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Blade components are slow. Really slow. At scale, they quietly become the biggest bottleneck in your Laravel application. We discovered this while trying to make Flux as fast as possible, and the result is Blaze: a package that fundamentally rethinks how Blade components are compiled and rendered. With multiple levels of optimization, Blaze can shave hundreds of milliseconds off a page load, making Blade rendering up to 25x faster in some cases.In this series, we'll install it, benchmark it, build a toy version from scratch so you truly understand how it works, and then master every directive and edge case so you can squeeze maximum performance out of your own apps.

So You Want to Build an Agent

You're likely using an AI agent every day at this point, but do you truly understand how it works under the hood? What separates an agent from a general chat? What's a tool? How do we provide the loop for executing these tools? In this series, we'll demystify some of these concepts by building a basic agent that is capable of interacting with your file system and triggering tools.

Frontend Mentor Challenge with Laravel

With Simon Vrachliotis

In this series, we take a Frontend Mentor challenge and build it using Laravel and Tailwind CSS. Rather than chasing pixel-perfect replication, the focus is on pragmatic Laravel and backend logic. Along the way, we explore carts, session state, semantic markup, and UI polish.

The Batteries-Included AI Toolkit

The Laravel AI SDK is a first-party toolkit for adding AI features to your applications. Using a helpdesk app as our playground, you’ll learn structured output, chat with memory, streaming, tool use, retrieval, and everything else you need to build AI features that are reliable, testable, and ready for production. This is an incredibly powerful toolkit, and I can't wait to show you what you can build. Let's get going!

Watch Me AI the UI

In this workshop, come along as I upgrade the visual design of our Laracasts team dashboard. As you'll see, design work can sometimes be a bit tricky to orchestrate. Can AI properly evaluate a screenshot and convert it to CSS? Well, yes...and no! But luckily, we have a variety of techniques we can use to increase our odds of success. Let's go!

Welcome to the latest iteration of the longest running Laravel introductory video series in the world. Like clockwork, we refresh this series every two years. This latest 2026 iteration covers Laravel 12 and beyond. You'll learn not only the basic fundamentals of Laravel, but also how to leverage more advanced features like authentication, authorization, queues, testing, and more. We'll even review the full deployment process from scratch.

PHP For Beginners

We all start somewhere. For programming, this series is that first step. I've designed it specifically for newcomers to, not just PHP, but programming in general. Here, you'll learn the fundamentals of PHP - all the way down to defining basic variables and arrays.Think of this series as a key stepping stone for your programming journey.

Leveraging AI for Laravel Development

The web development world forever changed in December, 2025. This was the month when we realized just how powerful and useful LLMs had truly become. And there's no turning back. It's time to get on board! This train isn't stopping. Join me, as I get you up to speed in record time. Learn about Jetbrains AI, agents, prompting, vibe coding, developer-driven AI, Ralph Wiggum, and a wealth of tips and techniques to drastically speed up your workflow. Let's go!

Everything New in Livewire 4

Livewire 4 is a major release, and it's packed with features you're going to love. View-based components keep your PHP and Blade together in one file. Islands let you create isolated, independently-updating regions without the overhead of nested components. New directives like wire:sort tackle big things with minimal code. And a powerful JavaScript interceptor system gives you fine-grained control over every request.Whether you're upgrading an existing app or starting fresh, this series will walk you through everything new, from the fundamentals to the advanced stuff. Let's dig in.

Jeffrey's Larabits

Here, you'll find Jeffrey Way's personal collection of Larabits. If you're unfamiliar, Larabits are short, isolated lessons that focus on a single concept or technique. While a typical series may take hours to work your way through, Larabits are instead for when you have five or ten minutes to pick up a small bit of knowledge.Please keep in mind that each of these lessons is self-contained and may be viewed in any order. Happy learning!

Blaze Deep-Dive

Learn Laravel Forge

With Matt Stauffer

In this series, long-time Laravel Forge advocate Matt Stauffer will teach you how to become a Forge power user. Of course, you'll learn how to provision servers in seconds, but you'll also learn about zero-downtime deployments, processes, queues, securing sites with SSL, database backups, networks, and more!Each episode is bite-sized, so feel free to jump around to the topic that interests you most. Let's go!

