Six New'ish HTML Tags You Can Use Right Now
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Jeffrey Way of Laracasts showcases some nice HTML goodness.
The “It's Just Like...” Heuristic
– verraes.net – Edit
Why feeling that you understand a new idea, is a sign that you didn't.
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Learning Laravel: Assets and Authentication
– tighten.com - submitted by Jamison Valenta – Edit
Looking for a fun way to dive deeper into Laravel that's not just a to-do list tutorial? Our "Learning Laravel" series by Kristin Collins is exactly what you've been missing!
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The difference between Traits, Interfaces, and Abstract Classes in PHP
– aschmelyun.com - submitted by Andrew Schmelyun – Edit
If you've been working with PHP regularly, chances are you've run across an Interface, Trait, or Abstract Class. At first glance, they might appear to have a few similarities between them, and it can be hard to make out their differences and use cases.
Read more [aschmelyun.com]
Statements Vs. Expressions in JavaScript
In this blog post, Josh Comeau shares some of the epiphanies he's had about this distinction, and how you can use this information in day-to-day work.
Read more [www.joshwcomeau.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.
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12 must-see talks if you want to become a better Laravel developer
– jcergolj.me.uk – Edit
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]
Things I Didn't Know About SQS
– laravel-news.com – Edit
Chris Fidao wrote another excellent post on AWS.
Read more [laravel-news.com]
Modern Javascript: Everything you missed over the last 10 years
– turriate.com – Edit
Here's a nice list of JS niceties that is available natively in modern browsers
Read more [turriate.com]
Tailwind CSS: From Zero to Production
– www.youtube.com – Edit
In this incredibly well produced course, Tailwind Labs member Simon Vrachliotis teaches you how to get started with Tailwind.
Read more [www.youtube.com]
Functional Programming is not weird: you just need some new patterns
– medium.com – Edit
Don't be afraid of friction when learning new things.
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When I lost a few hundred leads
– stitcher.io – Edit
Everybody makes fuckups. When you do, don't be ashamed, just try to learn from it.
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Object oriented code done right
Here's an entire chapter taken from Front Line PHP, a course on building moderns apps with PHP 8
Read more [front-line-php.com]
Learn all new PHP 8 features by watching this free video course original
by Freek Van der Herten – 1 minute read – Edit
Together with my colleague Brent, I've created Front Line PHP, a book and video course on building modern applications with PHP 8. You can purchase the book here.
The video course is entirely free. Head over to our website to see videos on all new major PHP 8 features.
Exploring PHP 8 features original
by Freek Van der Herten – 1 minute read – Edit
In preparation for creating the Front Line PHP video course I needed to make myself familiar with the features that PHP 8 brings to the table. In this stream you can see me trying out some of these features for the first time.
My journey into event sourcing
– stitcher.io – Edit
These past few months, my colleague Brent and I worked together on a project that uses event sourcing in a big way. On his blog, Brent shared a post mentioned a lot of interesting resources for learning and understanding event sourcing.
Read more [stitcher.io]
Braille, and the evolution of software development
– stitcher.io - submitted by Brent – Edit
There are one or two parallels with the history of braille that Brent thinks we can learn valuable lessons from.
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My First Golang
– chipperci.com – Edit
Chris Fidao shares his first Golang app that went into production.
Read more [chipperci.com]
EventSourcery: a free video course on event sourcing
A few years ago Shawn McCool recorded a very nice video course on event sourcing. He recently made the entire course free to watch.
Read more [eventsourcery.com]
ES6 modules made simple
A good overview on how to import stuff in the JavaScript world.
Read more [dev.to]
