A CLI tool to monitor GitHub Actions original
by Freek Van der Herten – 3 minute read – Edit
I'm proud to share that our team has launched a new CLI tool called GitHub Actions Watcher.
Drying up test coverage using model scope events
– devonmather.dev - submitted by Devon Mather – Edit
Let's explore the option of firing events on model scopes to add some glue between our feature tests and our unit tests.
Read more [devonmather.dev]
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Invading private properties and methods in PHP
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Last week, Caleb tweeted about a nifty function called invade - that he had made to easily work with private properties and methods.
😈 Whatcha think of my new favorite helper method?
— Caleb Porzio (@calebporzio) February 11, 2022
That property/method protected or private? No problemoooo 🔓 pic.twitter.com/HqMXKKpRsJ
He added that invade function to Livewire. Because I could see myself using this in non-Laravel projects, I packaged up the function in a new package called spatie/invade.
DevToys for Mac
– github.com – Edit
Here's a free nifty little Mac app that can do a whole bunch of tasks: formatting JSON, encode URLs, generate UUIDS.
Read more [github.com]
React Hooks for Beginners: Managing State
– tighten.com - submitted by Jamison Valenta – Edit
What's all the fuss about React hooks? In our latest blog post, we share the basics of managing state with hooks in a React app.
Read more [tighten.com]
Automate keeping your environment files in sync.
– github.com – Edit
How many times have you onboarded a new dev onto your team, only to have to spend ages debugging with them because your project's .env.example file is wildly outdated?
Here's a package that can help with that!
Read more [github.com]
A package to automatically discover routes in a Laravel app original
by Freek Van der Herten – 9 minute read – Edit
I'm proud to announce that our team has released a new package called spatie/laravel-route-discovery. This package can be used to automatically discover and register routes by looking at your controllers and views. Of course, you can also still register routes like you're used to in a routes file.
In this blog post, I'd like to tell you all about this package.
What's new in Laravel 9
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In this video, Jeffrey Way of Laracasts shares all the cool new stuff in Laravel 9.
The Laracon Summer 2021 videos have been released.
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Last year, Laracon held another online edition in the summer. All of the videos are now publicly viewable. You'll find them in this playlist on YouTube.
I had the honour of doing a short talk on snapshot testing in PHP, which you can watch below.
Modelling Tetris in PHP
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In a few lenghty sessions on YouTube, you can watch Shawn McCool build Tetris using PHP
How does Treblle scale on AWS without breaking the bank?
– treblle.com – Edit
Here's how Treblle, a large Laravel app, manages to keep their AWS costs low.
Read more [treblle.com]
Geeking Out Over PHP
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I was recently interviewed on my journey in PHP by the good folks at Kong. During this session you'll also see me demoing Ray.
10 lessons in productivity and brainstorming from The Beatles
– medium.com – Edit
As a big Beatles fan, I enjoyed this blog post very much. I often think there are a lot of similarities between programming and making music.
Read more [medium.com]
Speeding up array_merge()
– www.exakat.io – Edit
Here's why you should be carefull with array_merge in loops.
Read more [www.exakat.io]
Laravel Worldwide meetup: Building CLI apps with Termwind & What's new in Inertia
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On this edition of the meetup, Francisco Madeira talks about creating beautiful CLI apps with Termwind. Claudio Dekker shows what's new in Inertia.
Using Ray in WordPress Development: Callers and Stack Traces
– tommcfarlin.com – Edit
Here's a cool post by Tom McFarlin how you can use Ray in WordPress to easily see a the callers of a function. This doesn't only work in WordPress but any Laravel and PHP app.
Read more [tommcfarlin.com]
How I Got Pwned by My Cloud Costs
– www.troyhunt.com – Edit
Troy Hunt recently got a very high bill for his severless hosting. In this post, he share why the bill was so high, and how he's avoiding this for future bills.
Read more [www.troyhunt.com]
Using Importmaps in Laravel
- submitted by Tony Messias – Edit
Tony Messias has ported a cool feature from Rails to Laravel.
Efficient Pagination Using Deferred Joins
– aaronfrancis.com - submitted by Aaron Francis – Edit
A slight modification to traditional offset/limit pagination that can drastically boost performance.
Read more [aaronfrancis.com]
Implementing Parity Purchase Power
– wesbos.com – Edit
Here's how Wes Bos goes about adding PPP for his courses.
Read more [wesbos.com]
