Create a Solana dApp from scratch
Loris Leive wrote a very comprehensive series on how to get started developing for Solana
Read more [lorisleiva.com]
Heaps explained in PHP
– doeken.org - submitted by Doeke Norg
Quick access to the highest or lowest value of a dataset.
Read more [doeken.org]
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Grinding to $1,000,000 in revenue over 6 years
Here's the story behind JMac's efforts making Laravel Shift a success.
Read more [jasonmccreary.me]
12 must-see talks if you want to become a better Laravel developer
I usually don't link to these kind of lists, but this one is great. Every one of the videos mentioned is a gem.
Read more [jcergolj.me.uk]
20 years of Bram.us
Bram has been running his excellent blog for 20 years now. Bram.us was the blog that inspired me to start with a blog of my own.
Highly recommend to check it every once in a while if you're into webdev (which I guess you are since you're reading this on freek.dev).
Read more [www.bram.us]
Laravel Pseudo-Daemons
Here's a cool technique by Aaron Francis where he uses artisan commands to create daemons.
Read more [aaronfrancis.com]
Filtering Carbon Period For Flexibility And Performance
Here's a nice way to go about filtering Carbon instances
Read more [tomerbe.co.uk]
How we improved Flare in 2021
I'm really proud of how our team at Spatie has pushed Flare this year. Here's a list of everything we improved. Spoiler: it's a lot!
Read more [flareapp.io]
What's new in Tailwind CSS v3.0
Another impressive, feature rich release by the Tailwind team. Here's a rundown of all the new features.
Silently validating a Laravel request
– invariance.dev - submitted by Nicolas Beauvais
In some cases, the Laravel validator gives out too many details. What if we want to use the power of the validator without giving anything in the response?
Read more [invariance.dev]
Fixing the dreaded "'pcre2.h' file not found" error when installing imagick original
Whenever I upgrade PHP, I seem to have troubles installing imagick. This command pecl install imagick always results in an error "'pcre2.h' file not found". To fix that error, you should issue these commands: brew install pcre2 ln -s /opt/homebrew/Cellar/pcre2/10.39/include/pcre2.h…
A Laravel package to monitor the health of your application original
I'm proud to announce that we've released a new package called Laravel Health. As the name implies, this package can be used to monitor the health of your Laravel application.
It offers many checks out of the box, and an easy way to create custom checks. When something is wrong, you can get a notification, or view the status on a dashboard.
The package also offers deep integration with Oh Dear, allowing for even more robust monitoring
I want to tell you all about it in this blog post. Let's go!
A bash function to run tests for both PHPUnit and Pest original
I've used this little bash alias for many years to quickly run the tests inside of a project.
alias p="vendor/bin/phpunit"
With this alias in place, I can run the tests by typing "p" on the CLI. Nice!
For a long time, everything was great! But then, Pest appeared on the scene. It's an alternative test runner for PHP with a high focus on developer experience.
Better support for Livewire in Flare and Ignition
The default Laravel error page now has a dedicated Livewire tab.
Read more [flareapp.io]
New features and improvement in Laravel Jobs and Queues since the original v8.0 release
– protone.media - submitted by Pascal Baljet
In this fourth post of the series, I've gathered new features added to Jobs and Queues in Laravel 8. Since the original release of 8.0 back in September 2020, Jobs and Queues got a bunch of significant updates that you don't want to miss.
Read more [protone.media]
Modern PHP Cheat Sheet
A to-the-point summary of all awesome PHP features
Read more [front-line-php.com]
A conversation on the future of PHP original
Earlier this week the PHP Foundation was announced. In this stream on GitHub, my buddies Christoph Rumpel, James Brooks and I discuss what we think this means for the future of PHP.
You can now monitor your DNS records via Oh Dear
The past few weeks, I had a lot of fun coding up the new DNS check of Oh Dear. In this blogpost, you'll learn why you should monitor your DNS records and how Oh Dear makes this very easy.
Read more [ohdear.app]
Our improved changelog workflow for packages original
For years, my team and I manually updated the changelog for our 250+ packages. Recently, we've improved how we go about this.
In this blog post, I'd like to tell you all about it.
Swoole vs Roadrunner for Laravel Octane
– chriswhite.is - submitted by Chris White
Choosing between Swoole and Roadrunner in a Laravel Octane deployment can be overwhelming - in this post I compare the advantages and disadvantages of both.
Read more [chriswhite.is]