Laravel Worldwide Meetup: Introducing Laravel Splade - Quick Wins in Laravel original
Here's the recording of the Laravel Worldwide Meetup which was held last week.
Originals — posts I've written myself.
Saying goodbye to WIP commit messages original
There are two kinds of developers: those that write commit messages and value a repo's history and those that don't. I'm in the latter camp: most of my commit messages just read "WIP", much to the chagrin of some of my colleagues. I've tried to change my ways, but I just can't get into the habit of writing good commit messages.
But now I have a solution: I use the power of AI to write my commit messages for me. In this blog post, I'll show you how I did it.
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Automatically clear Ray when running tests via PHPUnit or Pest original
Learn how to automatically clear Ray's screen when running a test
Read more [myray.app]
Laravel Analytics v5 with support for GA4 has been released original
We've released a new major version of our Laravel Analytics package. The most important new feature of this release is the support for GA4.
Skipping tests conditionally in Pest original
In this blog post, I'd like to show the easiest way to skip tests conditionally in tests. Using the simple technique, which can be used for other things besides skipping tests, you can make your tests much more flexible.
Discovering PHP's first-class callable syntax original
When looking at recent changes in the Laravel framework, I saw some PHP syntax that I didn't see before. Because I've been working with PHP for over 20 years and have a firm grasp of the language, I was surprised to see new syntax for the first time.
Pest v2: see all new amazing features in action original
The release of Pest v2 is right around the corner. Pest creator Nuno Maduro and the rest of the Pest team are currently working hard improving the docs ahead of the Pest v2 release somewhere later this month.
In this blog post, I'd like to share the free videos I've created for each of the amazing features.
Ray can now display the values of private properties original
Our handy Ray debugging app gained a cool new trick: it can now display the values of private properties and results of private methods.
Strategies for making Laravel packages customizable original
While attending Laracon India, many people approached me to ask how we handle the maintenance of all our Spatie packages. One of the ways we keep maintenance burden low is by making our packages customizable. In this blog post, I'd like to cover some of our best tips to make a Laravel package easy…
Casual Artisan Call February 2023 original
Christoph and I did another casual artisan call do talk about what's been keeping us busy.
Log all notifications sent by your Laravel app original
We've released a new package called Laravel Notification Log. True to its name, it will log when your Laravel app sends notifications. It also contains helpful methods to determine when notifications were sent.
Using Laravel Sanctum to create dynamic abilities original
In Oh Dear, we recently added the ability to create fine-grained API tokens that are scoped by a model. Behind the scenes, it uses Laravel Sanctum to create and verify abilities.
In this blog post, I'd like to give you a peek behind the scenes and show how we set this up.
Creating an onboarding email drip campaign using Mailcoach original
One way to teach your audience the features you offer is by creating a drip campaign about all the features your platform offers. Better knowledge of all features hopefully leads to better conversion rates.
Read more [mailcoach.app]
A package to integrate HelpSpace in your Laravel app original
I'm happy to announce that we've released another new package: spatie/laravel-help-space. This one makes it easy to populate a custom sidebar in HelpSpace with the data from your Laravel app. In this blog post, I'd like to tell you all about it.
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.
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.
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.