Learn Vue 3: Step by Step

I've been teaching Vue for years now. In fact, way back in 2015, as part of the first ever Vue series at Laracasts, I boldly predicted that Vue was about to skyrocket in popularity. That prediction turned out to be spot on. To be fair, though, it was an easy one. You need only spend ten minutes with the framework to understand why so many swear by it.Whether you're brand new to Vue, coming over from a different framework, or simply want a refresher on the fundamentals, this new Vue 3 series is for you! We start at the beginning, and work our way up one step at a time.

The Laravel Workshop

With Instructor Team

Buckle up, this is the workshop you've been waiting for! In fact, this course is such a massive undertaking to the point that it required three Laracasts instructors. Join Jeffrey Way, Simon Vrachliotis, and Jeremy McPeak as we build a fictional X-like platform, called Pixl, entirely from scratch!Each instructor is responsible for one piece of the puzzle. Simon will tackle the static HTML and CSS build. Then Jeremy will convert it into a traditional and dynamic Laravel application. Finally, Jeffrey will demonstrate how to transform a server-side app into a full SPA. Let's go!

So You Want to Build an Agent

Laravel Beginner Path

In this series, we'll do things just a little bit differently. Let's take a step back from our code editors and instead review some fundamental technology and software development terms. I'm willing to bet that there are certain bedrock terms that you somehow accidentally skipped over and never learned properly.Let's fix that! Each episode below will focus on a single topic, condensed to the essentials, and animated to perfection for your enjoyment.

Object-Oriented Principles in PHP

Beginning developers are usually first introduced to procedural programming. But, before too long, they level up. Suddenly, an entirely different paradigm is introduced: object-oriented programming. Little do they know that they'll spend years researching and learning exactly what it means to work with objects and messages. In this course, you'll be introduced to the core principles of object-oriented programming through the lens of PHP. We'll begin with the basic constructs and work our way up. The only prerequisite is an elementary understanding of the PHP language and syntax.

Series produced by creators from the Laravel community.

Everything New in Livewire 4

Build Native Apps With PHP

With Simon Hamp

Welcome to my CreatorSeries! I’m Simon, and in this series we’re going to learn about NativePHP and use it to build true native applications for desktop and mobile. We're not talking about web apps accessed through the browser. Your users will be able to install directly on their devices. This is a big leap forward for the PHP ecosystem, and while it’s a real paradigm shift from the way we normally build with PHP and Laravel, we’ve worked hard to keep it familiar and approachable. So grab a warm drink, get comfortable, and let's start building!

Learn Statamic with Jack

With Jack McDade

You've probably heard of Statamic by now — that rebellious little Laravel-powered content management system that refuses to use databases. Well, it's pretty grown up now, and in this series we're going to learn how Statamic can help you build highly-scalable websites quickly and efficiently, including how to run on a database.We'll get into building add-ons, starter kits, and even pop the hood and explore just how all the flat file Statamic Magic (or Statamagic, some might say) works. Let's do this!

Get Real With Laravel Reverb

With Joe Dixon

Hi, I'm Joe, the creator of Laravel Reverb. In this course, I'll walk you through everything you need to know to start using real-time WebSocket communication in your Laravel applications. Join me as we cover everything from installation to deployment and monitoring on our journey getting real with Laravel Reverb! Let's go!

Build Advanced Components for Filament

With Dan Harrin

Once you're confidently building interfaces with all the components that are included with Filament, you'll likely want to begin building your own custom ones. Hi, I'm Dan: the co-founder of Filament. This series will teach you how to build components, like custom form fields and table columns, and how to distribute them in a plugin package. Meanwhile, you'll get to know all the tools of Filament's internal component system. Excited?

Livewire Uncovered

Livewire can often feel like magic. Somehow, you're able to write interactive web applications using only PHP? How? Well, in this series, we're going to uncover the magic together by building a simplified version of Livewire from scratch.Aside from being plain entertaining, this exercise will arm you with deep Livewire knowledge that will help you build and debug your apps in your daily life. Let's dive in!

Developing Serverless Functions in Laravel

With Aaron Francis

In this CreatorSeries, we cover how to develop serverless functions with Laravel, using a package called Sidecar. Serverless functions let you tap into the power of AWS Lambda, but without the complexity of setting up a new repo, deployment process, or API Gateway.You'll learn how to package, deploy, and execute these functions... all from your Laravel application!

Automated Laravel Upgrades

With Jason McCreary

Hi! I'm Jason McCreary. I'm the founder of Laravel Shift, a popular service that provides automatic upgrades for your Laravel applications. In this CreatorSeries, using all of the knowledge I've acquired over the years of building and maintaining Shift, I'll show you how to automate many of your every-day development tasks.

