Glowing Background Gradient Effects with Tailwind CSS
Yet another nice video by Simon on cool things you can do with Tailwind.
Introducing a new package to add a support form to your app original
We've created a new package that can render a beautiful support form widget on any page. You can read more about the package in this blog post at Flare.
In this stream, I'll show you how to use the package. We'll also source dive its code.
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How to test a form in a Laravel app original
In this video, my colleague Brent explains a good way to test a form in a Laravel app.
This video is part of our new premium video course Testing Laravel.
Building a Fancy Tile Grid with Tailwind CSS
Another amazing video by Simon!
Git Rebase: a love story
At work, Tim MacDonald decided to show git rebase the love it deserves with a brown bag session. He has record it, so we can enjoy it as well.
Read more [timacdonald.me]
Exploring Pest internals original
In this stream, Pest creator Nuno Maduro explains how his testing tool works under the hood.
If you want to know how to use Pest (or PHPUnit) to test your application code, consider picking up our Testing Laravel video course.
Rebuilding iOS15 with Tailwind CSS
Simon of the Tailwind Labs team, keeps creating cool videos. In this video he recreates the iOS notifications screen.
CSS cascade & specificity
In a new video, Shruti Balasa explains this basic concept of CSS.
How Laravel handles DB connections
Mohammed Said created another kick ass video, this time on how Laravel handles DB connections.
Greatly improve the readability of your code by breaking down complex conditionals original
Most developers have probably seen some complex conditionals in legacy code. In this video I show you how to refactor those.
Exploring Event Sourcing (part 2) original
In this stream my colleague Brent and I continued our conversation about the foundations of event sourcing. This time we showed a shopping cart that we've built using Laravel and event sourcing.
If you're interested in learning more about event sourcing, be sure to check out our upcoming course on using event sourcing in Laravel.
How Flare's GitHub integration works under the hood original
Last week, my colleague Ruben and I launched a major new feature at Flare: there's a new integration with GitHub that makes it possible to:
- create a GitHub issue directly on a Flare error
- associate a GitHub issue with a Flare error by mentioning a Flare URL in the GitHub issue
- automatically resolve an error on Flare when you close the GitHub issue
- automatically close a GitHub issue when you resolve an error in Flare
In this stream, Ruben and I will show you how you can use this integration and how it works under the hood.
Building a Laravel package from scratch original
In this streaming session, you can see me build up the package from scratch. You can find the code seen in the stream in the spatie/laravel-remote repo on GitHub. If you want to learn how to build PHP and Laravel packages, consider purchasing our Laravel Package Training video course.
Creating a Ruby Gem for Ray
Ruby veteran Chris Oliver explained to me the basics of how to create a Ruby Gem (aka a Ruby package) for Ray. After I explained how Ray works internally, he coded up the foundation of the package. You'll find the code in this repo on GitHub.
You can watch our entire live code session here:
📺 Watch Laravel Worldwide Meetup #5: Hotwire in Laravel & Single DB multi-tenancy
Here is the recording of Laravel World Wide Meetup #5.
Tony Messias showed the magic of Hotwire in Laravel. Kevin McKee shared an very elegant way to implement single database multi tenancy.
Learn all new PHP 8 features by watching this free video course original
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.
The problems with traditional form uploads original
When handling uploads, a traditional input type of file has some downsides. In this streaming session I did yesterday, I explain those problems and share how they can be fixed using the upcoming Media Library Pro.
Exploring PHP 8 features original
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.
