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First time using Laravel Dusk? Here are a few errors and blunders and how to fix them
Fiddling with Laravel Dusk for the first time, I had to install the package: I was still using Laravel 5.6 but the current dusk package was in version 5 which needed Laravel 5.7+. I checked Packagist and got a previous version. In my case it was: Great, now I can start writing awesome tests!…
How to create symbolic links via FTP
Spoiler: you cannot! In order to use Laravel File Storage utility, I had to create a symlink in the public folder pointing to a subfolder located in the... storage folder. That is nice and easy when you can ssh to your production server. However, it is a whole other story if you only have FTP…
How to import some Linux-like behaviors into Windows ?
Sometimes using Windows is required, for professional reasons, gaming, nostalgia... (nah, just kidding). Then I quickly find myself moving my mouse from a window to another and start typing, expecting that the window I'm typing in has the focus. Or I select a text and click the middle button of…
Insert a line in the middle of an existing configuration file
Playing with Testing a new piece of software using a Vagrant box, I created a vagrant-install.sh in which I had to insert the line sql-mode=NO_AUTO_CREATE_USER,NO_ENGINE_SUBSTITUTION inside an existing MySQL config file. I had to put it inside a specific section, so I targeted a line starting…
Accessing your application database from Android Studio
Open the Terminal window (Alt + F12) or: Then list your devices with the adb command. This will display both running emulators and connected devices: Use the device name to open a connection: To avoid a Permission denied error while trying to access your application files, use the run-as command:…