The Laravel Podcast

Welcome back to another episode of the Laravel podcast! In this episode, we dive into the exciting release of Laravel 11 and discuss its impact since it has been out in the wild. Taylor also shares his insights on the release and other recent developments in the Laravel ecosystem, including the launch of Herd Pro. Additionally, we discuss the new hires at Laravel, including Andre Valentin, Chris Fadao, Mohammed Said, and Alyssa Mazzina and touch on the topic of open-source sustainability. https://twitter.com/taylorotwellhttps://twitter.com/stauffermatthttps://twitter.com/laravelphphttps://laravel.com/https://tighten.com/https://laravel.com/docs/11.x/releaseshttps://laravel.com/careers https://laravel.com/docs/master/reverbhttps://herd.laravel.com/https://herd.laravel.com/windowshttps://laravel.com/docs/11.x/valethttps://x.com/christophrumpel/status/1773738874264600608?s=20@‌theandreval@‌fideloper@‌themsaid@‌alyssamazzinahttps://laragon.org/https://www.djangoproject.com/https://spatie.be/https://laracon.us/ ----- Editing and transcription sponsored by Tighten.

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In this episode of the Laravel Podcast, we are diving into the highlights of Laracon EU including the unveiling of Laravel 11 and the introduction of Laravel Reverb. Taylor Otwell shares insights on the streamlined application structure and new features in Laravel 11. We also discuss the launch of Laravel Herd for Windows and Herd Pro, offering power user features for local development, and provide some exciting updates about the upcoming Laracon US. https://twitter.com/taylorotwellhttps://twitter.com/stauffermatthttps://twitter.com/laravelphphttps://laravel.com/https://tighten.com/https://x.com/LaraconEU/status/1755957896209113444?s=20https://laravel.com/docs/master/reverbhttps://laravel.com/docs/master/releaseshttps://github.com/tlaverdure/laravel-echo-serverhttps://pusher.com/https://ably.com/https://herd.laravel.com/https://twitter.com/adamwathanhttps://twitter.com/jessarchercodeshttps://twitter.com/lukedowning19https://twitter.com/DCoulbournehttps://twitter.com/_joedixonhttps://twitter.com/Philo01?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthorhttps://laracon.us/https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdlyTDvqeKNB3r-wVNmDBlE23oHKEL4m8lzL5nci0YPH_5WYA/viewform----- Editing and transcription sponsored by Tighten.

In this episode of the Laravel Podcast, we talk about the recent announcement of hiring a new head of engineering at Laravel and the impact it will have on the future of Laravel. We also dive into the upcoming conferences and events, including Laracon EU, Laracon US, and Laracon India. Additionally, we talk about Typesense, a potential alternative to Meilisearch and Algolia for self-hosted search functionality. https://twitter.com/taylorotwellhttps://twitter.com/stauffermatthttps://twitter.com/laravelphphttps://laravel.com/https://tighten.com/https://frequent-pick-a8d.notion.site/VP-Head-of-Engineering-at-Laravel-149b566a670841f7a74b3e904e261693https://laracon.eu/https://laracon.us/https://herd.laravel.com/https://laravel.com/docs/master/releaseshttps://laravellive.dk/https://laravellive.uk/https://laracon.in/https://twitter.com/calebporziohttps://laravel-livewire.com/https://twitter.com/ThePrimeagenhttps://www.thefactoryindeepellum.com/https://twitter.com/ericlbarneshttps://twitter.com/_joedixonhttps://twitter.com/jbrooksukhttps://twitter.com/freekmurze?lang=enhttps://twitter.com/petersuhmhttps://twitter.com/mjwhansenhttps://twitter.com/LaraconAUhttps://laravel.com/docs/10.x/scouthttps://typesense.org/https://algolia.com/https://www.meilisearch.com/https://www.elastic.co/elasticsearchhttps://laravel.com/docs/10.x/sailhttps://vapor.laravel.com/https://x.com/taylorotwell/status/1748782542663131442?s=20https://tailwindcss.com/----- Editing and transcription sponsored by Tighten.

