Configure app.php, update elixir, update composer dependencies, add blade extensions with parsedown markdown support, and set good defaults for osx font rendering

.env.example

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 APP_ENV=local
 APP_DEBUG=true
 APP_KEY=random_string
+APP_URL=http://localhost
 
 DB_HOST=localhost
 DB_DATABASE=hypothetical

composer.json

@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@
     "type": "project",
     "require": {
         "php": ">=5.5.9",
-        "laravel/framework": "5.1.*"
+        "laravel/framework": "5.1.*",
+        "radic/blade-extensions": "~6.0",
+        "erusev/parsedown": "~1.5"
     },
     "require-dev": {
         "fzaninotto/faker": "~1.4",

config/app.php

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ return [
     |
     */
 
-    'url' => 'http://localhost',
+    'url' =>  env('APP_URL', 'http://localhost'),
 
     /*
     |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ return [
     |
     */
 
-    'timezone' => 'UTC',
+    'timezone' => 'Canada/Eastern',
 
     /*
     |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -144,6 +144,11 @@ return [
         App\Providers\EventServiceProvider::class,
         App\Providers\RouteServiceProvider::class,
 
+        /*
+         * Custom Service Providers...
+         */
+        Radic\BladeExtensions\BladeExtensionsServiceProvider::class,
+
     ],
 
     /*

config/blade_extensions.php

@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * Part of Radic - Blade Extensions
+ *
+ * @author         Robin Radic
+ * @license        MIT License - http://radic.mit-license.org
+ * @copyright  (c) 2011-2015, Robin Radic - Radic Technologies
+ * @link           http://radic.nl
+ */
+
+return array(
+    /*
+    |---------------------------------------------------------------------
+    | Blacklisting of directives
+    |---------------------------------------------------------------------
+    |
+    | These directives will be excluded.
+    |
+    */
+    'blacklist' => array(),
+    /*
+    |---------------------------------------------------------------------
+    | Markdown options
+    |---------------------------------------------------------------------
+    |
+    */
+    'markdown'  => array(
+        /*
+        |---------------------------------------------------------------------
+        | Enable markdown directives
+        |---------------------------------------------------------------------
+        |
+        */
+        'enabled'  => true,
+        /*
+        |---------------------------------------------------------------------
+        | Markdown renderer class
+        |---------------------------------------------------------------------
+        |
+        | Class that renders markdown. Needs to implement Radic\BladeExtensions\Contracts\MarkdownRenderer
+        |
+        */
+        'renderer' => 'Radic\BladeExtensions\Renderers\ParsedownRenderer',
+        /*
+        |---------------------------------------------------------------------
+        | Enable view compiler
+        |---------------------------------------------------------------------
+        |
+        | Enables markdown view compiler.
+        | This will enable you to use View::make('my_markdown_file') on `my_markdown_file.md`.
+        | Or use @include('my_markdown_file')
+        |
+        */
+        'views'    => true
+    ),
+    /*
+    |---------------------------------------------------------------------
+    | Directives overrides
+    |---------------------------------------------------------------------
+    |
+    | You can override any blade-extensions directive.
+    | For reference see the directives.php file in the blade-extensions/src views
+    */
+    'overrides' => array(/*
+        'macro' => array(
+            'pattern' => '/(?<!\\w)(\\s*)@macro(?:\\s*)\\((?:\\s*)[\'"]([\\w\\d]*)[\'"],(.*)\\)/',
+            'replacement' => '$1<?php if(array_key_exists("form", $__env->getContainer()->getBindings())){ echo app("form")->$2($3); } ?>'
+        )
+        */
+    ),
+    /*
+    |---------------------------------------------------------------------
+    | Enable example views
+    |---------------------------------------------------------------------
+    |
+    | If enabled, several example views including layout, views and embed partials
+    | will be available under the blade-ext::<view> namespace. Use vendor:publish --tag=view
+    | to publish to your own resources folder. Based on bootstrap 3.3
+    */
+    'example_views' => env('BLADE_EXTENSIONS_EXAMPLE_VIEWS', false)
+
+);

package.json

@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "gulp": "^3.9.0",
-    "laravel-elixir": "^3.0"
+    "laravel-elixir": "^3.3"
   }
 }

resources/assets/less/app.less

@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ body {
 
 * {
     outline: none !important;
+    -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
+    -moz-osx-font-smoothing: grayscale;
 }
 
 body.index {