Exploring Termwind Internals original
by Freek Van der Herten – 1 minute read – Edit
In this stream on YouTube, Francisco Madeira, co-creator of Termwind, guides me through the source code of his amazing package to style content on the CLI
Drying up test coverage using model scope events
– devonmather.dev - submitted by Devon Mather – Edit
Let's explore the option of firing events on model scopes to add some glue between our feature tests and our unit tests.
Read more [devonmather.dev]
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Invading private properties and methods in PHP
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Last week, Caleb tweeted about a nifty function called invade - that he had made to easily work with private properties and methods.
😈 Whatcha think of my new favorite helper method?
— Caleb Porzio (@calebporzio) February 11, 2022
That property/method protected or private? No problemoooo 🔓 pic.twitter.com/HqMXKKpRsJ
He added that invade function to Livewire. Because I could see myself using this in non-Laravel projects, I packaged up the function in a new package called spatie/invade.
Automate keeping your environment files in sync.
– github.com – Edit
How many times have you onboarded a new dev onto your team, only to have to spend ages debugging with them because your project's .env.example file is wildly outdated?
Here's a package that can help with that!
Read more [github.com]
A package to automatically discover routes in a Laravel app original
by Freek Van der Herten – 9 minute read – Edit
I'm proud to announce that our team has released a new package called spatie/laravel-route-discovery. This package can be used to automatically discover and register routes by looking at your controllers and views. Of course, you can also still register routes like you're used to in a routes file.
In this blog post, I'd like to tell you all about this package.
What's new in Laravel 9
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In this video, Jeffrey Way of Laracasts shares all the cool new stuff in Laravel 9.
The Laracon Summer 2021 videos have been released.
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Last year, Laracon held another online edition in the summer. All of the videos are now publicly viewable. You'll find them in this playlist on YouTube.
I had the honour of doing a short talk on snapshot testing in PHP, which you can watch below.
Modelling Tetris in PHP
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In a few lenghty sessions on YouTube, you can watch Shawn McCool build Tetris using PHP
Geeking Out Over PHP
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I was recently interviewed on my journey in PHP by the good folks at Kong. During this session you'll also see me demoing Ray.
Speeding up array_merge()
– www.exakat.io – Edit
Here's why you should be carefull with array_merge in loops.
Read more [www.exakat.io]
Using Ray in WordPress Development: Callers and Stack Traces
– tommcfarlin.com – Edit
Here's a cool post by Tom McFarlin how you can use Ray in WordPress to easily see a the callers of a function. This doesn't only work in WordPress but any Laravel and PHP app.
Read more [tommcfarlin.com]
Using Importmaps in Laravel
- submitted by Tony Messias – Edit
Tony Messias has ported a cool feature from Rails to Laravel.
Testing Laravel Environment Checks
– downing.tech – Edit
Here's how Luke Downing goes about testing environment specific things.
Read more [downing.tech]
Streaming HTTP response in PHP - turn long-running process into realtime UI
– itsrav.dev - submitted by Sourav R – Edit
Output Buffering is not so popular these days, but it is powerful. with simple vintage OB technique I made a real-time payment process UI
Read more [itsrav.dev]
Simulate production in your Laravel tests
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In this video, Michael steps a natural approache on how to test environment specific functionality.
A package to quickly send Slack alerts in a Laravel app original
by Freek Van der Herten – 2 minute read – Edit
Our team has released a small package called spatie/laravel-slack-alerts. It can be used to send a message to Slack quickly. In this blog post, I'd like to share why we've created this package and how you can use it.
A better error page for Symfony applications original
by Freek Van der Herten – 2 minute read – Edit
Ignition is the most beautiful error page for PHP apps. Yesterday, we launched a new major version of Ignition - you can check out all the details in this blog post.
Ignition used to be Laravel specific, but we've now created a framework agnostic version as well. Let's try using Ignition in a simple Symfony app.
Ignition, the most beautiful error page for Laravel and PHP, got a major redesign original
by Freek Van der Herten – 12 minute read – Edit
I'm proud to share that our team has released a new major version of Ignition, the most beautiful error page for Laravel and PHP. It has been redesigned from the ground up. Here's how it looks like. This error page will be the default in Laravel 9. You can optionally install it into any Laravel 8 or…
Accessing private properties in PHP
PHP has a few ways to access private properties this: reflection, closures and array casting.
Read more [www.lambda-out-loud.com]
Where does my validation live?
Validation takes on many shapes and forms. In this post, Frank walks you through all the possibilities.
Read more [blog.frankdejonge.nl]
