Video: Taylor Otwell covering new features for Laravel 5.3
StreamACon, the company that handled the Laracon live stream, just released the first public video from the conference. This one features Taylor’s talk on new features coming to Laravel 5.3. The video...
View ArticleSending and Receiving SMS with Laravel and Nexmo
In this quick tutorial by Phil Leggetter, we’ll cover how you can both send and receive SMS from your Laravel application. We’ll do this using Nexmo, a cloud communications platform that offers APIs...
View ArticleWelcome to the next version of Laravel News
Four years ago Laravel News got its start as a simple Twitter and Facebook account where I would share things created by the Laravel community and try to help out the creators as well as users find...
View ArticleLaracon EU – Interview with speaker Freek Van der Herten
This year’s Laracon EU has a fantastic speaker lineup including twenty-two speakers from all across the world. Tickets are still available and it’s one you will not want to miss. Freek Van der Herten...
View ArticleDreamFactory – Turn any database into an API Platform (Sponsor)
DreamFactory auto-generates a rich API platform from nearly any SQL or NoSQL database. In addition to automatically generating REST endpoints for data and schema, DreamFactory offers parameters for...
View ArticleLaravel Notifications – Easily send quick updates through Slack, SMS, Email,...
Laravel Notifications is an all new feature coming to Laravel 5.3 that allows you to make quick notification updates through services like Slack, SMS, Email, and more. Let’s see how easy it is to...
View ArticleThe Laracon US Recap Episode
In this episode, we talk about last weeks Laracon, some of our favorite talks, and the new Laravel News. Show links: Video: Taylor Otwell covering new features for Laravel 5.3 Laracon US 2016 Recap -...
View ArticleLaracon EU is almost sold out.
Laracon EU is almost sold out and this is your last chance to get tickets and attend the conference. The conference is going to be August 23rd and 24th which is only about two weeks away. If you...
View ArticleLaravel Mailable: The new and improved way to send email in Laravel
A new feature in Laravel 5.3 is a way to simplify sending email by creating “mailable” classes that handle setting up your emails. The best way to explain this feature is with an example. In Laravel...
View ArticleEasily Integrate HTTP/2 Server Push with a Laravel Middleware
As we all know technology changes fast and if you don’t stop and look around once in awhile, you could miss it. HTTP/2 is one area of our tech stack that I haven’t been keeping up with an honestly...
View ArticleAll of the Laracon videos are now available for free
StreamACon has just published all of the videos from Laracon US and they are available for everyone to watch for free. Included with all the talks is also videos from the sponsor segments so you can...
View ArticleNew Community Project: Laravel Notification Channels
Laravel 5.3 will ship with a notification system that includes a Nexmo SMS driver, a Mail driver, and the ability to include custom drivers. Now that we have this system built-in we can use the new...
View ArticleA Quick Guide to Choosing Tools (Sponsor)
What separates the wrong analytics tool from the right one? It’s easy enough to figure out — if you understand the job you’re trying to get done. That’s how you need to think about your tools: in...
View ArticleLaravel Scout is now open for developer testing
Laravel Scout is a driver based full-text search for Eloquent that is going to be available when Laravel 5.3 launches. The driver is not officially released yet, however, the repository is now live...
View ArticleTNTSearch Driver is now available for Laravel Scout
Laravel Scout was just opened for developer testing and TNTStudio has already launched a new package for implementing their TNTSearch into Scout. TNTSearch is full-text search engine written in PHP...
View ArticleHow to use WordPress as a backend for a Laravel Application
Last week I relaunched Laravel News, and the new site is running on Laravel with WordPress as the backend. I’ve been using WordPress for the past two years, and I’ve grown to enjoy the features that...
View ArticleLaravel 5.3 RC1 is now released
Laravel 5.3 has been under heavy development and we’ve all been waiting for the release with great anticipation. The first release candidate is now released and available for everyone to start...
View ArticleLaravel Passport – Easily setup your own OAuth2 server
Creating your own OAuth server can be difficult and Laravel 5.3 comes with a free optional package called Passport that is a full OAuth2 server that is ready to go in minutes. Taylor demoed this new...
View ArticlePodcast: Laracon EU Special Edition
This week we are joined by Shawn McCool and Freek Van der Herten to talk about LaraconEU happening next. This episode is sponsored by Shippo - If you are shipping products Shippo will save you a ton...
View ArticlePodcast: Interview with Mike Bronner about his early experiences with Laravel...
Jack reads the news and interviews Mike Bronner while Eric takes a much needed week off. Eric sent out his 100th episode of the Laravel News Newsletter! Interview with Mike Bronner (@mikebronner) who...
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