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Implementing Load More functionality with Livewire 3 in 2 minutes.

2023-11-08T11:23:00+01:00

In this video you'll learn how to implement "load more" functionality with Livewire 3 in about 2 minutes.

Build a Quick & Easy Instant Search UI With Alpine AJAX & Laravel

2023-11-06T13:23:00+01:00

How to easily progressively enhance an instant search component with Alpine AJAX so that it works with or without JavaScript available.

Juggling Databases When Testing With Laravel: Tackling the Lock Wait Timeout Error

2023-11-03T13:22:00+01:00

Writing tests to validate behaviour in a multi-tenancy, multi-database app can be challenging. "Lock wait timeout" errors, or transactions cleaned up in one db and not another - it can be very frustrating! Fortunately, Laravel has a way to support db transactions across multiple databases.

Ensure model events are fired in your tests when using Model Observers

2023-10-31T13:22:00+01:00

We will look at a couple of common scenarios where adding a couple of lines to your tests can future-proof your application from data loss when using Model Observers.

Mailcoach gains split testing, Livewire 3 support, suppression list, and much more

2023-10-30T11:50:57+01:00

Today, we're adding some very powerful features to both the hosted and self-hosted versions of Mailcoach: split testing (also known as A/B testing), MJML support, Livewire 3 support, suppression lists, new datables, and much more!

Why you should use spatie/laravel-data to store "settings" in your Laravel app

2023-10-30T11:21:36+01:00

I struggled for a long time to find a good way to represent settings in my Laravel apps. spatie/laravel-data solves this for me with strong types and Eloquent casting.

Single-use tests

2023-10-13T15:50:00+02:00

Another gem of a blog post by Tim MacDonald

Ray as a debugging companion in busy integration tests

2023-10-12T15:49:00+02:00

How to use Ray as a debugging companion in busy integration tests

Livewire v3: Modelable, Events, and Data Sharing

2023-10-11T15:48:00+02:00

Share dynamic attributes between parent and child components using Livewire Modelable, and thirftily share data between separate components with client side events!

Debugging Livewire components using Ray

2023-10-10T14:30:00+02:00

Debugging Livewire components using Ray

Building a Subscription Form with Laravel Volt & Mailcoach

2023-10-09T14:30:00+02:00

Discover how you can build a subscription form with Laravel Volt and Mailcoach.

Building a flexible yet abstract external integrations structure

2023-09-27T14:48:37+02:00

In this post we'll describe how we created a flexible yet abstract external integrations structure for Flare.

Unorthodox Eloquent

2023-09-18T09:33:03+02:00

Muhammed's been working with Eloquent for over half a decade now, and it's time to share his bag of tricks. Buckle up, it'll be a good ride!

Laravel 11: Release Date and New Features

2023-09-18T09:02:33+02:00

It's the last quarter of the year and I'm getting more and more excited about the upcoming Laravel 11 release. Let's wrap it up!

Why error tracking is crucial for your application

2023-09-15T14:30:00+02:00

Alex and Christoph explain why error tracking is crucial for your application.

The State of Laravel 2023 results

2023-09-14T15:00:00+02:00

Here are the result on the survey on the Laravel ecosystem run by Tobias Petry.

Nginx Unit with Laravel and PHP

2023-09-14T14:30:00+02:00

How to use Nginx Unit to server your Laravel application. It turns out, we can get rid of PHP-FPM, and run our apps more efficiently. We see how, and go over the pros and cons.

Workbench App for Packages

2023-09-13T12:11:46+02:00

A new package by Mior called Workbench lets us set up an example Laravel app inside our packages. This Workbench app can serve as documentation of how the package integrates with a Larave app. Plus, we can use the Workbench models, controllers, routes, etc., in our package's tests and quickly run the Workbench app in the browser!

Fast database queries are not always better

2023-09-07T14:30:00+02:00

Tim McDonald explains Laravel's cool whenQueryingForLongerThan method.

Why does a backslash prefix improve PHP function call performance

2023-09-06T17:10:14+02:00

Personally, I've never done this, as it feels like a micro-optimizations, but still good to know.