Don't test constructors
Link – – matthiasnoback.nl
Matthias Noback wrote down some good testing advice.
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What's new in laravel-event-sourcing v5
Link – – stitcher.io
Last week we released a new version of spatie/laravel-event-sourcing. Version 5 is probably one of the largest releases since the beginning of the package. We've worked several months on it and have been testing it extensively already in our own projects.
In this post, my colleague Brent will walk you through all the changes and new functionalities.
Read more [stitcher.io]
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Expect quick tips & tricks, interesting tutorials, opinions and packages. Because I work with Laravel every day there is an emphasis on that framework.
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A Laravel package to dispatch jobs via Artisan
Our team has released a new Laravel package: spatie/laravel-artisan-dispatchable. This package allows you to dispatch any job from an artisan command.
In this blog post, I'd like to explain why we created the package and how you can use it.
Alpine 3.x Tips and Tricks
Link – – ryangjchandler.co.uk - submitted by Ryan Chandler
Here are a few tips and tricks that you can use in your Alpine 3.x components.
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Writing better Regular Expressions in PHP
Link – – php.watch
Regular expressions are powerful, PHP but they are not known to be readable, and more often than not, maintaining a regular expression is not a straight-forward task. Here are some tips to improve and write better regular expressions in PHP.
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🚀 Event Sourcing for Laravel is now available
I'm thrilled to announce that our premium course Event Sourcing in Laravel has just launched.
If you ever wanted to get started with event sourcing, this is the course for you. It contains a beautifully designed ebook, two hours worth of videos, and a demo Laravel app containing an event-sourced shopping cart.
Event sourcing isn't an all or nothing approach. Even if your project doesn't need the full power of event sourcing, you can still benefit from knowing and implementing best practices from the event sourcing world.
We're offering a 20% launch discount for the next two weeks to celebrate this release.
In this stream, you can see my colleague Brent and I launch the course, and answer questions from the audience.
JSON API Error Responses in Laravel with Httpable Exceptions
Link – – jessarcher.com
Jess Archer show a nice approach on how to use exception in the HTTP layer.
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Dealing with the n+1 problem in Laravel
Mohamed shows how you can deal with N+1 problems using the $with model attribute and the newly added Model::preventLazyLoading() method.
CSS cascade & specificity
In a new video, Shruti Balasa explains this basic concept of CSS.
Performance problems caused by array_unique
Link – – tideways.com
Benjamin Eberlei tells the story of a performance mistake that is quickly made even by experienced developers.
Read more [tideways.com]
How Laravel handles DB connections
Mohammed Said created another kick ass video, this time on how Laravel handles DB connections.
How to optimize ORDER BY RANDOM()
Link – – tpetry.me
Tobias explains how you can make this operation very fast even if your table has several million records.
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A new design for Ignition
A couple of years ago, Ignition became the default error page in Laravel.
Ignition provided a vastly improved design over Whoops: it brought Laravel specific niceties (such as showing the routing, queries) and the ability to display and even run solutions (e.g. generating an app key).
At Spatie, we think we can improve the design of Ignition even more. Our initial plan was to release this new design in tandem with Laravel 9 as a big bang surprise release. We've changed our mind on this because we'd like to have feedback from the community.
In this blog post, I'd like to share our ideas and plans for Ignition.
PHP Short Functions and Scope
Link – – rosswintle.uk
Ross Wintle dissected the recent RFC for auto-capturing multi-statement closures in PHP.
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Using Laravel's parallel testing inside your package tests
Link – – www.rias.be
Laravel recently added parallel testing to the framework using the Paratest package which runs PHPUnit in separate parallel processes. Adding support for this in your own package tests is pretty straightforward using orchestral/testbench.
Read more [www.rias.be]
Improve code readability by refactoring if blocks to dedicated classes
Greatly improve the readability of your code by breaking down complex conditionals
Most developers have probably seen some complex conditionals in legacy code. In this video I show you how to refactor those.
Laravel Sidecar: Deploy & Execute Lambda Functions from Laravel
Link – – github.com - submitted by Aaron Francis
Sidecar packages, creates, deploys, and executes Lambda functions from your Laravel application.
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No, Utility Classes Aren't the Same As Inline Styles
Link – – frontstuff.io
An excellent post on the subject by Sarah Dayan.
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Working Through A Pandemic
Link – – tighten.co - submitted by Jamison Valenta
Tighten employees share encouragement for anyone struggling through the pandemic.
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