add latest news item as widget to dashboard #52

app/Widgets/BaseWidget.php

@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ use Arrilot\Widgets\AbstractWidget;
 
 class BaseWidget extends AbstractWidget
 {
+    public $cacheTime = 0;
+
     public function view(string $template, array $vars = [])
     {
         $tpl = 'layouts/' . config('phpvms.skin') . '/' . $template;

app/Widgets/LatestNews.php

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace App\Widgets;
+
+use App\Repositories\NewsRepository;
+
+class LatestNews extends BaseWidget
+{
+    protected $config = [
+        'count' => 5,
+    ];
+
+    /**
+     * @return \Illuminate\Contracts\View\Factory|\Illuminate\View\View
+     */
+    public function run()
+    {
+        $newsRepo = app(NewsRepository::class);
+
+        return $this->view('widgets.latest_news', [
+            'config' => $this->config,
+            'news' => $newsRepo->recent($this->config['count']),
+        ]);
+    }
+}