In this episode of the Laravel Podcast we are packing it in! We're diving into the freshest drops, like FrankenPHP, Cashier Quickstarts, and the buzz about the upcoming Laravel Worldwide Meetup. We'll also weigh Cashier against Spark, discuss boot service providers for all your apps, pit Pest versus PHPUnit for testing, and get into the details of how we manage our teams. https://twitter.com/taylorotwellhttps://twitter.com/stauffermatthttps://twitter.com/laravelphphttps://laravel.com/https://tighten.com/https://x.com/taylorotwell/status/1732607829239116057?s=20https://youtu.be/q6FQaaFZVy4?si=MU1AAi7-UNgLH-Nihttps://twitter.com/colindecarlohttps://twitter.com/vehikl https://laravel.com/docs/10.x/billing#quickstarthttps://twitter.com/driesvintshttps://twitter.com/ianlandsmanhttps://x.com/ianlandsman/status/1744903740329443588?s=20https://twitter.com/ericlbarneshttps://x.com/taylorotwell/status/1744729110163988949?s=20https://github.com/tighten/lambohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3tfEtbMTEIhttps://basecamp.com/books/remotehttps://www.lastlings.com/https://www.hstyles.co.uk/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10731256/https://music.apple.com/us/album/spider-man-into-the-spider-verse-soundtrack-from/1453876765https://music.apple.com/us/album/metro-boomin-presents-spider-man-across-the-spider/1690685331https://www.jamila-woods.com/----- Editing and transcription sponsored by Tighten.

In this episode of the Laravel Podcast, we revisit a Laravel Snippet from 2019 in which Taylor talks about how he comes up with ideas for products. We also cover how to build your audience, how to balance perfection and just shipping, and how to finish what you’ve started. Whether you identify as a programmer or harbor aspirations of entrepreneurship, this episode promises to offer valuable insights and inspiration for the successful launch of your software products. https://twitter.com/taylorotwellhttps://twitter.com/stauffermatthttps://twitter.com/laravelphphttps://laravel.com/https://tighten.com/https://blog.laravel.com/laravel-snippet-15https://forge.laravel.com/https://laravel.com/docs/10.x/pennanthttps://tailwindcss.com/https://vapor.laravel.com/https://envoyer.io/https://nova.laravel.com/https://spark.laravel.com/https://www.digitalocean.com/https://pusher.com/Amazon linkhttps://twitter.com/adamwathanhttps://twitter.com/steveschogerhttps://twitter.com/aarondfrancishttps://novapackages.com/https://builtforpulse.com/https://twitter.com/mijustin----- Editing and transcription sponsored by Tighten.

In this episode, we're unwrapping the highlights from Laracon AU, with a special focus on Laravel Pulse leading our discussion. Taylor takes the reins to guide us through the origins and functionality of Laravel Pulse, a health monitoring tool for your Laravel applications. We then shift our discussion to Laravel first party packages. Taylor openly shares insights into his decision-making process—revealing how he selects packages to join the Laravel family and when it's time to bid them farewell. Our conversation doesn’t end there though. We also look at the future of Laravel and examine the strategies used for continually injecting innovation and fresh ideas into the Laravel ecosystem. https://twitter.com/taylorotwellhttps://twitter.com/stauffermatthttps://twitter.com/laravelphphttps://laravel.com/https://tighten.com/https://pulse.laravel.com/https://laracon.au/https://www.bugsnag.com/https://laravel.com/docs/10.x/billinghttps://www.docker.comhttps://forge.laravel.com/https://herd.laravel.com/https://laravel.com/docs/10.x/horizonhttps://inertiajs.com/https://laravel-livewire.com/https://lumen.laravel.com/docs/10.xhttps://laravel-mix.com/https://nextjs.org/https://laravel.com/docs/10.x/passporthttps://laravel.com/docs/10.x/pennanthttps://sentry.io/for/php/https://tailwindcss.com/https://laravel.com/docs/10.x/telescopehttps://twitter.com/tonysmdevhttps://laravel.com/docs/10.x/valethttps://vapor.laravel.com/ ----- Editing and transcription sponsored by Tighten.

In this jam-packed episode, we dive deep into the world of app development, exploring the essential choices and tools that shape a successful project from start to finish. Join us as we share our preferred tech stacks for launching a brand new app, discuss the intricacies of hosting and deploying Laravel applications, and explore the myriad of options available. Whether you're a seasoned developer or just embarking on your coding journey, consider this episode your roadmap to cultivating a robust and efficient app development process. https://twitter.com/taylorotwellhttps://twitter.com/stauffermatthttps://twitter.com/laravelphphttps://laravel.com/https://tighten.com/https://laracon.au/https://forge.laravel.com/https://laravel-livewire.com/https://inertiajs.com/https://tailwindcss.com/https://laravel.com/docs/10.x/bladehttps://laravel.com/docs/10.x/starter-kits#laravel-breezeJetstream:https://herd.laravel.com/https://laravel.com/docs/10.x/valethttps://www.docker.comhttps://dbngin.com/https://brew.sh/https://github.com/tighten/takeouthttps://code.visualstudio.com/https://www.jetbrains.com/phpstorm/https://www.sublimetext.com/https://vscodethemes.com/e/sdras.night-owl/night-owlhttps://www.bugsnag.com/https://sentry.io/for/php/https://pusher.com/docs/beams/reference/server-sdk-php/https://envoyer.io/https://vapor.laravel.com/https://postmarkapp.com/send-email/phphttps://github.com/features/actionshttps://docs.honeybadger.io/lib/php/https://flareapp.io/https://chipperci.com/https://www.algolia.com/https://ohdear.app/https://laravel.com/docs/10.x/telescopehttps://laravel.com/docs/10.x/horizonhttps://www.papertrail.com ----- Editing and transcription sponsored by Tighten.

