Laravel 2015 Hoodie →
Laravel has an official 2015 hoodie now for sale. This year the design comes from Roko Kerovec and you can get yours if you purchase before Friday.
View ArticleLaravel Homestead Now with MySQL 5.7 and Node 5.0
Announced today is a new update to the Homestead Vagrant box. This release adds support for MySQL 5.7 and Node 5.0. You can grab the latest version by running: vagrant box update Also, with the...
View ArticleUsing environment variables in Laravel tests →
Matt Stauffer has a new quick tutorial on how to implement an .env.test file for your unit tests. He starts out discussing ways of setting them through the phpunit.xml file but those would then be...
View ArticleLaravel Podcast 38 — RepositoryBeanFactory →
In this episode, the talks about architecture, over-architecting, helper functions, facades, crystal ball coding, code preppers, and more! Listen online or subscribe in iTunes.
View ArticleSponsor: Telerik Platform →
Build Next-Generation Mobile Apps with Telerik Platform. Creating the best user experience for your mobile apps is critical to their success. But time constraints and limited resources sometimes force...
View ArticleLaravel Collections Unraveled →
Jeff Madsen has created a new free ebook, Laravel Collections Unraveled, that explores Laravel collections: In “Laravel Collections Unraveled” we are going to see just what is so amazing about this...
View ArticleNew Laracasts Podcast →
Jeffrey Way has started a new podcast named, The Laracasts Snippet: The Laracasts snippet, each episode, offers a single thought on some aspect of web development. Nothing more, nothing less. The first...
View ArticleLN 04: Fallout 4, Homestead, and more
Features of this episode include Fallout 4, Laravel Homestead, Lets Encrypt, some new Laravel packages, tutorials, and more… You can listen below, subscribe in iTunes, or grab the RSS. Show Links...
View ArticleStack Overflow is down. What now? →
Thomas Fuchs: Copy and pasting is awesome, and so very convenient. But this is not how you learn and become great at thinking for yourself, finding solutions for solving programming problems and most...
View ArticleMake Homestead Tab Complete Case Insensitive
I use ohmyzsh for my local shell and one feature that really spoils me is the ability to tab complete without matching the case. By default, Ubuntu and Homestead do not have this but support can be...
View ArticleLaravel Live Keynote at PhpWorld
Here is the live keynote from Taylor Otwell at PhpWorld. See the other keynotes here.
View ArticleComposer PHP Versions Stats – 2015 Edition →
Jordi Boggiano put together a list of stats on PHP version usage from Packagist: A few observations: 5.3 lost 5% which is good but now I guess we are on a long tail decline of Ubuntu 12.04 machines,...
View ArticleDreamFactory open source REST API platform hits 2.0 with Laravel (sponsor) →
DreamFactory 2.0 lets developers install a free REST API backend on any server, connect to any database, and instantly get the REST APIs they need to build and deploy modern mobile, web, and IoT...
View ArticleLaracon US 2016 Dates Announced
The dates for Laracon US 2016 have been announced and the conference will be July 27-29. The 2016 conference will be in Louisville, KY. If you’d like to find out more about the city check out this...
View ArticleBlack Friday Laravel Specials
It’s that time of year again. Everything is on sale for one day only and because we work on the internet no need to stand in line to pick up these great offers: 40% off Laracasts Laracasts, the...
View ArticlePHP Package Checklist →
The PHP Package Checklist is a project by Jonathan Reinink that is designed to help you go through all the steps to create a new PHP Package. There’s a lot that goes into a successful PHP package...
View ArticleLN 05: Laracon 2016 dates announced
Our most random episode yet. We cover the news and then it turns into a talk show. :) Show Links Laracon US 2016 50 Laravel tips Laravel Daily 10 packages Laravel Collections Unraveled Godfather...
View ArticleBuilding an Intermediary Laravel App →
Jesse Schutt has a new tutorial on the Zaengle blog with how they created an intermediary Laravel app to sit between an existing CMS and an Email service. The tutorial covers the initial requirements,...
View ArticleStay up to date with Laravel changes with LaraVer.xyz
Mike Bronner has recently launched a new web app, Laraver.xyz, that monitors the public Laravel repository and notifies you of you any changes. This way you can stay up to date with even the smallest...
View ArticlePHP 7 is now released →
PHP 7 is released: It is not just a next major PHP version being released today. The release being introduced is an outcome of the almost two years development journey. It is a very special...
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