Pre selecting a selectbox option in vue.js

I made a vue.js component to populate a field of text dependant on what was selected in a dropdown box. When the component loaded it needed to display the currently associated option. In Laravel blade you would write a ternary that checked the current option being added by a foreach loop with the currently associated... » read more

Getting Vue.js to work with Laravel

I have recently started building Vue.js components for my Laravel apps. When I first tried I found it difficult to get Vue.js to work and also allow the use of the excellent Vue Devtools chrome extension. This is how I finally got it working with no errors. layouts\app.blade.php Note that the <script src=”{{ asset(‘js/app.js’) }}”></script>... » read more

Laravel Development Environment on Windows

I have been creating web applications with the excellent Laravel PHP framework for about two and a half years. On macos I have always used PHPStorm IDE and Valet with a local install on MySQL. When on Windows I use Homestead. I have found that Homestead can suffer form performance issues on Windows so I... » read more

Hello world!

Hi. My name is Paul. I’m 48 and work as an IT manager for a commercial electrical contractor. When I joined I was teaching myself to code and wrote a few apps in Python for the business. That led to the business funding a two year foundation degree in Computer Science. After completing that I... » read more