Show items count for each plan in list of plans

[matthiku]

In order to see whether a plan has been expanded or worked on already.

Another feature could be to show the date of the last update of any item in the plan. At the moment, the 'last updated' only shows the date when the plan properties have been last changed.

[matthiku]

Part 1 Implemented - Show items count

Files changed: plans.blade.php

• Added header cell: <th class="hidden-sm-down center"># items</th>
• added table cell: <td class="hidden-sm-down center">{{ $plan->items->count() }}</td>

TODO:

• Show last change date of a plan and its items.

A more cpu-saving solution for the second suggestion is to always update the plan 'updated_at' field whenever an item of this plan was changed.

[matthiku]

Part 2 implemented - Show name of last changer

Files changed:

• AppServiceProvider.php
  Added these lines into the boot() method:

        Item::updated( function ($item) {
            // when a user changes an item, we 
            // update the 'changer' field on the parent model (plan)
            $plan = Plan::find($item->plan_id);
            $plan->update(['changer' => Auth::user()->first_name]);
        });

• Item.php (the model)
  added this line:
  protected $touches = ['plan'];