NativeScript - IOS Xcode build and development settings

Instructions for MAC M1 instance:

1) Update your package.json with the latest tns-ios version!

2) run from /platforms directory: tns platform remove ios, tns platform install ios 

3) tns prepare ios, and follow the settings for:

Xcode 12

build:

and development(emulator):

Keep in mind to change for build the VALID_ARCHS to x86_64, and

for developments to arm64 respectively.

 

for Xcode 13 build just change the VALID_ARCHS to:

Install Laravel Sail on Windows

 

10 Steps to install Laravel Sail and start developing web applications under WSL:

1. from Turn Windows features on and off:

choose Windows subsystem for Linux (WSL) -> and restart the system

2. update the kernel of WSL from https://wslstorestorage.blob.core.windows.net/wslblob/wsl_update_x64.msi

3. set the default version to 2: wsl --set-default-version 2

4. install from Microsoft Store: Ubuntu

open Command prompt, and type ubuntu

5. Update the ubuntu system:

sudo apt-update && sudo apt dist-upgrade -y

6. Setup Docker: Install Docker Desktop

Go to Settings(icon) then check: General->Use the WSL2 based engine, as well as

Resources->WSL INTEGRATION-> enable integration with my default WSL distro, check also Ubuntu and restart the Docker Desktop app.

7. run inside Ubuntu: curl -a https://laravel.build/example-app | bash

8. start the containers with: ./vendor/bin/sail up

9. you can browse: 127.0.0.1:80

10. in another terminal of Ubunu run: code .

so that you can edit your files inside Visual Studio Code.

Cheers!

Install WIFI on Ubuntu linux via terminal

 

Steps:

with lsusb we can first see if the device is recognised correctly.

then type: iwconfig then use the Tab key to get to your device name

then edit /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa.conf

and place there:

network={

ssid="network_id",

psk="encoded_password"

} 

(you need to supply your own network_id and encoded_password,

you can get the encoded_password by typing:

sudo wpa_passphrase your_ssid

then type a password

and you'll get sample config file with the encoded password, you can overwrite the original file with.

Next: start the wpa supplicant with:

suto wpa_supplicant -Dnext -iwxl...(wifi interface id) -cwpa.conf

 

Enjoy!

Laravel RabbitMQ queues

 

In order to connect Laravel with RabbitMQ we will need the following library:

composer require vladimir-yuldashev/laravel-queue-rabbitmq

then
in config/queue.php add the following configuration:

'connections' => [
    // ...

    'rabbitmq' => [
    
       'driver' => 'rabbitmq',
       'queue' => env('RABBITMQ_QUEUE', 'default'),
       'connection' => PhpAmqpLib\Connection\AMQPLazyConnection::class,
   
       'hosts' => [
           [
               'host' => env('RABBITMQ_HOST', '127.0.0.1'),
               'port' => env('RABBITMQ_PORT', 5672),
               'user' => env('RABBITMQ_USER', 'guest'),
               'password' => env('RABBITMQ_PASSWORD', 'guest'),
               'vhost' => env('RABBITMQ_VHOST', '/'),
           ],
       ],
   
       'options' => [
           'ssl_options' => [
               'cafile' => env('RABBITMQ_SSL_CAFILE', null),
               'local_cert' => env('RABBITMQ_SSL_LOCALCERT', null),
               'local_key' => env('RABBITMQ_SSL_LOCALKEY', null),
               'verify_peer' => env('RABBITMQ_SSL_VERIFY_PEER', true),
               'passphrase' => env('RABBITMQ_SSL_PASSPHRASE', null),
           ],
           'queue' => [
               'job' => VladimirYuldashev\LaravelQueueRabbitMQ\Queue\Jobs\RabbitMQJob::class,
           ],
       ],
   
       /*
        * Set to "horizon" if you wish to use Laravel Horizon.
        */
       'worker' => env('RABBITMQ_WORKER', 'default'),
        
    ],

    // ...    
], 

then you need to edit the .env file, supplying your settings under the rabbitMQ section:

RABBITMQ_HOST, RABBITMQ_PORT, RABBITMQ_USER, RABBITMQ_PASSWORD, RABBITMQ_VHOST 

also for the QUEUE_CONNECTION you should supply: rabbitmq

Now lets create a job in the terminal with:

php artisan make:job TestJob

it will handle all the incoming queue events. It's contents under /jobs:

private $data;
    /**
     * Create a new job instance.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function __construct($data)
    {
        //
         $this->data = $data;
    }

    /**
     * Execute the job.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function handle()
    {
        print_r($this->data);

    } 

Finally we connect and run the created above job handler in order to handle event. Inside EventServiceProvider.php
inside the boot() function add:

$this->app->bind(

TestJob::class."@handle",

fn($job)=>{$job->handle()} // this will run the handle() function from above.

) 

Then inside of a controller you can run:

use App\Jobs\TestJob;

TestJob::Dispatch('hello'); 

you can see inside of the queue with: php artisan queue:work

Cheers!

Install Angular Material on Ubuntu

Here is how to install Angular Material on Ubuntu:

 

1. Install NODEJS/NPM

inside of a terminal type: sudo apt install nodejs

as an alternative you can use nvm:

curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.39.1/install.sh | bash 

then just type: nvm install --lts

this will download install and use latest long-term supported version of node.

 

2. Install the angular CLI

with npm i -g @angular/cli

 

3. Create new project: ng new myproject

 

4. Add Material Design: ng add @angular/material


 

5. Restart ng serve if running and enjoy your Material enabled project!


Ubuntu: how to restore packages after interrupted apt upgrade

Often you might stop running apt update && apt dist-upgrade.

Here is the one-line command that will resume reinstalling the unfinished, or half-configured packages for you. It creates list of packages which can be passed to apt install:  

grep  "08:18:.* half-configured"  /var/log/dpkg.log.1 /var/log/dpkg.log |  awk '{printf "%s ", $5}'

first part of the command will grab only half-configured packages, while the second part will grab just the package name.

Here is the command in full:

sudo apt install --reinstall $(grep  "08:18:.* half-configured"  /var/log/dpkg.log.1 /var/log/dpkg.log |  awk '{printf "%s ", $5}')

You can configure 08:18 with the time you know the packages were interrupted form installing.

Best luck!

Wordpress customizations inside functions.php

Here are few tips on how to customize your Wordpress, without having to resort to plugins, just insert the following php code inside your functions.php file. I will be adding more.

Redirect inner page to outer domain:
add_action('template_redirect','redirect_from_to');
function redirect_from_to(){
  if (is_page('mypage')){
    wp_redirect('http://www.google.com',301);
    exit()
  }
}
Note: mypage must be created in order for the redirect to work.

Allow svg files to be uploaded:

function cc_mime_types($mimes){

$mimes['svg']='image/svg';

return $mimes;

}

add_filter('upload_mimes','cc_mime_types');

Cheers!