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Nick Basile:
Improving Our Laravel Nova CRM
Aug 28, 2018 @ 17:05:31

On his site Nick Basile has a new post sharing some of the ways you can improve an installation of Laravel Nova (the administration dashboard) for a CRM. This latest tutorial is the second part in his series (part one is here).

In my last post, we started building a simple CRM using Laravel Nova. It was pretty complete when we left it, but I think we can add a few more features and explore the rest of what Nova has to offer. In this walkthrough, we'll take a look at how to use Nova's Actions and authorization.

He walks through the additions and improvements he's added to his Nova dashboard:

  • an Action that automates the updating of a lead's status
  • additional authorization checks using policies for model delation

Code is included for each of these along with a summary that walks you through the creation and integration process.

tagged: laravelnova laravel nova administration improvement crm tutorial

Link: https://nick-basile.com/blog/post/improving-our-laravel-nova-crm

CoderWall:
The Laravel Admin Panel That You Need
Aug 27, 2018 @ 14:21:04

On the CoderWall site they've posted a tutorial that's a sort of reaction to the recent Laravel Nova administration dashboard release. In it they point out another project, the Laravel Admin Panel (LAP) that handles a lot of the same kind of functionality.

I have been working on this product on opensource for about 8 months now, and the project has become quite successful. People are actually using it and we are making our goal to make it more developer friendly. [...] According to my experience with people who have used our admin panel and its feature to create a module instantly, they are aloof of the details beneath that architecture and are constantly in need of help if anything goes wrong.

If new developers are made to use some super smart software which just creates everything for them, they are just not very aware of the happenings and end up not knowing anything of how the project works.

The post introduces the project and what kind of functionality it provides including:

  • user/role/permissions management
  • "page" management
  • menu management

...and their "star of the show", the Module Boilerplate Generator that allows for the quick and easy generation of all code required to add a new module to the application (models, controllers, request handling, views, migrations, etc). You can find more information on the GitHub repository for the project.

tagged: laravel administration panel introduction lap project opensource

Link: https://www.codewall.co.uk/the-laravel-admin-panel-that-you-need/

Laravel News:
Laravel Nova is Now Available
Aug 23, 2018 @ 14:15:15

As is mentioned in this new post from the Laravel News site, the latest product in the Laravel ecosystem - Laravel Nova - is now available for purchase.

We expected a Nova release at Laracon EU 2018 around the same time that Laravel 5.7 is due out. In an unexpected move (and in light of many people wanting to get their hands on Nova early) Taylor decided to ship Nova.

[...] Laravel Nova works with both Laravel 5.6 and the upcoming release of Laravel 5.7, so rest assured that it works with the latest stable version.

So what's Nova? It describes itself as "a beautifully designed administration panel for Laravel. Carefully crafted by the creators of Laravel to make you the most productive developer in the galaxy." It provides most of the functionality you'd expect from an administration panel including user management, model (resource) details, metrics and the ability to extend via custom functionality. The per-site pricing is relatively affordable and has two levels: Solo for $99 and Pro for $199.

tagged: laravelnova laravel administration panel framework product release

Link: https://laravel-news.com/laravel-nova-release

Matt Stauffer:
Introducing Laravel Nova: A Tool for Building Admin Panels and Custom CMSes
Jul 27, 2018 @ 15:16:01

Matt Stauffer has a new post to his site that takes a "deep dive" into Laravel Nova, the recently announced administration panel that's developed by the Laravel project. This is the first post in a new series.

These are my notes that I took during the announcement on 2018-07-25. I hope to go back later and update this after a more careful re-watching of the YouTube recording that's now up, so I could get some of my code samples more exact and catch anything I missed.

If you notice anything I missed or got wrong, please let me know on Twitter! And please check back in a few days so I have time to fix this up. :)

The post reads more like a live stream than a formal write up, but the good stuff is all there:

  • the basics of what Nova provides
  • how it works
  • defining a resource
  • working with fields
  • actions/filters
  • lenses
  • searching
  • auditing

...and much more. The post goes through each item, providing screenshots, context and code to show off the feature. If you want to see the announcement for yourself, check out the video over on YouTube.

tagged: laravel nova administration dashboard indepth features code

Link: https://mattstauffer.com/blog/introducing-laravel-nova-a-tool-for-building-admin-panels-and-custom-cmses/

Laravel News:
Introducing Laravel Nova
Jul 26, 2018 @ 14:41:57

On the Laravel News site they've posted an announcement about the release of Laravel Nova, an administration dashboard created and maintained by Taylor Otwell and the Laravel project maintainers.

We’re thrilled to announce Laravel Nova, a “beautifully designed administration panel for Laravel” created by the Laravel team.

The level of customization available in Nova is mind-blowing, and it’s quite intelligent out-of-the-box once you configure Nova resources for your application.

