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laravel herd | localhost

List your Laravel Herd projects on localhost

When developing with Laravel Herd, managing multiple projects can sometimes feel overwhelm...

David Carr

2 min read - 21st Dec, 2024

Docker | containers

How to get a docker container id.

List All Running Containers To get the Docker container ID, you can use the docker ps comm...

David Carr

2 min read - 9th Dec, 2024

phpstan | static code analysis | Laravel

Mastering PHPStan: Common Errors and How to Fix Them

PHPStan is a static analysis tool for PHP that focuses on finding bugs in your code withou...

David Carr

4 min read - 7th Sep, 2024

Git | git stash | git pop | git apply

Git Stashing Explained

Stashing Changes When working on a project, you might find yourself in a situation where y...

David Carr

2 min read - 30th Aug, 2024

ui kits | tall | Livewire

Enhance Your Web Applications with These Livewire UI Kits

Are you looking to enhance your Laravel Livewire projects with top-notch UI components? Lo...

David Carr

4 min read - 30th Aug, 2024

Stripe Mock | Stripe Integration | stripe | Laravel

Mocking Stripe in Laravel with Stripe Mock Server

If you've ever tried to test your Stripe integration, you'll know how challenging it can b...

David Carr

2 min read - 26th Aug, 2024

composer.json | scripts

How to Organize Composer Scripts Effectively

What is a composer script? A composer script is a set of custom commands defined in a comp...

David Carr

2 min read - 15th Jun, 2024

tailwind fold | plugins | PhpStorm | vscode

Toggle classes from your markup in PhpStorm and VSCode

Working with TailwindCSS will result in a lot of classes being added to your HTML. This ca...

David Carr

1 min read - 14th Jun, 2024

How to toggle a mobile menu with Tailwind and AlpineJS

Making a mobile and desktop menu is something that is is super simple to do with Tailwind...

David Carr

4 min read - 8th Jun, 2024

headless cms | HeadlessHashnode | templates | Laravel | GraphQL

Customize Your Hashnode Blog Frontend with Headless Frontend and Laravel

I've built a new site called headlessfrontend.dev See video version https://www.youtube.co...

David Carr

2 min read - 27th May, 2024

Filter | enum | Testing | pestphp

PHP use an enum for Filters

I have a class that allows filtering based on an option, I need a way to accept options an...

David Carr

2 min read - 3rd May, 2024

Composer Scripts: Boosting Your Team's Efficiency

Hey there! Today, we're diving into the world of Composer scripts and exploring their unta...

David Carr

3 min read - 12th Apr, 2024

GitHub

GitHub patch release previous version

On Github you way from time to time need to patch release the previous version of a publis...

David Carr

1 min read - 3rd Feb, 2024

Laravel | console | Commands

How to disable Laravel console commands

Suppose you find yourself in a situation where you need to disable or intercept a console...

David Carr

2 min read - 2nd Feb, 2024

Blogging

15 years of blogging 500 posts later

You know, it's funny how the big milestones can sneak up on us. Just as I was putting the...

David Carr

3 min read - 2nd Feb, 2024

podcasts

The podcasts I listen to as a PHP developer

The following are the podcasts I listen to. In no particular order. (That have episodes re...

David Carr

3 min read - 19th Jan, 2024

Laravel | yield | include | slots | layouts

Creating Flexible Layouts in Laravel with Yields, Includes, and Slots

Yields In Laravel, the @yield directive is used in blade templates to define a section tha...

David Carr

7 min read - 18th Jan, 2024

code-reuse | Laravel | traits

Enhancing Laravel Applications with Traits: A Step-by-Step Guide

What are traits? Traits are a mechanism for code reuse. Traits allow you to create methods...

David Carr

4 min read - 17th Jan, 2024