socialapp | A social app | Social Channel Utils library

If you are new to Git and Github, it is advisable you go through GitHub For Beginners before moving to the next step. Fork the project on Github, Help Guide to Fork a repository. Create a branch specific to the issue you are working on. Open up the project in your favourite text editor, select the file you want to contribute to and make your changes. If you are making changes to the README.md file, you would need to have Markdown knowledge. Visit here to read about GitHub Markdown and here to practice. After making your changes in the new git branch then add your modified files to git, How to add, commit, push and go. Note, using a git add . will automatically add all files. You can do a git status to see your changes, but do it before git add. Commit your changes using a descriptive commit message.
If you are new to Git and Github, it is advisable you go through GitHub For Beginners before moving to the next step.
Fork the project on Github, Help Guide to Fork a repository.
Clone the project.
Create a branch specific to the issue you are working on. git checkout -b update-readme-file For clarity to yourself and others on the issue you're working on, name your branch something like `update-xxx` or `fix-xxx` where `xxx` is a short description of the changes you're making. For example `update-readme` or `fix-typo-on-contribution-md`.
Open up the project in your favourite text editor, select the file you want to contribute to and make your changes. If you are making changes to the README.md file, you would need to have Markdown knowledge. Visit here to read about GitHub Markdown and here to practice. If you are adding a new project/organisation to the README, make sure it's listed in alphabetical order. If you are adding a new organisation, make sure you add an organisation label to the organisation name. This would help distinguish projects from organisation projects.
After making your changes in the new git branch then add your modified files to git, How to add, commit, push and go. git add path/to/filename.ext You can also add all unstaged files using: ```shell git add . Note, using a git add . will automatically add all files. You can do a git status to see your changes, but do it before git add.
Commit your changes using a descriptive commit message. git commit -m "Brief Description of Commit"
Push your commits to your Github Fork: git push -u origin branch-name
Submit a pull request. Within GitHub, visit this main repository and you should see a banner suggesting to make a pull request. While you're writing up the pull request, you can add Closes #XXX in the message body where #XXX is the issue you're fixing. So an example would be Closes #42 would close issue #42.
Laravel is often referred to as the “PHP Framework For Web Artisans”. It is an interesting technology to work with as a server-side(back-end) developer but as a front-end developer you can work with it too.
Composer: This is a tool for dependency management in PHP, if you do not have it installed in your computer globally please pause and install it here
PHP: It is advisable to root for PHP versions >= 7.0, get it here
Stage 1: Setting up project on local machine
Clone the socialapp project to your local machine preferably in you www(windows) and www/html(linux) folder.
Enter into the project directory my running the cd command cd socialapp cd src
Run the composer command to download and install are required laravel dependencies. composer install
Make a copy of the sample environment file (at this point the project should be open in your text editor) cp .env.example .env (you should see the new file added through your editor).
Generate you unique APP_KEY php artisan key:generate The key will automatically be updated in your environment file in your editor. If it doesn’t you can always copy and paste.
Stage 2: Connecting your database
Go to your localhost/phpmyadmin , login and create a new database
Go to your .env file and edit DB_DATABASE , DB_USERNAME and DB_PASSWORD to match the credentials you just created, where DB_USERNAME and DB_PASSWORD are the credentials of your phpmyadmin.
Go to your CLI and run php artisan migrate to create the appropriate tables for you in your local database.
Run php artisan db:seed seed the tables for you in your local database.
Or you can run step 3& 4 together as php artisan migrate --seed to create the appropriate tables and seed them in your local database.
Stage 3: Food is ready