You asked, we answered! In this episode we are addressing your questions! Join us as we explore a typical day in Taylor’s life at Laravel, share insights on remote team management, and inquire about Taylor’s productivity secrets. We also share our regrets related to Laravel and Tighten, and engage in a candid conversation about marriage. https://twitter.com/taylorotwellhttps://twitter.com/stauffermatthttps://twitter.com/laravelphphttps://laravel.com/https://tighten.com/https://basecamp.com/https://slab.com/https://trello.com/https://laracon.au/https://laracon.eu/ ----- Editing and transcription sponsored by Tighten.

Join us in this episode as we discuss the new Livewire + Volt Functional API stack for Breeze and its capabilities. We also demystify essential testing best practices to keep your code scandal-free and away from front-page mishaps. Uncover the art of crafting meaningful tests, evaluate the pros and cons of Pest vs. PHPUnit, venture into the realm of traits and inheritance, and determine the optimal number of tests for your project. Tune in for a jam-packed episode brimming with insights and strategies to elevate your testing game. • Taylor Otwell's Twitter - https://twitter.com/taylorotwell • Matt Stauffer’s Twitter - https://twitter.com/stauffermatt • Laravel Twitter - https://twitter.com/laravelphp • Laravel Website - https://laravel.com/ • Livewire Volt - https://livewire.laravel.com/docs/volt • Laravel Folio - https://laravel.com/docs/10.x/folio • PEST - https://pestphp.com/ • Podcast: Pest, With Nuno Maduro: https://laravelpodcast.com/episodes/pest-with-nuno-maduro • PHPUnit - https://phpunit.de/ • Inertia - https://inertiajs.com/ • Tighten.co - https://tighten.com/ • Docker - https://www.docker.com/company/ • Vala’s Pumpkin Patch - https://www.valaspumpkinpatch.com/ ----- Editing and transcription sponsored by Tighten.

New Laravel features are making deployment easier than ever! In our second episode of season six, we explore various topics, screencasting.com by Aaron Francis, the Livewire stack within Breeze, new features in Laravel Prompts, Laravel Pail, a range of hosting choices, and an exciting addition – the new Envoyer tab now accessible within Forge. Additionally, Taylor addresses one of the most frequently asked questions and guides us through the steps involved in reviewing and merging pull requests. https://screencasting.com/https://twitter.com/taylorotwellhttps://twitter.com/laravelphphttps://laravel.com/https://laravel.com/docs/10.x/foliohttps://livewire.laravel.com/docs/volthttps://tighten.com/https://github.com/laravel/pail https://www.docker.com/company/https://jetstream.laravel.com/https://laravel.com/docs/10.x/starter-kits#laravel-breezehttps://laravel.com/docs/10.x/bladehttps://laravel.com/docs/10.x/prompts https://forge.laravel.com/https://envoyer.io/https://vapor.laravel.com/https://rubyonrails.org/https://www.digitalocean.com/https://fly.io/ ----- Editing and transcription sponsored by Tighten.

In our first episode of season six, we welcome back Taylor Otwell as a co-host and talk about all the exciting developments in the world of Laravel. In this episode, we dive into Laravel 11, Folio and Volt, final classes and types, and how PHP fits into the language ecosystem in today’s world. https://twitter.com/taylorotwellhttps://twitter.com/laravelphphttps://laravel.com/https://laravel.com/docs/10.x/foliohttps://livewire.laravel.com/docs/volthttps://calebporzio.com/https://github.com/calebporziohttps://herd.laravel.com/https://tighten.com/https://laravel.com/docs/10.x/sailhttps://www.docker.com/company/https://inertiajs.com/https://reinink.ca/https://twitter.com/reininkhttps://github.com/reinink ----- Editing and transcription sponsored by Tighten.