Valet Uncovered

With Matt Stauffer

Valet has long been the local development environment of choice for Laravel developers on macOS. The way it seamlessly works might even look like magic!In this CreatorSeries, we'll dig into how to install and use Valet, explore some of its often-missed features, and walk through how the pieces fit together under the hood.

Inertia and Vue

Inertia 2 Unleashed

Inertia 2 is now available, and it's packed with new features and improvements. In this series, one topic at a time, we'll take a look at each of these new features. You'll learn about polling, infinite scrolling, deferred props, and more!

Infinite Scrolling in Inertia

If you've used any form of social media, you'll know that they make heavy use of infinite scrolling. When you reach the end of the page, more content is automatically streamed in. Typically, this tends to be handled via a REST API, but Inertia is all about avoiding REST APIs! So, let's implement the same functionality the Inertia way.

Crafting Vue Modals

With Pascal Baljet

In this course, I'll show you how to build dynamic, responsive modal components using Vue 3 and Inertia.js. In each episode, I'll introduce new techniques, such as smooth transitions, click-outside behavior, URL-based modals, comprehensive testing with Laravel Dusk, and much more. We'll begin with the essentials, and then incrementally dig further into some fairly complex techniques. So buckle up!

Vue State Management

With Sabatino Masala

State management is at the heart of every Vue application, but exactly how you manage that state can sometimes be...confusing. So let's explore your options! We'll start with the basics, like props and events, before moving on to provide/inject, custom composables, and Pinia. Along the way, we'll tackle practical, real-world scenarios. By the end, you'll know exactly which approach to use and when, so your apps stay clean, organized, and fun to work on.

Testing and Quality

Pest Driven Laravel

With Christoph Rumpel

Learn to write applications that are fully tested and a joy to work with now and in the future through TDD. Tests are the base for writing code that is easy to change, refactor and maintain. There is no reason anymore to be afraid to touch your own code. Following test-driven development establishes the mindset that integrates testing and refactoring in your daily workflow.

Static Analysis with PHPStan

With Katerina Trajchevska

PHP is very much a dynamically typed language. You can write entire applications without ever so much as type hinting a string.But, if you prefer a stricter approach, there is a tool that makes PHP more akin to TypeScript or Rust - PHPStan! Let me show you the ropes in this short series.

Write Code That's Easy to Maintain

Maintaining a codebase that's easy to read and understand not only contributes to the developer experience, it also has a direct impact on the performance of the team. During this course, we'll cover techniques for designing your code in such a way that will make it easy to extend and maintain in the long run. Regardless of if you start clean, or you inherit a complex codebase, you can own your code and make solid design decisions.

Defensive Laravel

With Mateus Guimarães

In this series, we'll take a deep-dive into various strategies and tools that will help you write robust and reliable code. We'll explore core defensive programming concepts, from strict typing and immutable objects to leveraging value objects for more effective domain modeling. Okay, let's dig in!

Debugging Real-World Production Nightmares

Production bugs don't announce themselves politely. In this series, we confront ten nightmare scenarios using NightmareMart, an intentionally broken e-commerce app, demonstrating how to debug calmly and methodically when everything is on fire.

APIs and Auth

Laravel API Master Class

In this workshop series, you'll learn how to design, version, build, and protect a web API using Laravel. We'll begin from scratch with a basic Laravel project, and construct a fully-featured API one lesson at a time.

Mastering Permissions in Laravel

User authorization is one of the most complex systems to build in your application, but also one of the most essential. From setting up role-based access and custom policies to exploring advanced permissions - and group-based authorization - you’ll gain the skills needed to build secure, scalable applications. Join me as I guide you through everything required to incorporate a robust user authorization system into your application.

Add Passkeys to a Laravel App

Passkeys provide a simpler and more secure alternative to traditional passwords. Neat, but there's only one problem: the implementation instructions are incredibly complicated. Don't worry, I know the feeling. In this series, work along with me to bring passkeys to Laravel, and gain all the insight you'll need to add passkeys to your own applications!

Build Shopify Apps With Laravel

With Giorgi Gelashvili

Welcome to the world of Shopify, where I'll show you, step by step, how to build a Shopify app with Laravel from scratch. We'll cover everything you need to know - from the initial setup, all the way to deployment. I hope you're excited!

