Best of Laravel — August 2024

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    thedevdojo/genesis: An Application Starter Kit

    Genesis is a Laravel Starter Kit using the TALL Stack with features like Authentication, User Dashboard, Edit Profile, and various UI Components. Installation involves running a few commands, setting up a database, and compiling assets. Genesis provides multiple routes and Blade Components for both app and marketing pages. It includes middleware for authentication and verification, making it easy to customize and create additional pages. Basic tests are included to check authentication functionality.

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    New Array Functions in PHP 8.4

    Learn about the new array functions 'array_find', 'array_find_key', 'array_all', and 'array_any' introduced in PHP 8.4. The post also explains their Laravel equivalents for achieving similar tasks.

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    Laravel Admin Panel

    Orchid simplifies the creation of admin panels in Laravel, allowing developers to focus on application logic rather than building from scratch. It includes comprehensive technical documentation, a variety of customizable UI components, and an intuitive interface for managing user permissions and attaching files to records. The tool adheres to browser and W3C standards, and is entirely open-source.

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    PHP 8.4 Property Hooks

    Oh Dear is a comprehensive website monitoring tool that checks uptime, SSL certificates, broken links, and scheduled tasks. It features a developer-friendly API, excellent documentation, and the ability to create public status pages quickly. The post author also shares programming tips, tutorials, and opinions through a monthly newsletter, with a focus on Laravel and modern PHP development.

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    Introducing Laravel Cloud

    Taylor unveiled Laravel Cloud at Laracon 2024 as a new app platform for deploying Laravel apps instantly. Highlights include auto-scaling, DDoS protection, push-to-deploy, and on-demand database scaling with Serverless Postgres. It aims to eliminate DevOps complexities, allowing developers to focus on shipping their ideas quickly. Interested users can join the waiting list for early access.

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    Add Swagger UI to Your Laravel Application

    The Laravel Swagger UI package allows developers to easily integrate and display their project's Swagger (OpenAPI v3) file within a Laravel application. By placing the OpenAPI file in the specified directory and navigating to the correct URL, users can access the Swagger UI. The package also supports OAuth2 configuration and custom authorization logic for enhanced security.

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    Winter CMS

    Winter CMS is a free, open-source content management system built on the Laravel PHP framework, known for its simplicity, performance, and user-friendly design. It enables rapid development of feature-rich websites and applications, suitable for all project sizes. Winter CMS offers full source code access, a powerful plugin and theme architecture, and a marketplace for extended functionality. It's relied upon by developers and agencies globally for its stability, security, and ease of use.

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    LaratineAdmin - A Simple Laravel/InertaReact Dashboard

    LaratineAdmin is an admin dashboard built with Laravel 11, Inertia.js, React, and Mantine UI components. It offers user management, role-based access control, blog system, comments, and dashboard analytics. The solution is designed to be responsive and customizable, providing a solid foundation for developers to jumpstart their Laravel applications. It is ready for production and welcomes contributions and feedback.

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    Getting Started with Twill, an Open Source Laravel-Based CMS

    Companies like OpenAI, The New York Times, Pentagram, and the Art Institute of Chicago use Twill, an open-source CMS built on Laravel, to manage their online content. Twill is known for its flexibility and user-friendliness, featuring a drag-and-drop block editor that requires no technical skills to create custom layouts. Developers can easily extend Twill's functionality to meet specific project needs. Twill supports multiple languages and is organized around easily manageable modules. Key functionalities include media management, block editing, and custom module creation. The post guides users through the installation process, module creation, and basic site building with Twill.

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    Laravel vs Terminal

    A group of developers, led by Wes and Scott from Syntax, provided live commentary on an entertaining basketball game between two teams named Laravel and Terminal. The match featured playful banter and competitive spirit with both teams showing strong performance. Highlights included humorous moments, intense gameplay, and various notable developers participating. Despite Laravel's initial strength, Terminal took a strong lead, ultimately winning the game 41-28.

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    Laravel SEO made easy with the Honeystone package

    The Honeystone SEO package simplifies configuring SEO metadata within Laravel applications, supporting various social networks like X Cards, Open Graph, and JSON-LD schema. It offers metadata generators and custom generator capabilities, making it easy to manage metadata via the Blade directive or the `seo()->generate();` method. Detailed implementation instructions and source code are available on GitHub.

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    Automated API documentation generation for Laravel with static code analysis using Scramble

    Maintaining API documentation in Laravel can be time-consuming and error-prone when done manually with PHPDoc annotations or OpenAPI spec files. Instead, Scramble offers a streamlined solution using static code analysis, ensuring documentation remains accurate and up-to-date with code changes. Scramble automatically documents request parameters, successful and error responses, and keeps everything in sync, alleviating the effort required by developers.

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    Building Desktop Applications using Native PHP with Simon Hamp

    Simon Hamp, the creator of Native PHP, discusses in an interview how developers can use Native PHP to build and distribute desktop applications without the end-user needing to have PHP installed. The interview is available on the Laravel News YouTube channel and various podcast platforms.

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