Ionic You need to use a different package name because “io.ionic.starter” already exists in Google Play

If you are using Ionic + Android Studio to publish an app and run into this error on upload, “You need to use a different package name because “io.ionic.starter” already exists in Google Play”, do this. Check build.gradle (Module:android.app) file in Gradle Scripts Change the applicationId to a unique ID. The nomenclature is typically “appname.yoursite.com” … Read more

Best Learning Resource for Ionic Vue

The Ionic framework team launched a Vue version recently and I have been testing it out. I made a prototype application and it was quite challenging to get started. The problem is that the documentation is written from the perspective of an Ionic developer instead of a Vue developer learning Ionic. Moreover, some of the … Read more

Using Capacitor Core Plugin within Vue

The documentation from Ionic and Capacitor doesn’t make it clear how to instantiate the Plugin import within Vue. Most of the documentation is either React or Angular. So it looks like you have to create an async method to call the plugin’s method and return the desired info.

Using NPM Packages within Vue

As a Vue user you might have to frequently reach for standard javascript packages, since there isn’t always a Vue flavor, or if there is one it might be abandoned, or you don’t exactly want to mess with a middleman. What do you do in that case? @Himanshu Sharma has a good writeup in SO. … Read more

Laravel Eloquent Select Column as Alias

If you’re like me and like to use select statements to return specific columns. You’ll be happy to know that Eloquent allow you to use select column as alias just like in SQL. Which can be make things a breeze, depending on what you are doing. Remember to use the dot syntax to specify a … Read more

Laravel with relationship but use join instead

Laravel’s with() is an easy to use query builder tool to fetch relationship. Once you’ve established the relationship in your model file you can do this. But this query has the downside of hitting the database twice, or however many relationships you query. And if you’re running it on a big scale application, it can … Read more

Laravel Compatible Scraper Libraries

What are some scraper options for Laravel? Well, Dusk works well if you’re just working in dev and testing but the following list can work for various cases. I’ve listed the four from what seems to be most reliable to least reliable depending on your use case. For instance, it seems like only panther and … Read more