The frontend is powered by Vue.js with the backend hooking into your current Laravel application (with a bit of extra functionality added). Information and functionality provided by Nova includes resource management tools, searching via SQL queries, custom action definition and metrics. You can find out more information about its features on the project site and sign up for the mailing list for more information when it launches in August 2018. Nova will cost $99 USD for a solo license and $!99 USD for a "site" license (business).

tagged: laravel nova administration dashboard product announcement

Link: https://laravel-news.com/laravel-nova

Jason McCreary:
SMS admin in 8 lines of code
Sep 21, 2017 @ 14:45:06

In a new post to his site Jason McCreary shows how he integrated SMS for account administration for the Laravel Shift service. It's his method of providing good support for the project from anywhere, even when he's away from his machine.

In the end, all I need is a quick way to run a Shift on the go. Looking back on almost two years of support, I often have the Shift number readily available. Creating the job and adding it to the queue is at most two lines of code. So the steps are not the pain point.

The pain point is connecting to the server. [...] What do I carry around with me all the time? My phone. I’m already reviewing the support emails from my phone. Wouldn’t it be great when I need to run a Shift manually to just reply or send a text.

He then shares the code he used to create the administration interface via SMS through the Nexmo service. He uses the information the Nexmo service sends to hiswebhook via a special number and handles it via a special endpoint on his side. In this case the interface allows him to re-run a "shift" that was previously requested if there was an error. The code is pretty simple, made up of a controller and route for the endpoint and a "FormRequest" class for the message processing.

tagged: sms administration laravel shift example nexmo

Link: https://jason.pureconcepts.net/2017/09/nexmo-sms-admin-laravel/

SitePoint PHP Blog:
Voyager – Can an Admin UI Make Laravel Even More Approachable?
Jan 12, 2017 @ 15:23:37

On the SitePoint PHP blog they've posted an article from Claudio Ribero highlighting an administration UI specifically designed for Laravel applications: Voyager.

Voyager is a Laravel package that provides a full administration system for the framework in its “skeleton app” form. Voyager has 4 main features: Media Manager, Menu Builder, Database Manager and Bread/CRUD builder.

He first walks you through the process of getting a new Laravel application up and running then pulling in the tcp/voyager package. He shows how to update your app configuration to integrate it then install it. Once you've performed these steps you'll have a /admin portion of your site up and ready to go with the default login. With that all set up Claudio gets into the specifics for use of each of the components (listed above) in the package, including screenshots and code where helpful.

tagged: voyager administration interface laravel opensource tutorial

Link: https://www.sitepoint.com/voyager-can-an-admin-interface-make-laravel-even-more-approachable/

PHPMaster.com:
Rockmongo for PHP-Powered MongoDB Administration
Jul 29, 2013 @ 16:55:40

On PHPMaster.com there's a tutorial posted for those out there already using MongoDB for their architecture and might be looking for administration tools. In this recent post Ashish Trivedi looks at one offering, RockMongo (a PHP-based tool), and some of the features it provides.

There are many such GUI tools available, like Rockmongo, PHPMoAdmin, Fang of Mango, UMongo, MongoExplorer, and MongoVUE, to name just a few. When it comes to using MongoDB with PHP-based projects, Rockmongo and PHPMoAdmin are good options. In this article, we’ll take a look at Rockmongo. Rockmongo is an open source MongoDB administration tool written in PHP5. You’ll become familiar with using Rockmongo to create databases, collections and documents, query collections, and import and export data.

The download and install are pretty simple and he includes a screenshot of what you should see when it's all set up. There's also several other screenshots included showing how to do things like create databases, insert documents, use "explain" and importing/exporting databases.

tagged: rockmongo mongodb database administration project tutorial

Link: http://phpmaster.com/rockmongo-for-php-powered-mongodb-administration

/Dev/Hell Podcast:
Episode 27: Artisan Database Administration
Jan 24, 2013 @ 19:19:49

The latest episode of the /Dev/Hell podcast has been released - Episode 27, "Artisan Database Administration":

This episode marks a return, both for special guest Selena Deckelmann, and our special hand-made artisan podcasting. Know that this episode was made with locally-sourced bytes, harvested with care and respect for the Earth. We talk with Selena about working at Mozilla, her switch to Linux on the desktop, and how marketing is weightier than merit in determining a product’s success.

You can listen to this latest episode either through the in-page player or by downloading the mp3 of the recording. If you like what you hear, consider subscribing to their feed for more great episodes.

tagged: devhell podcast database administration

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Jay Allen's Blog:
Adminer | The World's Smallest MySQL Admin Script
Oct 15, 2010 @ 17:17:20

Jay Allen has found what he calls the world's smallest MySQL admin script and has posted about it to his CodingThis.com blog - Adminer.

I’ve spent years using phpMyAdmin (much to my chagrin). And I’ve recently warmed up to MySQL Workbench. But it wasn’t until this week that I stumbled across Adminer, a single-file PHP application for MySQL administration. It’s hard not to be impressed by Adminer, which is both devilishly simple and elegantly designed. The file downloads as adminer-2.3.2.php; save it as index.php in a folder named adminer, then navigate to http://servername.com/adminer/. Supply the name of your MySQL server (adding a colon if it’s hosted on a non-standard port), your username, and password, and you’re off!

He includes a few screenshots of the interface to create tables and manage them. If you've used the phpMyAdmin interface, you'll find a lot of things that are familiar in Adminer. If you're interesting in grabbing the latest source, you can pull it from SourceForge.

tagged: administration adminer database phpmyadmin

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