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Ten Tips For Mac Beginners
My sister recently bought herself a new MacBook Air. Getting a new laptop is always exciting, but nothing beats the experience of opening your first Mac. Since she's coming over from Windows, I thought it would be useful for me to write down a few tips and tricks she (and you) might find useful for getting started on a Mac.
# 1. How do I get online?
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'Magic numbers' like 200 or 401 can cause a lot of confusion for colleagues or your future self. It's not always immediately obvious what these numbers represent.
A magic number is a number in the code that has no context or meaning.
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Very often when retrieving a model in Laravel, it is useful to load a count of related models at the same time. For example, when loading a blog post, you might want to display the number of comments left on that post.
Luckily, Laravel has a method to do just that:
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When it first launched, Laravel Forge was the easiest and cheapest way to deploy a Laravel application onto a custom server. Recently, after repeatedly being presented with upgrade banners for new features, I decided to investigate the alternatives before committing to a higher fee. Happily, I stumbled upon Ploi.
At first I was skeptical that anyone could compete with the Laravel Core team who manage the established and stable product that is Laravel Forge, but over a few short hours I was increasingly convinced that Ploi was not only a suitable alternative, but hands down the better offering. Here's what finally changed my mind, made me switch all my sites and end my Forge subscription.
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Every time I make a new site, I spend a significant amount of time adding meta and link tags to the layout. I do this to improve SEO but also to control the way the site is rendered in different browsers, share sheets and operating systems. I often find myself looking up details which I have researched in the past. This article will list all the tags I use on this and other sites. I hope it will save you (and future me) a lot of time.