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DirectoryTree Authorization is a Native Role and Permission Management Package for Laravel

The DirectoryTree Authorization package by Steve Bauman is an easy, native role and permission management system for Laravel. If you need a super simple native feeling Laravel Authorization package, this one may tickle your fancyhttps://t.co/Xiu4Ty0IkR— Steve (@ste_bau) April 23, 2024 <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> It works with Laravel's Gate and authorization methods out of the box, and offers the following lightweight API to manage roles and permissions: use DirectoryTree\Authorization\Permission; use DirectoryTree\Authorization\Role; $createUsers = Permission::create([ 'name' => 'users.create', 'label' => 'Create Users', ]); $admin = Role::create([ 'name' => 'administrator', 'label' => 'Admin', ]); // Grant the permission to a role $admin->permissions()->save($createUsers); // Assign the role to a user $user->roles()->save($admin); // `can()` method usage in PHP: Auth::user()->can('users.create'); // Using Laravel's `Gate`: Gate::allows('users.create'); // Using Laravel's `@can()` directive: @can('users.create')  @endcan The above code snippet doesn't contain every method available—see the readme for usage details on managing roles and permissions with this package, which includes the following main features: Manage User roles and Permissions Create user-specific permissions Checking permissions and roles Caching permissions by default Use with Laravel's native Gate and authorization methods. Permissions are registered in Laravel's Gate by default Includes useful permission and role middleware To get started with this package, check out package on GitHub at directorytree/authorization. The post DirectoryTree Authorization is a Native Role and Permission Management Package for Laravel appeared first on Laravel News. Join the Laravel Newsletter to get Laravel articles like this directly in your inbox.

Detecting rooftop ice buildup using an Arduino Portenta and synthetic data

In areas that experience plenty of cold weather, icicles and ice dams can present a very real danger to the people and property nearby. In response, Eivind Holt has developed a computer vision-based system that relies on an Arduino Portenta H7, a Portenta Vision Shield, and a slew of AI tools/models to recognize this ice buildup. Best […] The post Detecting rooftop ice buildup using an Arduino Portenta and synthetic data appeared first on Arduino Blog.

Interactive Engineering Corp. joins Arduino’s System Integrators Partnership Program at the Gold level

We are thrilled to announce the newest addition to Arduino’s System Integrators Partnership Program: Interactive Engineering Corp. (IEC), based in Ohio, is a best-in-class solution provider in engineering and manufacturing, bringing to the table a unique blend of expertise and aligning seamlessly with Arduino’s core values of industrial innovation. Indeed, their philosophy combines technical excellence […] The post Interactive Engineering Corp. joins Arduino’s System Integrators Partnership Program at the Gold level appeared first on Arduino Blog.

This device helps ski lift operators attach chairs to the cable

Most ski lifts are pretty simple systems: they use big ol’ motors to pull cables with chairs or hangers attached. More advanced detachable designs let the chairs come off the cable temporarily while in the terminal, so skiers can hop on at a leisurely pace. But basic fixed-grip chairlifts don’t have that capability and skiers […] The post This device helps ski lift operators attach chairs to the cable appeared first on Arduino Blog.

Sort Elements with the Alpine.js Sort Plugin

Alpine.js has a new first-party Sort plugin in the ecosystem, which allows you to easily re-order elements by dragging them with your mouse. The Sort plugin uses the SortableJS project under the hood for the heavy lifting of sorting elements and provides a nice API for Alpine: <ul x-sort> <li x-sort:item>foo</li> <li x-sort:item>bar</li> <li x-sort:item>baz</li> </ul> This small, yet mighty plugin provides the following features: Sorting groups Custom drag handles Support for Ghost elements Customizable configuration for SortableJS The author Caleb Porzio has also created a new screencast series on the Livewire Site for the Sort plugin. It takes you deep into building a sortable drag-and-drop experience from the JS to the database. The Livewire Sort Screencast Series The series consists of 11 videos with over an hour of content: Building a Todo List Storing positions in the database Using Alpine's Sort Plugin Sorting items in the database Handling removals Adding drag handles Extracting a Blade Component Extracting an Eloquent Trait Re-arranging Items Sorting between groups To get started with the Sort plugin, check out the Alpine Documentation. You can also view the Sort screencasts on the Livewire Website. The post Sort Elements with the Alpine.js Sort Plugin appeared first on Laravel News. Join the Laravel Newsletter to get Laravel articles like this directly in your inbox.

Arduino Cloud and Opta WiFi make an injection molding machine connected and smart

In the rapidly evolving landscape of industrial technology, three interesting trends are intertwining to streamline processes, improve efficiency, and reduce downtime. They are retrofitting, remote control/monitoring, and power metering – and together, they make for a great strategy to upgrade and improve existing machinery, reaping all the benefits of connected things and data analysis without […] The post Arduino Cloud and Opta WiFi make an injection molding machine connected and smart appeared first on Arduino Blog.

