5 Simple Laravel Tips and Tricks

Here are 5 simple Laravel tips and tricks that you can start applying and using in your Laravel applications right now!

Highlight Laravel Blade Templates with Highlight.php

Out of the box, Highlight.php doesn't support Laravel Blade templates. I'll show you how to register a custom syntax so that you can start highlighting your Blade content.

Setup MailHog with Laravel Valet

Testing emails can be a pain. Luckily, there are plenty of tools out there that can make the process a lot easier. Let me show you how to setup MailHog, a local development tool for testing emails.

2020: A year in review

Parsing Markdown with PHP: Autolinking and Strikethrough

Let's take a look at how you can extend the CommonMark converter to make working with links easier and allow you to strikethrough text.

Parsing Markdown with PHP: Getting Started

Markdown is a great way of making notes, writing articles and generally managing content. Let's take a look at how quickly you can begin using Markdown in your PHP applications.

Build a Remaining Character Count Component with Alpine.js

Learn how to build a remaining character counter in Alpine.js using only a few lines of code.

Unconventional Laravel: Responsable classes

Sometimes your controllers can get rather large, especially if you have lots of conditions and data formatting. Have you ever considered moving some of that complexity out into a dedicated response class?

Unconventional Laravel: Middleware-as-a-Service-Provider

Have you ever used a service provider to set a default value for a third-party library? Have you ever done this based on the current request or URL? Have you ever considered doing this inside of middleware instead?