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Using interfaces in third-party packages

Jan 23rd 2024 – svenluijten.com - submitted by Sven

How to effectively use interfaces to make your PHP package easier to work with and more customizable than ever before.

Streamlining API Responses in Laravel with DTOs

Jan 10th 2024 – seankegel.com - submitted by Sean Kegel

A comprehensive guide for creating custom Data Transfer Objects (DTOs) to enhance readability, efficiency, and testability in Laravel API integrations.

Building Maintainable PHP Applications: Over-engineering vs under-engineering

Jan 9th 2024 – davorminchorov.com - submitted by Davor Minchorov

Everyone talks about over-engineering but people rarely talk about under-engineering. Learn about the differences and how they depend on the context you are in.

Examples of Great URL Design

Dec 13th 2023 – blog.jim-nielsen.com

Here are some cool ways to structure URLs

Simplifying API Integration with Laravel's Http Facade

Nov 21st 2023 – seankegel.com - submitted by Sean Kegel

This article provides a guide on simplifying API integration in Laravel using the Http Facade, with a focus on building a reusable API request and client class.

Best Practices for Using PHP Enumerations

Nov 16th 2023 – jeffochoa.me - submitted by Jeff

Although PHP Enumerations are meant to provide an easy and elegant solution to work with a predefined set of values, these classes are often misused, resulting in a lack of consistency due to the introduction of all sorts of methods that increase their complexity. In this article, we are going to go through some practices (both good and bad) with the goal of clarifying the understanding of these types of objects to help you build a more resilient and consistent codebase.

Preventing Duplicate Form Submissions Using Atomic Locks

Nov 14th 2023 – daryllegion.com - submitted by Daryl Legion

Duplicate form submissions or requests can be a common issue in web applications, often leading to unintended consequences. Laravel offers a straightforward solution to prevent these duplicates by using atomic locks.

The Absolute Minimum Every Software Developer Must Know About Unicode in 2023

Nov 13th 2023 – tonsky.me

No suprises here: UTF-8 is the most popular encoding for data in transfer and at rest.

Ensure model events are fired in your tests when using Model Observers

Oct 31st 2023 – devonmather.dev - submitted by Devon Mather

We will look at a couple of common scenarios where adding a couple of lines to your tests can future-proof your application from data loss when using Model Observers.

Why you should use spatie/laravel-data to store "settings" in your Laravel app

Oct 30th 2023 – stefanzweifel.dev - submitted by Stefan Zweifel

I struggled for a long time to find a good way to represent settings in my Laravel apps. spatie/laravel-data solves this for me with strong types and Eloquent casting.

Single-use tests

Oct 13th 2023 – timacdonald.me

Another gem of a blog post by Tim MacDonald

Event Delegation: A Technique to Improve JavaScript Performance

Oct 4th 2023 – blog.shahryartayeb.com - submitted by Shahryar

In this blog post, you will learn what event delegation is, how it can help you optimize your JavaScript code by reducing the number of event listeners, and how to implement it with a practical example.

Why error tracking is crucial for your application

Sep 15th 2023 – flareapp.io - submitted by Spatie

Alex and Christoph explain why error tracking is crucial for your application.

The Source Of Readability

Sep 8th 2023 – loup-vaillant.fr

It's always nice to read good post on code reability.

Using Postmark Rebound to improve handling of bounced emails original

Jul 27th 2023 by Freek Van der Herten – 2 minute read

Whenever Oh Dear detects something wrong with your site, it can send you a notification. We have multiple channels available: Slack, Telegram, webhooks, and many more. The most popular channel our users use is just simple mail.

Behind the scenes, Oh Dear uses Postmark to send emails. Postmark will inform us whenever a notification mail results in a hard bounce. A hard bounce means that the mail won't be delivered. The most common reason for this is that the mailbox doesn't exist (anymore). This can occur when somebody changes jobs, and the work email address no longer exists.

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