I make extensive use of Laravel Debugbar to track performance of parts of my application. I sprinkle calls to Debugbar::startMeasure and Debugbar::stopMeasure to track the duration of certain segments of my code. However, when this code goes into production, this dependency isn't present. This causes the code to break since it cannot find Debugbar anymore.

To solve this issue, I thought I would create a dummy Debugbar class and have it added as an alias, so that any code depending on Debugbar would still work, but end up as a "no operation". I found the article Dynamic class aliases in package which introduced the necessary piece of information to accomplish this.

<?php

use Illuminate\Foundation\AliasLoader;
use My\SuperPackage\FooBar;

class ServiceProvider extends \Illuminate\Support\ServiceProvider
{
    public function register()
    {
        $this->app->booting(function() {
            $loader = AliasLoader::getInstance();
            $loader->alias('FooBar', FooBar::class);
        });
    }
}

In my desired use case, I simply implemented the following changes:

In app/Providers/DebugbarServiceProvider.php (a new file)

<?php

namespace App\Providers;

use Illuminate\Foundation\AliasLoader;
use Illuminate\Support\ServiceProvider;

class DebugbarServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
{
    public function register()
    {
        if (!class_exists('Debugbar')) {
            $loader = AliasLoader::getInstance();
            $loader->alias('Debugbar', NullDebugbar::class);
        }
    }
}

class NullDebugbar
{
    public static function __callStatic(string $name, array $arguments)
    {
        // Do nothing
    }
}

In app/config/app.php

    // under the 'providers' key, add
    'providers' => [
        [...]
        // This will take care of loading the service provider defined above
        App\Providers\DebugbarServiceProvider::class,
    ],

With those two changes, it is now possible to make use of Debugbar in most places and have it work even without the Laravel Debugbar dependency installed.

References

• https://laracasts.com/discuss/channels/laravel/dynamic-class-aliases-in-package

Why tabs are kept open

• Want to read but
  • Too long -> Transfer to pocket
• Want to watch but
  • Too long -> Add to a youtube watchlist (which I'll never watch)
• I need them open to quickly enter data
• I want to watch them again and again
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• Company name
• Product name
• What problem we are trying to solve
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• Why should you trust if vs our competitors
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• Link to our bug tracker
• Subscribe to our mailing list
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• Email to contact for any question

• A/B testing of the price

• Testimonials

• Full website

  • Packages/Pricing/Plans
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• On signing

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• Events tracking
  • Seen sections of the landing page/
  • Mouse movement/heatmap/session recording (viewport + mouse position)

TODO

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Extracted from articles

• Unique Selling Proposition
• Hero shot
• Benefits of your offering
• Social proof

• Call-To-Action (single conversion goal)

• The headline should inform the user what the product or service is all about

References

• http://unbounce.com/landing-pages/7-elements-of-a-winning-landing-page/
• https://blog.kissmetrics.com/beginners-guide-to-landing-pages/
• https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/landing-page-examples-list
• http://thelandingpagecourse.com/landing-page-101-intro/
• https://blog.crazyegg.com/2014/10/07/landing-page-essentials/
• https://blog.crazyegg.com/2016/03/18/6-laws-of-landing-page-optimization/
• https://www.codeinwp.com/blog/landing-page-basics-you-should-know/
• https://www.weidert.com/whole_brain_marketing_blog/bid/206472/7-basic-landing-page-guidelines-that-make-or-break-conversions

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• Get feedback from peers
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• Have expertise on what you share your opinion about
• Make yourself seen
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• It's difficult to remember/know the current state of a project
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    • Create a to do list first, then proceed from that to do list
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Process

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• Establish the current state of the project
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