Sometimes you need to get data out of your Laravel app so it can be analysed. There are many ways of doing this, such as exporting rows from the database, or using a package such as Laravel Excel, but this example will utilise Laravel Resource Collections.
Using Laravel Resource Collections with exports
Building a Cookery Blog with Bulma Clean Theme
Version 0.11 of Bulma Clean Theme has a new recipe layout you can use in your posts or pages. This post will explain how to use the new layout and build your very own cookery blog.
Bulma Blade UI
I would like to introduce a new Laravel package I have been working on for a little while called Bulma Blade UI. It offers a set of reusable Blade components with the Bulma html structure and CSS classes, as well as basic authentication views for use with Laravel Fortify, ready to go with minimal setup.
Testing a Laravel Console Command
I recently discovered that you can test an artisan console command very easily in Laravel 8 and make assertions on the output. In this example we are going to make a console command to import some products into our database from a csv file and then test they are all added as expected.
Splitting a large Laravel Livewire Component
Sometimes, no matter what solution you use to build your system, there comes a point where everything tends to grow a bit big and edges towards being unmanageable. Luckily Livewire offers a solution to this problem.
Using Ldap Record with Laravel Fortify
In my organisation we use Ldap to authenticate users so they only have to remember one username and password and it means we don’t have to worry about managing passwords. Laravel 8 has some fantastic new features, including Laravel Fortify. This is a guide to getting started using Ldap Record with Laravel Fortify.
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