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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.
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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.
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This week, Christoph Rumpel and I took some time to catch up. We talk a bit on programming, what's going on in our lives, and more. We streamed on our conversation on YouTube.
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In this video, which is part of the Laravel Package Training, I show you how the "Marked as Completed" button under each video works.
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In this stream, my colleague Brent and I download the source of PHP 8 RC1, and test some of PHP 8's cool new features.
Brent and I are working on Front Line PHP, an ebook on cutting edge tactics in PHP 8, accompanied by videos and practical examples. Subscribe to our mailing list to get updates around this project.
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Here is the recording of Laravel Worldwide Meetup #3. Jazz Jalled spoke on the manager pattern, Adel Fayzrakhmanov on PhpStorm plugin development.
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Earlier this year, our team released laravel-dashboard, a package that allows you to set up powerful dashboards in no time! In this talk, given at this years Laracon EU Online, I demonstrate how you can use it and how it works under the hood. Want to see more package source dives? Considering…
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Blade components are a wonderful feature of Laravel. In most examples you can see them being used for small UI elements. Did you know you can use them for layouts as well? Want to see more videos like this one? Head over to the Readable Laravel video series on our website.
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Form requests are often used for validation purposes only, but they can do a whole lot more. You can manipulate data before and after validation, and you can easily add methods of your own.
In this video I'll demonstrate all these possiblities.
Want to see more videos like this one? Head over to the Readable Laravel video series on our website.
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Yesterday, the very first Laravel Worldwide Meetup was held. At the event, which was live streamed on YouTube, Joseph Silber gave an introduction to lazy collections. Mohamed Said demonstrated some very powerful additions coming to queues in Laravel 8.
You can watch a recording of the meetup below.
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Last week I held an online meetup. My two guests were JMac and Nuno Maduro. 00:00 Welcome 02:00 Exploring Laravel Workbench (JMac) 30:00 Introducing Pest 0.2 (Nuno Maduro) Show links Laravel Shift: https://laravelshift.com Pest: https://pestphp.com
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In this video you can see an extraordinary Sudoku being solved. It has nothing to do with programming, but it's fun to see how Mitchell Lee thinks while solving this one.
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In this short video I demonstrate how you can display multiple Twitter feeds using laravel-dashboard. I will release the packages as soon as we hit 50 sponsors on GitHub.
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In this unrehearsed streaming session I show off how you can use the upcoming laravel-dashboard package to quickly build a beautiful dashboard that shows a realtime Twitter wall, a calendar tile that is fed by events coming from a Google Calendar, and a tile that displays the weather.
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In this stream (which is the first I've ever done) I'll show you what you can do with our upcoming laravel-backup-server package and how it works under the hood.
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]
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At Spatie we have 100+ servers that we manage for our clients. The past few weeks, I've invested some time in creating a new Laravel package, called laravel-backup-server that can back them all up. In the video below you'll get a first look at the package.
In this series of video tweets, Mohammend Said explains some of the most confusing Queue configuration keys.
Read more [divinglaravel.com]
