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New major versions for spatie/image and Laravel Media Library have been released

Original – Dec 18th 2023 by Freek Van der Herten – 11 minute read

We’ve released a new major version of spatie/image, v3. This package makes it very easy to manipulate images using PHP.

At the same time, we’ve also released a new major version of spatie/laravel-medialibrary. This is a powerhouse package that can associate all kinds of files with Eloquent models. The latest version of this package now uses spatie/image v3 under the hood for manipulating images.

In this blog post, I’ll explain why we made new major versions and how they can be used.

Caching Strategies In Laravel

Link – Dec 14th 2023 – tighten.com - submitted by Jamison Valenta

When it comes to caching, we have to balance performance gains with increased cost of complexity and infrastructure. In our latest post, we talk through a few different caching strategies and approaches so you know the best caching tool for any situation.

Examples of Great URL Design

Link – Dec 13th 2023 – blog.jim-nielsen.com

Here are some cool ways to structure URLs

Git gud at communication

Link – Dec 12th 2023 – thunk.dev

Communication is an absolutely critical skill for product development. But it's hard and it requires practice and feedback.

API Versioning in Laravel

Link – Dec 11th 2023 – blog.treblle.com - submitted by Steve McDougall

Learn how to version your Laravel APIs properly in this walk through tutorial.

Hands-on decoration

Link – Dec 8th 2023 – muhammedsari.me - submitted by Muhammed Sari

Mastering elation with the decorator foundation! Let's take a look at how we can leverage this simple, yet powerful design pattern in the context of a Laravel package.

Stressless: Stress Testing for PHP

Link – Dec 7th 2023 – pestphp.com - submitted by Nuno Maduro

The PEST team just announced the release of a brand new plugin for Pest PHP: Stressless.

Detecting N+1 issues in your Laravel project with Ray

Link – Dec 6th 2023 – myray.app - submitted by Spatie

Learn how to detect and resolve N+1 issues in your Laravel project by using Ray.

PHP attributes in Laravel

Link – Dec 6th 2023 – blog.oussama-mater.tech - submitted by Oussama Mater

Let's create toggleable Laravel routes for specific environments using PHP attributes.

How to build a SaaS in a weekend

Link – Dec 5th 2023 – arunas.dev - submitted by Arunas

Once you have an idea, releasing an MVP is easy! Learn how I did it, so you can do too.

Introducing Jira Integration with Flare

Link – Dec 5th 2023 – flareapp.io - submitted by Spatie

Learn how to connect your Flare errors with Jira issues

Creating a custom Laravel Pulse card

Link – Dec 4th 2023 – aaronfrancis.com - submitted by Aaron Francis

A quick tutorial on how to create a custom Laravel Pulse card

Testing Abstract Classes in PHP using Anonymous Classes

Link – Dec 1st 2023 – www.otsch.codes - submitted by Christian Olear

Abstract classes cannot be instantiated directly, posing a challenge when testing functionality implemented within the abstract class itself. In this article, I share my approach to addressing this issue.

Rendering Blade components in Markdown

Link – Nov 30th 2023 – aaronfrancis.com - submitted by Aaron Francis

Rendering Laravel Blade components in markdown files.

Adding "Stale While Revalidate" functionality to Laravel's Cache

Link – Nov 22nd 2023 – rias.be

Stale While Revalidate (SWR) is a strategy to first return the data from the cache, then send the fetch request, and finally come up with the up-to-date data.

Simplifying API Integration with Laravel's Http Facade

Link – Nov 21st 2023 – seankegel.com - submitted by Sean Kegel

This article provides a guide on simplifying API integration in Laravel using the Http Facade, with a focus on building a reusable API request and client class.

Solving subdomain CORS issues after switching to Laravel Herd

Link – Nov 20th 2023 – vanpachtenbeke.com

My colleague Niels solved a subtle problem when switching to Herd

Spatie's Black Friday Deals

Original – Nov 17th 2023 by Freek Van der Herten – 1 minute read

Like every year, we have some Black Friday discounts at Spatie. We made fun video about it.

Unorthodox Eloquent II

Link – Nov 17th 2023 – muhammedsari.me - submitted by Muhammed Sari

Muhammed's been working with Eloquent for over half a decade now, and it's time to share his next bag of tricks. You are guaranteed to learn something new!

Best Practices for Using PHP Enumerations

Link – Nov 16th 2023 – jeffochoa.me - submitted by Jeff

Although PHP Enumerations are meant to provide an easy and elegant solution to work with a predefined set of values, these classes are often misused, resulting in a lack of consistency due to the introduction of all sorts of methods that increase their complexity. In this article, we are going to go through some practices (both good and bad) with the goal of clarifying the understanding of these types of objects to help you build a more resilient and consistent codebase.