DEV Community: John R

dev.to is now my blog :)

John R — Sat, 07 Jun 2025 14:18:37 +0000

link here: https://oneaday.dev/blog

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100APIsOfCode : Day 3

John R — Sat, 07 Jun 2025 11:09:57 +0000

Day 3, was way more productive than anticipated.

https://oneaday.dev/one-hundred-apis

Two new API endpoints added:

Electric vehicle charge cost per mile.
Petrol vehicle fuel cost and cost per mile.

I have also updated the UI with a few quality of life additions:

A dynamic calculation to show how many APIs exist out of the target 100.
A sort of home page that contains a brief description of each endpoint.
A better cantered UI with a max width limit

Other stuff:
I removed the python Milliseconds to Minutes calculation and replaced it with Carbon\CarbonInterval as I felt the calculation was to simple to make use of python. But I will being python back for something heavy later on.

100APIsOfCode : Day 2

John R — Sat, 31 May 2025 10:48:14 +0000

Day 2, was more productive than anticipated.

https://oneaday.dev/one-hundred-apis

Here is the outline of what has been done:

Vue3.js components updated, adding a way to navigate the APIs as development progresses. I also added a pinia store that drives/binds selection between the dropdown via the v-show.

I have added a second endpoint, this one is an Interest Repayment Calculation a handy little calculation to quickly get an idea of how much borrowing money costs over time. I also added in a bottom part to show the JSON response as pretty print.

I did not use Python this time! I have noticed that a request that involves a python script has a slight delay. This isn't a problem for big heavy tasks, but in these early API developments, the small delay is a little annoying. So the Interest Repayment Calculation is PHP only.

The UI is still a little raw, but in time I will polish it.

Cyberpunk 2077 multiplayer / coop .. So cool some is actually giving it a shot.

John R — Sun, 25 May 2025 17:50:52 +0000

100APIsOfCode : Day 1

John R — Sun, 25 May 2025 13:39:10 +0000

Inspired by the 100 days of code I seen by @jobkroongit.

So I though why not start one myself.

I am going to create 100 API endpoints that preform some form of useful logic.

Weapons of choice, Laravel + vue3 & Python. Not sure if I need a DB yet, but if I do it will be PostgreSQL. I will also use tailwind to speed up the front-end side of things.

I will not set the GIT repo as public, but I will highlight code/technique/architecture/info that I find interesting and possibly valuable to others. I will base a good few of the endpoints on things that I tend to need in my every day development work.

Step 1 -- Setup and Deployment
I will be using VS Code, Postman and Git Desktop as my main dev/deployment tools with GitHub and CI actions, CI actions helps with deployment as it runs tests before push/branch merge. For live I will use Laravel Forge and a Digital Ocean droplet (so that I can install python). This will give a place for myself and others to view and interact with each endpoints I create. Aim to get all this setup in the first half of the 6 hours.

Step 2 -- Create a test endpoint for Boilerplate/Setup
I created a quick little Milliseconds to Minutes conversion. I find myself seeing Milliseconds form time to time, for example the output of MySQL EXPLAIN ANALYZE and it can handy to be to quickly convert it.

Most of the stuff done here so far, is boilerplate setup, but I did use of the python package pint UnitRegistry. I also used the PHP doodle I did as the PHP/Python - link at bottom.

So here it is the live Milliseconds to Minutes Converter:
https://oneaday.dev/one-hundred-apis
*link changed as of the UI update.

Notes:
I got hold of this oneaday.dev domain that I thought was fitting.
later I will subdomain so more use, for example:
johns.oneaday.dev
:)

I did not know that .dev domains have to be SSL or they will not resolve to the A record => server IP address. Was scratching my head on that one for about 15mins.

Other:
laravelphp-doodle-to-run-native-python

Laravel Cloud, no python, annoying. Goto Stick with FORGE and a DS.

John R — Sat, 24 May 2025 04:59:31 +0000

Laravel/PHP doodle to run native python.

John R — Fri, 23 May 2025 12:29:11 +0000

A little Laravel/PHP service doodle to run native python scripts.
Been increasingly using python with Laravel over the past two years.

Code can be seen here:
https://gist.github.com/johns-tools/827d499f0980e1ec02ed3bf9c51a8226