Chat about Laravel with Slack →
Shawn Mayzes and Mike Gatward started a new Slack channel for Laravel developers. The plan for the room is to meet other developers, share knowledge, ask questions, and just hang out. By filling out...
View ArticleAn Introduction to Laravel Envoy →
Mirza Pasic created a brief introduction to envoy, the command line task runner. He goes through installation, how it works, running tasks, and a basic deployment. I’ve been using Envoy since it first...
View ArticleLive Laravel DFW Meetup Tonight →
Tonight the Laravel DFW user group will feature a live Google Hangout. Taylor Otwell will join in and have a Q&A session. If you have a question to ask you can do so between now and 7pm Texas time....
View ArticleThe Artisan Files: Chris Gmyr
This week I’m happy to have Chris Gmyr share a little about himself in this weeks Artisan Files interview. Can you tell us about yourself? I’m 29 years old and currently live in Syracuse, NY with my...
View ArticleLearning Haskell as a Nonprogrammer →
The first and most obvious problem with deciding to learn programming with no experience actually has nothing to do with Haskell. True Confession: I didn’t know Github existed until I started learning...
View ArticleMembership Drive and Free Giveaway
I’ve been running Laravel News for a year now and I love it! I get a lot of enjoyment out of highlighting the best Laravel articles, videos, and packages each day and helping you keep up with...
View ArticleHow to Install and Setup Behat with Laravel 5 →
Feature: Install and Setup Behat In order to use Behat with Laravel As a Programmer I need to install it Scenario: Given I want to start “behavior-driven development” And I use...
View ArticleLearn about James Brooks, the creator of CachetHQ →
Over on the new Larachat site they interviewed community member James Brooks, creator of Cachet. Visit the interview to find out the back story of the project and more about James. Learn about James...
View ArticleAn Open Letter About PHP 7 Constructors →
Tony Marston writing about the proposed changed to PHP 7 that PHP 4 style constructors should be made invalid: Millions of existing websites will not be able to upgrade to PHP 7 until their code is...
View ArticleLaracon 2015 will be in Louisville KY
It was just announced that this years Laracon will be at The Kentucky Center in Louisville on August 18-19. This is a change from previous years of it being in May. Mark your calendars to start...
View ArticleThe Artisan Files: Bob Bloom
This week I’m happy to interview Bob Bloom. Bob is a developer at LaSalleMart, podcaster, and recently made the switch to using Laravel as his framework of choice. Can you tell us about yourself?...
View ArticleHow to upgrade from Laravel 4 to Laravel 5 →
Matt Stauffer has a new tutorial out showing you step by step how to upgrade from Laravel 4 to Laravel 5. This guide takes the approach of starting with a fresh Laravel 5 and moving your old stuff...
View ArticleLarameet UK →
James Brooks and a few others are discussing the idea of holding a one day Laravel meet up, Larameet, in the UK. Currently they are in the planning stages and seeking to find out the amount of...
View ArticleLaravel Sydney Live with Taylor Otwell →
The Laravel Sydney user group held a live meet up with Taylor Otwell as the special guest. You can watch the recorded video from their Google Plus page. Laravel Sydney Live with Taylor Otwell is a post...
View ArticleBetter Laravel Integration with PhpStorm →
This tutorial integrates the Laravel IDE helper by Barry vd. Heuvel and a Laravel Plugin into PhpStorm to give you a great development environment. The autocomplete in the views, routes, and providers...
View ArticleLaravel Podcast Episode 21 →
This episodes topics include: Laravel 5 is getting closer to beta and we discuss some upcoming changes as well as get into a discussion about when to use certain features of the framework and when they...
View ArticleFive Minutes with Jonathan Deaves
In this weeks Artisan Files I’d like to introduce you to Jonathan Deaves, a 25 year old developer from Scotland. Hi Jonathan, can you tell us about yourself? I’m 25 years old and I live in Glasgow,...
View ArticleDeSmart’s Laravel Story →
Radek Mejer on their move from an in house framework to Laravel: And bam! I’ve found it. Laravel was the only framework matching DSE “philosophy”. It’s easy to use, yet it has huge potential for...
View ArticleDeploying Laravel with Envoy →
In this tutorial Dwight Watson shares some excerpts from his Envoy file that he uses to deploy to EC2. He includes tasks for deployment, taking the site up and down, and finally migrations. He explains...
View ArticleLaraJobs Free Forge Giveaway →
LaraJobs is a site partner here and every week I include the latest jobs in the newsletter and on the home page. There is no better resource for finding Laravel talent. They just announced a free...
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