Overriding Laravel Elixir Configs
Laravel Elixir is fantastic for your Laravel projects and it comes with defaults that “just work” within a Laravel application. It works so well that I like to use it for managing all my asset...
View ArticleReview of Test-Driven Laravel
I’ve been programming for close to a decade, and I’m constantly trying to find ways so to improve my skill set to be able to keep up with the ever-changing landscape of technology. The one area I’ve...
View Article24 Pull Requests
24 Pull Requests is a project to promote open source collaboration during the month of December. The idea is to “Send 24 pull requests between December 1st and December 24th,” and it encourages...
View ArticleLaravel v5.3.25 is released
Laravel has released v5.3.25 which includes two new validation rules, the ability to set the file permissions in the Filesystem, and a fluent builder for SlackMessageAttachmentField. New validation...
View ArticleAuto Publishing to Telegram using Notification Channels
Laravel Notifications are great when you need to send notifications out through a variety of channels. Based on the documentation the original use case for these is to send quick information messages...
View ArticlePHP 7.1 is now released - Featuring nullable types, class constants, and more.
Today, the PHP team has released 7.1.0 that includes new features such as Nullable types, Void return type, Class constant visibility modifiers, and more. Here is a quick overview of some of the new...
View ArticleLaravel Conference in Pakistan
The Laravel community in Pakistan is holding its fist Laravel conference in Karachi Pakistan, just off the Arabian Sea. This is a one-day event on December 10th that starts at 2:30PM and runs through...
View ArticleChanges coming to the Laravel release cycle
Back in 2013, Taylor announced Laravel’s official release cycle where each year includes two releases. The first in June and the second in December. Yesterday, Taylor announced on Twitter that this is...
View ArticleUnderstand.io – Online Event and Log Management (sponsor)
Applications logs are a critical factor in helping ensure that your online applications are running at their best. By using Understand.io you can get deep visibility into your applications in...
View ArticleLaravel Homestead 4.0 is released featuring support for PHP 7.1
Laravel Homestead the Vagrant box for easily running Laravel on any platform has just released v4.0 that includes support for the just released PHP 7.1. The upgrade is easy but the instructions do...
View ArticleRoute improvements are coming to Laravel 5.4
As Laravel 5.4 development continues, two new improvements are coming to your routes, better route caching for large applications and fluently registering routes. Route Caching Improvements The route...
View ArticleLaravel View Exists
Laravel comes includes with a lot of little helpers that aim to help you save time and keep your code clean. One of those is the View exists method that allows you to check if a blade file does in...
View ArticleLaravel Valet 2.0 is released
Laravel Valet, the development environment for Mac minimalists, has just launched version 2.0 which includes bug fixes and it moved from Caddy to Nginx. Upgrading To Valet 2.0 Upgrading to v2 is...
View ArticleLaravel Valet for Ubuntu Linux
The official Laravel Valet development environment is great if you are an Apple user and thanks to Carlos Priego you can now enjoy the same benefits you are an Ubuntu user. Valet for Ubuntu is a port...
View ArticleGitScrum: A free open source application for your development team
GitScrum is a Laravel 5.3 application to helps teams use Git version control and the Scrum framework in the support for day-to-day task management. GitScrum gives you full scrum control through all...
View ArticleIn Laravel 5.4 You Can Use Markdown in Your Emails
Laravel 5.3 introduced two new features around email, the Mailables and Notifications which allow you to send the same message through email, SMS, and other channels. Building on top of these...
View ArticleHabits of Highly Productive Individuals
We’re all concerned about maximizing what we can do in a day. Case and point: there are thousands, possibly millions, of articles on the internet devoted to productivity. There are just as many apps...
View ArticleLaravel Valet Now With PHP 7.1 Support
Laravel Valet v2.0.3 is now released and includes several bug fixes and includes the addition of PHP 7.1. I was running Valet v1 when I just performed the upgrade and before I could get PHP 7.1...
View ArticleLaravel Collections Now Include A Partition Method
A new feature that just arrived in Laravel 5.3 is a new Collection Partition method that allows you to separate results into two elements. $collection = collect([1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]); $items =...
View ArticleThe Packagist Team Announces A Private Version For Companies
The Packagist team has just announced a private commercial version that allows you to install your code with Composer faster, comes with permission management, and gives you more insights into your...
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