In this episode we talk with Ignace Nyamagana Butera, a Software Developer, about the PHP League packages that he's created: League CSV, League URI and League Period, which, in order: makes CSV data manipulation much easier in PHP, provides a modern API to process URIs in PHP, and covers all basic manipulations related to time range. Additionally, we address Ignace's positive attitude towards his job and how it helps to have open mindsets like his in the OS maintenance space. https://nyamsprod.comhttps://github.com/nyamsprodhttps://twitter.com/nyamsprodhttps://github.com/bakame-phphttps://github.com/sponsors/nyamsprodhttps://github.com/thephpleague/csvhttps://csv.thephpleague.com/https://github.com/thephpleague/urihttps://uri.thephpleague.com/https://github.com/thephpleague/periodhttps://period.thephpleague.com/https://github.com/jeremykendall/php-domain-parserhttps://thephpleague.com/https://twitter.com/frankdejongehttps://laravelpodcast.com/episodes/storage-with-frank-de-jongehttps://github.com/reininkhttps://laravelpodcast.com/episodes/eloquent-with-jonathan-reininkhttps://github.com/barryvdhhttps://laravelpodcast.com/episodes/laravel-debugbar-with-barry-vd-heuvelhttps://www.php.net/manual/en/function.fgetcsv.phphttps://getcomposer.org/https://www.php-fig.org/psr/psr-4/https://www.php.net/manual/en/class.splobjectstorage.phphttps://www.php.net/manual/en/book.stream.phphttps://symfony.com/https://phpreleases.com/https://www.doctrine-project.org/https://www.doctrine-project.org/projects/doctrine-collections/en/1.6/index.htmlhttps://laravel.com/docs/9.x/collections#lazy-collectionshttps://laravelpodcast.com/episodes/helpers-collections-with-jacob-baker-kretzmarhttps://github.com/calebporzio/sushihttps://laravel.com/docs/9.x/eloquenthttps://www.php-fig.org/psr/psr-7/https://whatwg.org/https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.parse-url.phphttps://github.com/briannesbitt/Carbonhttps://github.com/cakephp/chronoshttps://github.com/jeremykendallhttps://github.com/jeremykendall/php-domain-parserhttps://twitter.com/caneco----- Editing and transcription sponsored by Tighten.

In this episode we talk with Nuno Maduro about the PHP testing framework Pest, a PHP testing framework that focuses on bringing you a more simplified, fluent, and powerful way of writing automated tests. https://twitter.com/enunomadurohttps://github.com/sponsors/nunomadurohttps://pestphp.comhttps://discord.com/invite/bMAJv82https://www.perl.org/https://pestphp.com/docs/plugins/parallelhttps://phpunit.de/https://jestjs.io/https://laravel-livewire.com/https://pestphp.com/docs/plugins/watchhttps://docs.php-http.org/en/latest/plugins/retry.htmlhttps://pestphp.com/docs/datasets#datasetshttps://twitter.com/olivernybroe?lang=enhttps://github.com/olivernybroehttps://twitter.com/owenvokehttps://github.com/owenvokehttps://twitter.com/LukeDowning19https://github.com/lukeraymonddowninghttps://twitter.com/freekmurzehttps://freek.dev----- Editing and transcription sponsored by Tighten.

In this episode we talk with Freek Van der Herten about Spatie's Laravel package Laravel-Backup, which can make a backup of your application to any external storage destination of your choice. You can choose what should be backed up: files from the file system and/or your database, and how often. It also offers helpful features such as monitoring your backups and sending you notifications. https://twitter.com/freekmurzehttps://freek.devhttps://spatie.behttps://twitter.com/spatie_be?lang=enhttps://ohdear.apphttps://github.com/spatie/laravel-backuphttps://spatie.be/docs/laravel-backup/v8/introductionhttps://vapor.laravel.com/https://aws.amazon.com/s3/https://forge.laravel.com/https://framework.zend.com/https://www.digitalocean.com/https://getcomposer.org/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backup_rotation_scheme#:~:text=Grandfather%2Dfather%2Dson%20backup%20is,a%20FIFO%20system%20as%20above.https://github.com/spatie/db-dumperhttps://github.com/spatie/laravel-db-snapshotshttps://spatie.be/products/laravel-backup-server----- Editing and transcription sponsored by Tighten.

