ElliotDerhay.com

This project is my personal website.

Setup

Initial

• Clone the project.
• Copy .env.example to .env.

Database

• To use SQLite (the default), create the file at database/database.sqlite.
• To use MySQL or PostgreSQL, create your DB and configure the DB_* vars.

Install Dependencies

1. Make sure you meet the project's runtime requirements:
   • If you use ASDF, run asdf install
   • If you manage runtimes another way:
     • PHP 8.2.x
     • Node 20.x
     • Yarn 1.22.x
2. Run composer install.
3. Run yarn to install dependencies.
   • If you use vanilla npm instead, I'm terribly sorry. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Finish

• Generate project key: php artisan key:generate.
• Run migrations: php artisan migrate.
• Link public storage: php artisan storage:link
• Optionally, seed dev data: php artisan db:seed --seeder=DemoSeeder

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A Note about caching

This project's .env uses the file cache store. But Laravel 11.x's default cache store is database. Feel free to change this or comment it out to use the default.

A note on the ImageService

There are a couple of helpers used around the project (assets_url() and image_url()) that hook into the App\Services\ImageService class. This exists to:

• allow permanent image storage to live on another disk
• Still provide fast load times for images by "caching" them on the same disk as the application at first request

The ENV var IMAGE_SERVICE_REMOTE_DISK lets you choose where to look for downloadable assets. It defaults to a local disk to ensure these features work as intended after cloning.

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Changelog

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