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A short look at 2022.

Here, we will be looking at one of the hidden features of Laravel. This hidden feature is Responsable Interface. With the help of this interface, we can remove unwanted duplicate code from the controller.

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.

Each call to the builder will modify the underlying pending request. Every modification, another link in the chain, that will be sent, finally, with get().

A file manager tool and field for Laravel Nova. Beautifully designed, and customizable, this tool will provide a plug'n'play solution for your file management needs.

Laravel 8 introduced an HTTP Client which is a simple wrapper around the famous PHP Guzzle library. It works great out of the box, but here are some additional statistics that you can get out of every request and response.

This article talks about the benefits and trade-offs between session-based vs token-based authentication approaches. Additionally, it shares some of the best practices you should deploy for authenticating users.

This article describes the stack and setup I use to run integration tests for my WordPress plugin. It is based on Lando + InstaWP (and PHPUnit, Guzzle, WP-CLI, and a few other tools), which allows to run the same tests locally during development (against Lando) and on GitHub Actions just before merging the PR (against InstaWP)

What declarative programming is, and how to include more of it in your PHP code base.

Livewire 2 can have public properties manipulated by the user, but how? Livewire 3 will prevent this... but until then??

In this wvideo we're setting up softDeletes by default in our project by exporting the stub files used to create models and migration files and changing those stubs to our needs.

PHPScraper now supports fetching and parsing of XML sitemaps, RSS-feeds and static search indexes. This helps to aggregate context such as URLs for further crawling. The documentation contains the typical use-cases.

How does logging work in Laravel. When do you need it, what types of logging are there, how can you configure it and what log levels can you use.

Laravel Translations UI provides a simple way to manage your translations in your Laravel application. It allows you to add, edit, delete and export translations, and it also provides a search functionality to find translations.

Today, an SPF record is a must-have DNS record for reliable email delivery. Check this guide to learn how SPF record works and how to create one for your domain!

Here, we will be looking at how we can convert a complex multi-join raw SQL query into Laravel query builder code.

Testing your views, yes I said, testing your views. This is something that is both boring and quite tricky to get right. Sure you can write a test that checks that a certain text is shown, or not shown according to what you want to show in your view. The reason for it being tricky to test your views is that the view is something that you as a backend developer doesn't really have that much control over, unless of course if you are a one-man team doing the full stack.

Email headers are an essential part of any email communication and serve various purposes, such as informational and practical. Learn how to analyze and use them to secure your emails.

Coming back from a two-week break here at the podcast, Benedikt and Benedicte talk about the progress they’re making and a few existential questions about shipping updates. How long should stuff take? What is good enough? How do you balance quality and speed?