Laravel Analytics v5 with support for GA4 has been released original
We've released a new major version of our Laravel Analytics package. The most important new feature of this release is the support for GA4.
Calculating rolling averages with Laravel Collections
– www.conroyp.com - submitted by Paul Conroy
Rolling averages are a great tool for smoothing out noisy data, helping you to more easily spot long-term trends. This new package adds first-class support to Laravel Collections for rolling average calculations.
Read more [www.conroyp.com]
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Autocomplete fields with Livewire
– fly.io - submitted by Chris Fidao
Use browser's native autocomplete input fields and dynamically update with Livewire!
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Create a Simple App Status Indicator
Here's how you can use Oh Dear to show the server status of your app right on your landing page.
Read more [blog.helpspace.com]
Skipping tests conditionally in Pest original
In this blog post, I'd like to show the easiest way to skip tests conditionally in tests. Using the simple technique, which can be used for other things besides skipping tests, you can make your tests much more flexible.
Lessons from the last 12 months
An important post by Mohamed Said.
Read more [themsaid.com]
Avoiding one-liners in PHP
Focus on writing code that solves real problems, is well-tested, and is easy to maintain.
Read more [localheinz.com]
The End of Front-End Development
Josh Comeau argues that AI won't take away any front end jobs soon.
Read more [www.joshwcomeau.com]
MySQL for Developers
This is a fantastic course by Aaron Francis. I've already watched most of the videos, and I can tell you it's one of the best courses I ever saw.
Read more [planetscale.com]
Optimising Flare
The laravel-data package is fantastic to work with, but it also adds a lot of complexity when outputting data. In this blog post, we will look at how we've improved the performance of the package and, thus, the complete Flare application.
Read more [flareapp.io]
Concurrent, Chunked, Multi-File Upload with Livewire
– fly.io - submitted by Kathryn Anne Tan
We easily upload multi-selected files with Livewire, in three ways: -All files in one request; -Each file in separate, concurrent requests; -and finally, each file in chunks!
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Leverage Symfony VarDumper Component to Enhance your Dumps
Let's take a look how we can extend Var Dumper to dump our objects, or some vendor objects, in a more readable way.
Read more [jolicode.com]
Collecting Time Video Metrics with Livewire
– fly.io - submitted by Kathryn Anne Tan
Easily share user-video interaction data from client to browser with Livewire!
Read more [fly.io]
Making the best all-in-one monitoring tool even better
Our friends at Digital With You wrote a detailed case study on how they helped us redesign @OhDearApp They cover rewriting marketing text, choosing new colours, redesigning all pages.
Read more [digitalwithyou.com]
Blazingly Fast Markdown Parsing in PHP using FFI and Rust
– ryangjchandler.co.uk - submitted by Ryan Chandler
In this post, Ryan demonstrates how to use FFI and a lower-level language such as Rust to improve the performance of a critical path.
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Make more things the same
A nice refactor from Aaron Francis
I'm always on the lookout for a good "make more things the same" refactor and I just found one!
— Aaron Francis (@aarondfrancis) March 8, 2023
Make your life easy, make more things the same. pic.twitter.com/tQfnqSZ84u
Valet 4.0 is released
Valet is one of my favourite pieces of technology: I don't notice that I'm using it, still I use it every single day.
Read more [laravel-news.com]
PHP wishlist: The pipe operator
This feature is high on my wishlist.
Read more [sebastiandedeyne.com]
Discovering PHP's first-class callable syntax original
When looking at recent changes in the Laravel framework, I saw some PHP syntax that I didn't see before. Because I've been working with PHP for over 20 years and have a firm grasp of the language, I was surprised to see new syntax for the first time.
Behind The Scenes Of Oh Dear
In this sponsored talk given at Laracon India 2023, I demo all major Oh Dear features. After that, I share how the Laravel app behind Oh Dear is structured using domains.
The audio quality is not perfect, but it should still be understandable.