In this episode we talk with Taylor Otwell about the first-party Laravel packages Socialite, Scout, and Sail. Socialite is a tool for authenticating users with other login providers, and makes it easy to add a login with GitHub authentication flow to your application. Scout provides a simple, driver based solution for adding full-text search to your Eloquent models. Finally, Sail is a light-weight command-line interface for interacting with Laravel's default Docker development environment. https://twitter.com/taylorotwellhttps://twitter.com/laravelphphttps://laravel.com/https://laravel.com/docs/9.x/socialitehttps://socialiteproviders.com/https://atymic.dev/https://laravel.com/docs/9.x/scouthttps://oauth.net/2/https://www.elastic.co/https://www.algolia.com/doc/https://www.meilisearch.com/https://laravel.com/docs/9.x/sailhttps://laravel.com/docs/9.x/homestead#provider-specific-virtualboxhttps://mindhive.ro/en/home/https://www.docker.com/company/https://docs.docker.com/compose/https://brew.sh/https://redis.io/https://github.com/tighten/takeouthttps://github.com/laravel/breezehttps://jetstream.laravel.com/2.x/introduction.htmlhttps://laravel.com/docs/9.x/sanctumhttps://laravel.com/docs/9.x/fortifyhttps://laravel.com/docs/9.x/billinghttps://laravel.com/docs/9.x/passporthttps://laravel.com/docs/9.x/horizonhttps://laravel.com/docs/9.x/telescopehttps://laravel.com/docs/9.x/duskhttps://forge.laravel.com/https://laravel.com/docs/9.x/releases#laravel-9https://laravel.com/docs/9.x/homesteadhttps://laravel.com/docs/9.x/valet----- Editing and transcription sponsored by Tighten.

In this episode we talk with Joseph Silber about the third-party Laravel package Bouncer, an authorization package which allows the user to quickly create and manage roles and abilities. As an additional note, the lovely outro music--like last time Joseph was on the podcast--was a recording he made himself! https://josephsilber.com/https://twitter.com/joseph_silberhttps://github.com/JosephSilberhttps://github.com/JosephSilber/page-cachehttps://laravel-news.com/bouncer-authorization-packagehttps://github.com/JosephSilber/bouncerhttps://laravel.com/docs/4.2/eloquenthttps://laravelpodcast.simplecast.com/episodes/authorization-and-authentication-with-joseph-silberhttps://github.com/taylorotwell https://laravel.com/docs/9.x/passporthttps://laravel-livewire.com/https://inertiajs.com/https://reactjs.org/https://vuejs.org/https://svelte.dev/----- Editing and transcription sponsored by Tighten.

In this episode we talk with Dries Vints about the first-party Laravel package Cashier, which provides an easy, fluent interface to Stripe's subscription billing services. We discuss the two different versions of this package and how to determine which one is best for your needs. https://twitter.com/driesvintshttps://github.com/driesvintshttps://driesvints.comhttps://learn-laravel-cashier.comhttps://github.com/laravel/cashier-stripehttps://github.com/laravel/cashier-paddlehttps://github.com/laravel-notification-channels/telegramhttps://stripe.com/treasuryhttps://shawnmc.cool/https://twitter.com/shawnmccoolhttps://joedixon.co.uk/https://twitter.com/_joedixon----- Editing and transcription sponsored by Tighten.

In this episode, we talk with Taylor Otwell about the first-party Laravel auth packages Passport and Sanctum. We discuss the history of how they came to be, their differences, and which of the two might better serve your needs. https://twitter.com/taylorotwellhttps://twitter.com/laravelphphttps://laravel.com/https://laravel.com/docs/8.x/passport#main-contenthttps://github.com/jaredhanson/passport-githubhttps://laravel.com/docs/9.x/sanctumhttps://github.com/laravel/sanctumhttps://thephpleague.com/https://laravel.com/docs/9.x/artisan#tinkerhttps://github.com/laravel/tinkerhttps://oauth.net/1/https://oauth.net/2/ https://spark.laravel.com/https://forge.autodesk.com/en/docs/ https://docs.vapor.codes/4.0/https://jwt.io/https://github.com/node-fetch/node-fetch https://axios-http.com/docs/intro----- Editing and transcription sponsored by Tighten.

In this episode, we talk with Barry vd. Heuvel, creator of Laravel Debugbar. A package provides an overview that allows you to quickly & easily see what’s going on inside your application. We talk about how he got started & various features. https://twitter.com/barryvdhhttps://fruitcake.nl/https://github.com/barryvdhhttps://github.com/barryvdh/laravel-debugbarhttps://github.com/daylerees/anbuhttps://twitter.com/daylereeshttps://daylerees.com/----- Editing and transcription sponsored by Tighten.