PHP Laravel Blade

Using the @forelse blade directive

Use this nifty blade directive in place of a foreach inside an if/else.

PHP Laravel Validation

Nullable vs. Sometimes

The more fields you are validating, the more chance you don't actually need all of them to process what you're doing.

PHP Laravel Livewire

Laravel Boilerplate 7.0

Laravel Boilerplate provides you with a massive head start on any size web application.

Community PHP Laravel Eloquent

Ordering database queries by relationship columns in Laravel

In this article we're going to explore how to order database queries by the value (column) of an Eloquent relationship.

Community PHP Laravel Eloquent

Dynamic relationships in Laravel using subqueries

Use subqueries in Laravel to optimize your database selects.

PHP Laravel Validation

Laravel Validation 101, Controllers, Form Requests, & Rules

A core part of any project is understanding how to validate the incoming request from your users.

Community PHP Laravel

Everything I Ever Needed To Know About Web Dev, I Learned From My Twitter Timeline

Colin DeCarlo gives his talk on some ideas on cleaning up code in your application gained from "fire tweets" on twitter.

Community PHP Laravel

Some Shifty Bits

Jason McCreary, creator of Laravel Shift, gives his talk on the parts of Laravel that are under-used. He explains how these pieces of the framework can make your code and your apps faster.

Community PHP Laravel Eloquent

Giving collections a voice

I gave a talk on this topic at LaraconAU, 2019. It covers all the ways custom collections can improve your systems design and contains some more guidance on when you would reach for this pattern.