Building a Calendar with Carbon
– tighten.com - submitted by Jamison Valenta
Let's walk through how to use Carbon, CarbonPeriod, and Laravel Collections to create a custom calendar in your Laravel apps.
Read more [tighten.com]
Easy, alternative soft deletion: `deleted_record_insert`
Here's a strategy for soft deletes where you move data to another table instead of leaving it in-place.
Read more [brandur.org]
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Clever Code Considered Harmful
What I've come to realize, though, is that anyone can write code that seems complicated. The hard thing is solving complex problems with simple code.
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A package to automatically copy deleted records to a separate table original
We've released a new package called spatie/laravel-deleted-models. When deleting a model, this package will copy over its attributes to a table called deleted_models.
You can view this package as a "Recycle bin for models".
In this post, I'd like to tell you all about it.
How to test Laravel's invokable rules original
Laravel 9 introduced a new way to create custom validation rules: invokable rules. It allows you to write a custom validation rule with only one method: __invoke.
Move Model Scopes To Traits In Laravel
– medium.com - submitted by CODE AXION
I have described where to put your scopes if your model is cluttered with 10 + scopes
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Refactoring ugly JavaScript
Some more live coding! Here's Caleb refactoring away some nasty conditionals
Read more [vimeo.com]
Solving an Array Reduce Interview Question in PHP
Here's Matt Staufer live coding some cool array / collection stuff
Top 25 YouTube Channels for Laravel and PHP Developers
– ashallendesign.co.uk - submitted by Ash Allen
Stay up-to-date with the latest trends in the Laravel and PHP communities by subscribing to these top YouTube channels. From beginner tutorials to advanced tips, these channels have something for every level of developer.
Read more [ashallendesign.co.uk]
PHP version stats: January, 2023
An update on the use of all PHP versions
Read more [stitcher.io]
Top 10 Books for PHP Developers
– davorminchorov.com - submitted by Davor Minchorov
These books will help you learn more about PHP in detail and make you a better software engineer overall.
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Three Equitable Design Considerations
– tighten.com - submitted by Jamison Valenta
This post discusses three equitable design considerations to avoid creating unintentional barriers and cultural or social biases for potential users.
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Three Web Accessibility Considerations
– tighten.com - submitted by Jamison Valenta
This post discusses accessibility design considerations that will help users with disabilities successfully use and navigate your website or application.
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How to improve initial page load time by deferring rendering Livewire components original
Livewire is an amazing piece of technology. It is extensively used in two products I work on: Oh Dear and Mailcoach Cloud.
In this post, I'd like to show you a simple technique where Livewire can help to improve your initial page load time significantly.
A recap of 2022 original
A package to run Google Lighthouse using PHP original
Google Lighthouse is an open-source, automated tool for improving the quality of web pages. It has audits for performance, accessibility, progressive web apps, SEO, and more.
Our newest package, spatie/lighthouse-php makes it easy to run Lighthouse using PHP. In this blog post, I'd like to tell you all about it.
Tailing multiple Laravel logs with Envoy
– rias.be
A pretty cool use case for Laravel Envoy.
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How to upgrade to PHP 8.2 on Mac (and Laravel Valet) original
Now that PHP 8.2 has been released, it's time to upgrade the PHP of your Mac.
If you're using Brew - which you probably are - there are only a few steps involved.
How to use the Query Builder correctly in Laravel
– youtu.be - submitted by Bert De Swaef
In this video we're having a look at the Query Builder, and how to use it correctly.
We're optimizing our performance by a. lot of request time, models loaded and memory used.
Read more [youtu.be]
Sending transactional mail using Mailcoach in a Laravel app original
I'm proud to share that we've released two new packages: spatie/laravel-mailcoach-mailer (for Laravel apps) and spatie/mailcoach-mailer (for all other PHP based apps).
Using these two packages, you can send transactional mail through Mailcoach Cloud.
In this blog post, I'd like to share how you can use these packages and how they work under the hood.