Anonymous Event Broadcasting in Laravel 11.5

This week, the Laravel team released v11.5, with anonymous event broadcasting, Blade performance improvements, generating URLs with query parameters, and more. Anonymous Event Broadcasting Joe Dixon contributed anonymous broadcasts in Laravel for real-time applications using Laravel Echo: Sometimes you may wish to broadcast an ad-hoc event. An ad-hoc event is one where you don't need to hook into it anywhere else in your application. You just want to notify the frontend of something. For this, you don't want to go to the trouble of creating a brand new event, you just want to fire off a message. For this, we can use an anonymous broadcast using the Broadcast facade, which can be as simple as: Broadcast::on('my-channel')->send(); // You may dispatch to multiple channels at the same time: Broadcast::on([ 'my-channel', new PrivateChannel('my-channel'), 'presence-my-channel' )->send(); // Broadcast the anonymous event on a private or presence channel Broadcast::private('my-channel')->send(); Broadcast::presence('my-channel')->send(); To learn more about anonymous event broadcasting in Laravel, check out Laravel's Documentation. Blade Performance Improvements Taylor Otwell shared a thought about supercharging Blade component rendering performance. Two pull requests were accepted and merged as part of Laravel 11.5, which collectively improved Blade rendering by 20%: Supercharge Blade by Christopher Pitt Blade Component Loop Speed Improvement by Lonny Kapelushnik Ability to Generate URLs With Query Params Steve Bauman contributed the ability to generate URLs with query parameters via the new query() method: // http://localhost/products?sort=-name url()->query('products', ['sort' => '-name']); // http://localhost/products?columns[0]=name&columns[1]=price&columns[2]=quantity url()->query('products', ['columns' => ['name', 'price', 'quantity']]); // Overiding parameters: // http://localhost/products?sort=-price url()->query('products?sort=-name', ['sort' => '-price']); // Appending parameters // http://localhost/products?sort=-name&search=samsung url()->query('products?sort=-name', ['search' => 'samsung']); Add a Default Namespace for make:trait and make:interface @milwad-dev contributed a default namespace for make:trait and make:interface, which will create these classes in the following paths if they exist: Interfaces: App\Contracts App\Interfaces Traits: App\Concerns App\Traits If any of those folders exist in your project, Laravel will create the file in that namespace. For example, App\Contracts would take precedence over App\Interfaces. Lastly, the file is created in the App namespace directly if either of the directories are not found. Release notes You can see the complete list of new features and updates below and the diff between 11.4.0 and 11.5.0 on GitHub. The following release notes are directly from the changelog: v11.5.0 [11.x] Add namespace for make:trait and make:interface command by @milwad-dev in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/51083 [11.x] Ability to generate URL's with query params by @stevebauman in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/51075 [11.x] Adds anonymous broadcasting by @joedixon in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/51082 [10.x] Binding order is incorrect when using cursor paginate with multiple unions with a where by @thijsvdanker in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/50884 [10.x] Fix cursor paginate with union and column alias by @thijsvdanker in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/50882 [11.x] Fix typo in tests by @milwad-dev in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/51093 Fix argument type in Cache\Store by @GromNaN in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/51100 Correct comment's grammatical and semantic errors by @javadihugo in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/51101 [11.x] Replace matches typehint fix by @henzeb in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/51095 [11.x] Exclude laravel_through_key when replicating model, fixes #51097 by @levu42 in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/51098 [11.x] Add enum types to static Rule methods by @erik-perri in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/51090 [11.x] Add decrement method to the rate limiter class by @AlexJump24 in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/51102 [11.x] Remove dead code by @michaelnabil230 in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/51106 [11.x] Fix support for other hashing implementations when using hashed cast by @j3j5 in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/51112 Revert "[11.x] Adds support for int backed enums to implicit Enum route binding" by @driesvints in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/51119 [11.x] Add support for enums in whereIn route constraints by @osbre in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/51121 Clarify that \Illuminate\Http\Request::replace replace all input values by @treyssatvincent in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/51123 [11.x] Fix db:show's --counts option by @xuchunyang in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/51140 Update RuntimeException message when no data has been found by @mikemeijer in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/51133 [11] Update DetectsLostConnections.php by @it-can in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/51127 [11.x] Reset connection after migrate for FreshCommand by @driesvints in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/51167 [10.x] Address Null Parameter Deprecations in UrlGenerator by @aldobarr in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/51148 [11.x] Provide context for NestedRules by @imahmood in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/51160 [11.x] Fix renaming columns with NULL as default on legacy MariaDB/MySQL by @hafezdivandari in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/51177 [11.x] Supercharge Blade by @assertchris in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/51143 [11.x] Allow implicit binding to have optional backed enums by @Neol3108 in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/51178 [11.x] Blade Component Loop Speed Improvement by @lonnylot in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/51158 [11.x] Fix normalizedNameCache by @Jubeki in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/51185 [11.x] GenericUser use getAuthPasswordName instead of hardcoded column name by @Daniel-H123 in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/51186 The post Anonymous Event Broadcasting in Laravel 11.5 appeared first on Laravel News. 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DIY shifter knob gets a beautiful integrated LED gear indicator

We recently covered Vaclav Krejci’s stick shift project, in which he designed a board that surrounds the shift lever and uses Hall effect sensors to detect its position. It then showed the current gear on a small OLED screen. The idea was that the user could mount that screen wherever they wanted on the dashboard […] The post DIY shifter knob gets a beautiful integrated LED gear indicator appeared first on Arduino Blog.

