How to Build and Autoload Your Own PHP Package Locally
A guide to creating and autoloading a custom PHP package locally using Composer, without publishing it to Packagist first.
A guide to creating and autoloading a custom PHP package locally using Composer, without publishing it to Packagist first.
Laravel Vapor is a new serverless hosting platform for Laravel applications, powered by AWS for auto-scaling and zero server maintenance.
A beginner's guide to using the command line and Composer for developers, especially those familiar with WordPress.
Laravel Telescope is a free, open-source debugging assistant for Laravel applications, providing detailed insights into requests, jobs, and more.
A guide to counting lines of code in a PHP project, recommending the PHPLOC tool and explaining its output.
A guide on how to automatically generate a sitemap for a static website built with the Jigsaw framework using event listeners.
Explains Laravel 5.4's real-time facades feature, which allows creating facades on-the-fly without separate classes.
Explains Laravel 5.4's new higher order messaging and 'when' method for collections, showing cleaner syntax for filtering and actions.
Explains Laravel's tap() helper function, its 'higher order' version, and how to use it with collections for cleaner code.
Laravel Horizon is a new open-source package providing a dashboard and tools for managing and monitoring Laravel queues.
A guide on reading, inserting, updating, and deleting data in Google Spreadsheets using PHP and the Google Drive API.
Introducing Laravel Dusk, a new browser testing tool for Laravel 5.4 that enables testing JavaScript-heavy applications.
Announcing the launch of the book 'Laravel: Up & Running', now available for purchase in print and eBook formats.
An overview of the new Notification system in Laravel 5.3, explaining how to create and send multi-channel notifications.
Author updates on the release timeline and pre-order details for his new book, 'Laravel: Up and Running'.
Explains the directory structure changes in Laravel 5.3, including folders removed by default and new ones created by Artisan.
Laravel 5.3 introduces Mailables, a cleaner way to send emails using dedicated PHP classes instead of complex closures.
Explains the enhanced Collection::where() method in Laravel 5.3, including new comparison operators and loose/strict checking.
Introduces the new cache() global helper function in Laravel 5.3, explaining its three primary uses for getting, setting, and managing cache.
A developer shares surprising Laravel features and techniques discovered while writing the book 'Laravel: Up and Running'.