Realtime Interactive Apps

Get Real With Laravel Reverb

With Joe Dixon

Real Time Games With Laravel

I want to build a game. No, I'm not talking about some intricate RPG; just a nice simple game of Tic-Tac-Toe. But my version of the game will be online, with real-time moves, using websockets, Reverb and Echo. Why don't you come along with me as we put all these pieces together to craft the ultimate version of noughts and crosses!

CLI Experiments

With Joe Tannenbaum

In this series, we'll explore building text-based user interfaces (TUIs) using Laravel Prompts. We'll examine the different aspects of building applications for the terminal, such as handling state, animations, and user interactions via the keyboard. By the end of the series, we'll have built seven fully functional CLI applications that will hopefully inspire you to go off and build your own!

Build Native Apps With PHP

With Simon Hamp

Build Real Products

Let's Build a SaaS in Laravel

With Matt Stauffer

There are endless tutorials online for how to build an idealized project, based on what's easy to teach. In this course, however, we're going to walk through the real-life, actual process of building a software-as-a-service, including the mistakes and misconceptions I ran into along the way. We'll build not based on what's easy to teach, but based on the weird and often-inconvenient stuff users request!

Build a Forum With Laravel

Building a forum is a great playground for getting acquainted with Laravel; there are so many little things to think about that really stretch the framework… and our minds! It's been a while since we built one on Laracasts, so join me as we create a feature rich forum together using the powerful ecosystem Laravel provides. Let's go!

Laravel Nova Mastery

Laravel Nova is the fastest way to build a full-fledged administration panel for your Laravel applications. Now in its fourth major iteration, it's more powerful than ever! Curious? Join me as we build out an admin panel together and take a look at everything Nova has to offer.

Build a Web Shop From A-Z

With Philo Hermans

In this course, together, we will build a web-shop from scratch. We'll use Laravel and Livewire to construct the storefront, and Stripe to manage payments and the checkout process. We'll even implement an "add to cart" functionality to allow for purchasing multiple items at once.It should be fun! I hope you're excited. Let's get going.

JavaScript UI Journey

JavaScript: The First Steps

With Andre Madarang

JavaScript is one of the most popular and versatile programming languages when working on the web. It makes for a great first language to learn as you can get started with any web browser and its built-in devtools.This beginner-focused series will take you through the fundamentals of JavaScript and give you a solid understanding of how the language works. Once the fundamentals are under your belt, you should be comfortable writing JavaScript in your own applications or continue your JavaScript journey by learning new frameworks or technologies that are built on top of it.

JavaScript Essentials for PHP Developers

Unlock the power of JavaScript with this tailored series designed for PHP developers looking to expand their skills. Learn key concepts, syntax, and practical applications to seamlessly transition from server-side to client-side coding.

React from Scratch

With Simon Vrachliotis

React from Scratch is a hands-on, beginner-friendly video series that takes you from an empty folder to a fully interactive React app — no prior React knowledge required. You'll learn about JSX, components, state management, controlled inputs, data fetching, and even TypeScript!I hope you'll come to appreciate React for what it truly is: a flexible, powerful UI library — not a full-blown framework. I'll teach you where its boundaries lie, and how to scale beyond them.

Vue State Management

With Sabatino Masala

Motion For The Web

With Simon Vrachliotis

Master the art of modern web animation, from subtle CSS transitions to full-blown JavaScript motion systems. This series starts with the fundamentals of smooth, accessible CSS motion, then builds through keyframes, scroll-linked animations, SVG techniques, and the Web Animations API, finishing with powerhouse libraries like Motion.dev, AnimeJS, and GSAP.

AI Agents and Workflows

AI Developer Workflows

It's a brand new world. Suddenly, we find ourselves less writing code line by line, and more writing plans, coordinating agents, and building workflows. There's a lot to learn. But we gotcha!In this series, each episode will demonstrate one potential AI workflow that you might adopt in your own projects. Check back often, as we'll be adding new episodes every month.

The Batteries-Included AI Toolkit

So You Want to Build an Agent

The Ralph Wiggum Technique

With Sabatino Masala

Admin Panels and Backoffices

Filament 5 in Depth

With Kevin McKee

Filament's powers have increased exponentially. Now at version 5, it's more powerful and capable than ever. In this series, we'll build a practical Roadmap app from scratch, using Filament for the admin panel and Livewire for the public-facing side.Along the way, we'll cover panel configuration, enum-driven UI, strict authorization with policies, and newer form inputs like ToggleButtons, Sliders, and the TipTap-powered RichEditor. By the end, you'll have a full-featured app and a solid handle on everything new in Filament.

Laravel Nova Mastery