A guide to visualize your Raspberry Pi data on Arduino Cloud

Hey there, DIY IoT enthusiasts! Ever build a cool gadget with your Raspberry Pi, only to get stuck figuring out how to show off its data? Don’t worry, you’re not alone. Lots of makers like you face the same challenge: turning that awesome sensor data into something easy to see and interact with on your […] The post A guide to visualize your Raspberry Pi data on Arduino Cloud appeared first on Arduino Blog.

Celebrating Earth Day with a solar-powered E Ink weather station

The world just recognized Earth Day and it was a good reminder that we all have a responsibility to protect the planet. Unfortunately, many of our devices suck up energy in direct opposition to that goal. But the market has proven that we aren’t willing to sacrifice convenience. Luckily, that isn’t always necessary. To demonstrate […] The post Celebrating Earth Day with a solar-powered E Ink weather station appeared first on Arduino Blog.

Microsoft Clarity Integration for Laravel

The clarity-laravel package lets you easily integrate Microsoft Clarity into your Laravel application. I wasn't familiar with Clarity before seeing this package—it's a GDPR and CCPA-ready product that you embed in your application, and it can capture how people use your site: Heatmaps with Microsoft Clarity The main features that Clarity offers your application include: Heatmaps Session recordings Insights Google Analytics integration Integration is easy with this package: you set up a few environment variables and include the package's Blade component in your application's layout file: <head> <x-clarity::script /> </head> This package will enable Clarity based on the CLARITY_ENABLED environment variable value in the clarity.php configuration file. If setting the environment variable isn't flexible enough, you can set the :enabled property on the component with a variable boolean value that you define: <x-clarity::script :enabled="$enabled" /> While you could easily integrate the Clarity embed code in your application directly, this package takes care of it for you, and you can start collecting data in minutes. You can learn more about this package, get full installation instructions, and view the source code on GitHub. You can learn more about Clarity from the Microsoft Clarity documentation. You can also see a live demo The post Microsoft Clarity Integration for Laravel appeared first on Laravel News. Join the Laravel Newsletter to get Laravel articles like this directly in your inbox.

Build an adorable arcade cabinet with custom controls

Arcade machines are a dying breed and that’s a shame, because their purpose-built approach to gaming is so wholesome. There is something intrinsically satisfying about a device that does one thing and does it well. If you want to bring that beauty into your own home, Migi has a great Instructables tutorial that will walk […] The post Build an adorable arcade cabinet with custom controls appeared first on Arduino Blog.

Creating a low-cost EV charging station with Arduino

The high cost of EV (electric vehicle) chargers may lead you to believe that they’re complex systems. But with the exception of Tesla’s Supercharger, that isn’t true. They’re actually quite simple — basically just glorified switches. All of the nitty gritty charging details are the responsibility of the car’s onboard circuitry. With that in mind, […] The post Creating a low-cost EV charging station with Arduino appeared first on Arduino Blog.

Apply Dynamic Filters to Eloquent Models with the Filterable Package

Filterable is a Laravel package by Jerome Thayananthajothy that enhances Laravel queries with adaptable, customizable filters and intelligent caching to improve both performance and functionality. The main features of this package include: Dynamic Filtering: Apply filters based on request parameters with ease. Caching: Improve performance by caching query results. User-specific Filtering: Easily implement filters that depend on the authenticated user. Custom Filter Methods: Extend the class to add your own filter methods. Defining Filter classes is at the center of this package, where you can create methods that can apply filtering to Eloquent queries. The package includes a make:filter Artisan command to generate a filter in your app's App\Filters namespace. Here's an example of a filter from the package's README: namespace App\Filters; use Filterable\Filter; use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder; class PostFilter extends Filter { protected array $filters = ['status', 'category']; protected function status(string $value): Builder { return $this->builder->where('status', $value); } protected function category(int $value): Builder { return $this->builder->where('category_id', $value); } } Given a PostFilter, you can utilize this class in a controller with the Post model to filter models based on the HTTP query params: public function index(Request $request, PostFilter $filter) { // i.e., /posts?status=active&category_id=2 $query = Post::filter($filter); $posts = $request->has('paginate') ? $query->paginate($request->query('per_page', 20)) : $query->get(); return response()->json($posts); } You can learn more about this package, get full installation instructions, and view the source code on GitHub. The post Apply Dynamic Filters to Eloquent Models with the Filterable Package appeared first on Laravel News. Join the Laravel Newsletter to get Laravel articles like this directly in your inbox.

How to make energy saving really work

Conserving energy is something every animal does, and we humans are no exception. Especially when energy costs are high — something many of us have been uncomfortably aware of in recent years — figuring out ways to live life without burning through excess fuel (and polluting the environment) is a serious priority. Technology has promised […] The post How to make energy saving really work appeared first on Arduino Blog.