Another pattern - lets talk about state machines
The state machine pattern isn't something you often hear about, but its critical to almost every piece of technology you experience in every day life
Using PHP Attributes to enhance the capabilities of Enums
PHP Attributes are a powerful feature of PHP >= 8. In this example, I provide a brief introduction to using reflection to enhance your Enums with PHP attributes
Integrating audit logs into your FilamentPHP admin panel
Following on from my recent introduction to my auditing package, I'm going to show how quick and easy it is to implement an audit log viewer into FilamentPHP admin panel
Keeping track of activity on your Laravel project using Laravel Simple Auditing
I recently wrote a package (Simple Laravel Auditing) with the aim of making it quick and easy to add auditing in your Laravel Application
Leveraging Laravel's built in driver functionality
Laravel makes heavy use of drivers for everything from session management to caching, and there's no reason why you shouldn't use it too!
Installing custom node versions using Node Version Manager
Installing node is made easy with Node Version Manager. This simple tutorial details how you can quickly and easily setup Node JS anywhere
How to utilise a powerful programming pattern in Laravel - the Action Pattern
The action pattern is a common programming pattern that allows you to abstract code into elements known as actions. It's powerful and provides many advantages.
Prefixing your medias storage paths with Spatie Media Library
I use Spatie Media Library - a lot - and one really useful technique is to have the same storage system, with environment prefixes
Adding Google reCAPTCHA to Livewire components
Adding ReCaptcha to your forms is a necessary step when handling public form submissions, but adding it for Livewire is a little trickier. I'll explain how I go about this process.