12 must-see talks if you want to become a better Laravel developer
I usually don't link to these kind of lists, but this one is great. Every one of the videos mentioned is a gem.
Read more [jcergolj.me.uk]
Laravel Seeders on Steroids
– ryangjchandler.co.uk - submitted by Ryan Chandler
Seeders are a great way of creating fixture data, as well as dummy data, for your development environment. Let me show you how we can make them even better.
Read more [ryangjchandler.co.uk]
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How to compile PHP from Source
Knowing how to compile PHP will open one of the few doors necessary for contributing to the PHP language. Once you get familiar with this it will be much easier for you to contribute in many ways such as running tests and uploading reports, writing new tests by yourself and bug reporting/fixing.
Read more [thephp.website]
Develop faster by adding dev routes file in a Laravel app original
Laravel's awesome closure based routing was probably one of the first features I fell in love with. I take it for granted now, but back in the days, such a simple way of adding a route felt like a glass of water in hell compared to the other frameworks.
Typically, you would only add routes that are necessary for the users of your app. Something that I have been doing for a long time is to create a routes file, called dev.php, with routes that can help with app development.
Setup MailHog with Laravel Valet
– ryangjchandler.co.uk - submitted by Ryan Chandler
Testing emails can be a pain. Luckily, there are plenty of tools out there that can make the process a lot easier. Let me show you how to setup MailHog, a local development tool for testing emails.
Read more [ryangjchandler.co.uk]
How to make Sail and Takeout play nice together
Sail is a new option for running Laravel locally via Docker. Matt Stauffer wrote a good post on how to let it play nicely with Takeout.
Read more [mattstauffer.com]
Exclude linting & formatting commits when running Git blame
As of Git 2.23 there is a way to configure a list of commits for git blame to ignore.
Read more [tekin.co.uk]
Tools for local PHP development
Over at FortRabbit, Jascha Silbermann shares the different options you have for working with PHP locally.
Read more [blog.fortrabbit.com]
Some SQL Tricks of an Application DBA
Databases are the backbone of most modern systems, so taking some time to understand how they work is a good investment for any developer.
Read more [hakibenita.com]
Braille, and the evolution of software development
– stitcher.io - submitted by Brent
There are one or two parallels with the history of braille that Brent thinks we can learn valuable lessons from.
Read more [stitcher.io]
How to Build and Autoload Your Own PHP Package Locally
Matt Stauffer shows a good workflow for this.
Read more [mattstauffer.com]
Composer 2: Platform Check
Composer v2 has a new feature that your server environment is checked at the run-time before the autoloader is even initialized. This is everything you should know about it
Read more [php.watch]
📺 PhpStorm Tips with Christoph Rumpel
Dancing artisan Christoph Rumpel released a new video series on how to make PhpStorm look pretty and get the most out of it.
Read more [blog.jetbrains.com]
Make PHP lib functions like dump() or dd() globally available
Julien Bourdeau explains how you can use the auto_prepend_file option of PHP.
Read more [www.sigerr.org]
Creating a Laravel specific package
John Braun wrote a good series on how to get started with Laravel package development
Read more [johnbraun.blog]
Switch PHP versions using Laravel Valet
I just found out that a recent version of #Laravel Valet introduced a "valet use php@version" command. Make sure you upgrade Valet to get this functionality. ? pic.twitter.com/JW99xfJNNb
— Kevin McKee (@iAmKevinMcKee) August 12, 2019
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Why Build X When Y Exists?
In a new post David Hemphill argues that you sure can (re)build something that already exists. I fully agree.
Some folks ask this rhetorically, implying there's no good reason when something similar already exists. They ask this question with a smug grin and think they've got you.
Read more [davidhemphill.com]
Fake PHP version in composer
Anna Filina explains the handy platform option you can use in composer.json. It's a good idea to just use this in all of your projects.
Say you run the latest PHP version on your machine, but the server runs PHP 5.5. This means that when you decide to add a Composer package, it might propose a version that may not be installable on the server. The solution is surprisingly easy. You can instruct Composer to see the PHP version of your choosing.
Read more [afilina.com]
PHPStorm Inspections for your Continuous Integration Process
I was quite surprised to learn that it could make sense to run PhpStorm on the server too.
Did you know that PHPStorm (or any other Jetbrains IDE) can run inspections from command line and generate XML files for the results? This is a great “hidden” feature of those IDEs and machine-readable output means it can be somehow integrated with a continuous integration (CI) process. So let’s do this!
Read more [www.christianscheb.de]
HTTP Toolbox
Lorna Jane gives a good overview of the tools available when working on an API.
As Web Developers, we need to know how to work with HTTP from every angle. I gave a 2-hour tutorial at PHP UK that included some of my most trusted tools - but it was sold out and a bunch of people asked me if there was video (there wasn't, tutorials make little sense when videoed). Instead, I thought I'd try to set out a self-study version of the workshop (I rarely teach these days so I'm unlikely to deliver it anywhere else).
Read more [lornajane.net]
