but I did spend a good amount of time searching this online just to be sure. So here we are lol.
How to Set Nullable Types in PHP >= 7.1.x
To set a function parameter or return type as nullable, add a question mark in front of the type declaration.
Netlify: Redirect Users by Country or Language
Today at Switchn we had the need to redirect users by country and browser language on our Netlify hosted site. That is, send those visiting our site from English speaking countries to /en/ and those from French speaking countries to /fr/. Also if the user’s browser sends an accept-language header in the request (e.g. accept-language: en-US,en;q=0.9), we’d like to take that into consideration too.
Format Dates for Humans with Carbon in PHP
I’ve spent like the last 30 minutes searching the web for how to convert dates to human-readable strings with Carbon in PHP/Laravel. Here’s a compilation of a couple of useful Carbon methods for my future self.
Format Date Column in Infyom Datatable - Laravel
I have the following datatable class generated by Infyom’s Laravel Generator:
Unit Testing Translation Strings in Laravel
If your Laravel app uses multiple locales, it can get tedious keeping track of translations that are yet to be added to the appropriate translation files, e.g English translations in resources/lang/en/validation.php and French translations in resources/lang/fr/validation.php.
Detecting CAMTEL Numbers with Regex
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Laravel Middleware to Set App Locale to Passed In Value
This is a middleware that takes care of setting the app locale to the passed in locale string (e.g en, fr).
How to access \App\Http\Kernel class instance in Laravel
To access an instance of your app’s App\Http\Kernel class, you can use Laravel’s built in resolve() helper function:
Specify a default value for Netlify CMS string widget
To specify a default value for Netlify CMS’s string widget, add the default property to it’s definition and assign it a value, as follows:
Resources for Syntax Highlighting in Jekyll with Rouge
Here’s the best resources I’ve found for configuring syntax highlight with Route in Jekyll:
Jekyll: Setting a default cover image for all your posts
This post assumes you’re currently able to add an image to your post front matter, for example:
Enable Adb Debug on MTN Smart T running KaiOS
To enable adb debug on MTN Smart T running KaiOS, dial this code to open a menu and from there enable the USB debugging:
Pass Value to Replace a Custom Placeholder in a Laravel Validation Message
Say you have the following validation message in the custom array of your language file - resources/lang/xx/validation.php - (or another location depending on your use case).
Generating Unique Phone Numbers for Testing Purposes
You can pass a callback function to RxJS’s first() operator, I was not aware!
My typical use-case for RxJS first() operator is to emit only the first item of an observable stream. What if you want the first value based on a certain condition instead?