A case for Mastodon
Link – – cmorrell.com
Chris Morell has seen a bunch of pushback against Mastodon as an option, so he takes the time to address some of the issues that folks have put out there.
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Oh Dear is the all-in-one monitoring tool for your entire website. We monitor uptime, SSL certificates, broken links, scheduled tasks and more. You'll get a notifications for us when something's wrong. All that paired with a developer friendly API and kick-ass documentation. O, and you'll also be able to create a public status page under a minute. Start monitoring using our free trial now.
Build and Cache Frontend Assets once using GitHub Actions
Link – – stefanzweifel.dev
Learn how to use GitHub Actions to speed up your Deployer deployments by cleverly caching your frontend build assets
Read more [stefanzweifel.dev]
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Every month I send out a newsletter containing lots of interesting stuff for the modern PHP developer.
Expect quick tips & tricks, interesting tutorials, opinions and packages. Because I work with Laravel every day there is an emphasis on that framework.
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Plain Vanilla Websites
Link – – plainvanillaweb.com
This is an overview of the major techniques used to make web sites and web applications without making use of build tools or frameworks, with just an editor, a browser, and web standards.
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Geography in Laravel: retrieving geographical data
Link – – gummibeer.dev - submitted by Tom Witkowski
How to retrieve any geographical data from OpenStreetMap and transform them into usable PHP objects.
Read more [gummibeer.dev]
Data Fetching Patterns in Single-Page Applications
Link – – martinfowler.com
When a single-page application needs to fetch data from a remote source, it needs to do so while remaining responsive and providing feedback to the user during an often slow query. Five patterns help with this
Read more [martinfowler.com]
Participate in the State Of Laravel Survey
Link – – stateoflaravel.com
Tobias is organising another edition of his survey. If you're into Laravel, I highly encourage to participate.
Read more [stateoflaravel.com]
Testing Saloon API Integrations in Laravel
Link – – ashallendesign.co.uk - submitted by Ash Allen
Learn how to fake and record HTTP responses so you can test your Saloon API integration in your Laravel applications.
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How to test all routes in your Laravel app by writing just a single Pest test
We’ve released a new package called spatie/pest-plugin-route-testing. This package can test all common routes in your Laravel app by writing a single test.
In this blog post, I’d like to tell you all about it.
A package to use Filepond in your Livewire component
We’ve published a new package called livewire-filepond, which contains a component to easily upload files.
Under the hood, Filepond, a powerful JavaScript library to upload files, is used.
Livewire Strict: Enforce additional security measures to Livewire
Link – – wire-elements.dev - submitted by Philo
Livewire Strict helps enforce security measures and prevents you from having unprotected sensitive public properties.
Read more [wire-elements.dev]
Sending transactional emails using Mailcoach API in an Express.js application
Link – – mailcoach.app - submitted by Spatie
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Using whereAny() for cleaner queries in Eloquent
Link – – youtu.be - submitted by Bert De Swaef
In this episode of the Quick Win Wednesday series, we're taking a look at whereAny(), which was released with Laravel 10.47. A very elegant way of grabbing data based on a conditional "any of the following columns".
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A package to display solutions on the Laravel error page
When Laravel switched to a simpler exception page, the ability to display solutions for an exception was lost.
Our latest package, called spatie/laravel-error-solutions brings back that powerful feature. When installed, it will display solutions for most common exceptions.
Here’s how that looks it:
And yes, some solutions, like the one in the screenshot above, can be executed on the exception page too.
In this blog post, I’d like to tell you all about it!
A Guide to PHP Attributes
Link – – ashallendesign.co.uk - submitted by Ash Allen
Learn about what PHP attributes are and how to use them. We'll also look at how to create your own PHP attributes.
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Jujutsu: a next generation replacement for Git
Link – – v5.chriskrycho.com
Jujutsu (jj) is a new version control system from a software developer at Google with a focus on DX.
Read more [v5.chriskrycho.com]
Use HTMX to Create Laravel Single-Page Apps Without Writing JavaScript
Link – – tighten.com - submitted by Jamison Valenta
Single Page Apps... without writing any JavaScript? Let’s do it! Learn how to unlock the power of HTMX in your Laravel applications in our newest blog article from @nicodevs.
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WeakMaps, a hidden gem in PHP
Link – – flareapp.io - submitted by Spatie
Read more [flareapp.io]
Building Laravel Error Share
Link – – sebastiandedeyne.com
Here's how our latest package works under the hood.
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Mastering Programming
Link – – tidyfirst.substack.com
Some great insights by Kent Beck
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Lessons from Open Source Software
Link – – gummibeer.dev - submitted by Tom Witkowski
This post is a response/reaction to "From Contributor to Maintainer: Lessons from Open Source Software" by Patrick Organ.
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