A developer shares surprising Laravel features and techniques discovered while writing the book 'Laravel: Up and Running'.
The author explains their decision to publish their book 'Laravel: Up and Running' with O'Reilly instead of self-publishing.
A guide to setting up and running PHP with the Caddy web server on macOS, including installation and configuration steps.
A tutorial on creating a custom email blacklist filter for the Contact Form 7 WordPress plugin using PHP.
Explains Laravel 5.2's middleware groups feature for simplifying route middleware management.
Explains the new implicit route model binding feature in Laravel 5.2, which simplifies linking URL parameters to Eloquent models.
A guide to creating custom @requires annotations in PHPUnit to conditionally skip tests based on environment variables like Travis CI.
Learn how to create custom Blade directives in Laravel to simplify conditional logic in your views, using a multitenant app as an example.
Introducing a PHP library for identifying dead code using executable markers called "tombstones" to safely clean up legacy projects.
A guide to implementing Access Control List (ACL) authorization using the Gate system in Laravel 5.1.
Explains how to use Laravel 5.1's built-in login throttling feature to prevent brute-force attacks by limiting failed login attempts.
A guide to using Laravel 5.1's model factories to create fake data for cleaner and more efficient integration testing.
Learn how to write powerful and simple integration tests in Laravel 5.1 using new built-in methods like visit(), see(), and click().
Explains the new, simplified syntax for creating custom Artisan commands in Laravel 5.1, comparing it to the old method.
A guide on how to pass parameters to middleware in Laravel 5.1, using role-based authentication as a practical example.
A guide on how to install and upgrade to an in-development, pre-release version of the Laravel PHP framework using Composer.
A tutorial on building a Lumen microservice that generates Heroku-style random server names using a thesaurus API.
Lumen is a new micro-framework from Laravel, designed for building fast microservices and small, single-purpose applications.
A humorous rap song about Drupal development, covering modules, hooks, caching, and the Drupal community.
A developer shares a code refactor by Laravel's creator, highlighting lesser-known features like Cache::remember.
