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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

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

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 Internals

Demystify Laravel's Magic

With Mohamed Said

In this series, we'll demystify much of Laravel's magic for developers who may not understand how all the pieces fit together behind the scenes. We'll cover a variety of confusing topics, like providers, facades, contracts, and more.

Understanding Laravel's Context Capabilities

As part of the Laravel 11 release, the core team introduced a new powerful feature called Context that allows you to capture, retrieve, and share information throughout your application during a single request. If you're curious, join me as I guide you through the basic usage, while providing a variety of examples that you can implement within your own projects.

Modular Laravel

With Mateus Guimarães

In this course, we'll discuss the modular monolith, or - if you want to sound fancy - a module-oriented architecture. A modular monolith provides a fantastic middle-ground between the simplicity of a traditional monolithic architecture, and some of the benefits you might encounter within a microservice-based architecture. Curious to learn more? Let's get going!

Eloquent Relationships Deep Dive

In this series, we'll unlock the full power of Eloquent relationships, from the basics of hasOne and belongsToMany to polymorphic magic and performance tuning. Whether you're building a blog or architecting a multi-tenant SaaS, understanding how your models connect is critical. Let's get relational.

Blaze Deep-Dive

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

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.

Frontend Foundations

React from Scratch

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.

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.

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.

Practical TypeScript for the Laravel Developer

With Joe Tannenbaum

In this series, we are going to learn about the typical situations you will encounter when building a Laravel app with a TypeScript frontend. We'll talk about TypeScript primitives, how to organize your types, when to type, and, ultimately, how to generate types from your PHP code. All signal, no noise!

Motion For The Web

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.

Deployment and Scale

Learn Laravel Forge

Load Balance a Laravel App

With Mohamed Said

A load balancer serves as the single entry point to your application from the internet. It distributes incoming traffic across multiple targets, which could be EC2 instances or Lambda functions.In this course, we will distribute traffic across two EC2 instances located in different availability zones. This increases the availability of your applications and allows you to easily add or remove instances at any time to increase or decrease capacity.

Laravel Octane

With Mohamed Said

In this course, we'll explore Laravel Octane in detail, and learn how to leverage its capabilities to optimize the performance of your Laravel applications. So fasten your seatbelts and join me on this journey! Let's get going.

Valet Uncovered

Continuous Integration Step by Step

When it comes to continuous integration, Github Actions changed the game. With a few lines of YAML, we can now automate repetitive tasks and ensure code quality across our codebase. So, let's pair Github Actions with Laravel to build some really cool workflows that you can drop into almost any project. You'll be applying for that DevOps role before you know it!

Laravel Tooling Boost

PhpStorm for Laravel Developers

Finding the right IDE that fits your coding workflow and requirements can often be frustrating. Many editors come close but stumble near the finish line. After years of searching, however, PhpStorm is the first editor that somehow manages to tick every requirement of mine. It's fast, feature-rich, incredibly customizable, and the new UI is gorgeous.In this series, I hope you'll come along as I demonstrate, one episode at a time, my complete Laravel and PhpStorm workflow (including the incredible Laravel Idea plugin). So buckle up, there's a lot to cover!

Learn Laravel and Vite

Laravel provides seamless integration with Vite, a next generation front-end bundler that is lightning fast. In this miniseries, join me as I outline Laravel's Vite integration in a way that's easy to understand. You'll be bundling your client-side assets in no time!

Small Laravel Packages, Big Impact

With Christoph Rumpel

This course celebrates the power and potential of small, yet impactful Laravel packages. We'll take a step back from those larger, spotlight-stealing packages, and instead focus on some lesser-known tools that can significantly optimize your Laravel applications. We'll discuss their respective uses and learn how they can streamline your development process. Let's go!

What's New in Laravel 11

Another year, another major Laravel version! Laravel 11 doubles down on simplicity and productivity, focusing on getting you up and running as quickly as possible. Let's take a quick look at the stand-out features that you absolutely should be aware of.

Open Source Growth

How to Contribute to Open Source

Armed with a computer, some git knowledge, and an idea, any of us can contribute to the frameworks and packages that we use every day. Cool as that may be, it can initially be a daunting experience. So let's go on a journey together, as we take an idea for Laravel Prompts from musings to merging. Learning the basic processes will put you in good stead for contributing your own ideas.

Running Clock

Welcome to "Running Clock," my new interview series where I fire off questions to top developers about their favorite tools, frameworks, and coding obsessions. The catch? We only have five minutes to get through all of my questions...and the clock is ticking!

The Laracasts Snippet

Listen to the latest episodes of The Laracasts Snippet podcast, where Jeffrey Way casually chats less about the code, itself, and more about the developer behind the code.

How to Build a Dev Team

Resources for learning to code are everywhere. The only hard part is choosing one. But when it comes to learning how to lead a development team, quality resources are incredibly scarce. This course fills that gap. It contains all of the lessons I learned while building the dev team at Tighten, a Laravel consultancy known for producing great work, but with an even better reputation as a fantastic place to work.

Modern React Path

React from Scratch

React, The Laravel Way

In "React from Scratch", we built a "DevPups" app from scratch. Now it's time to take things further. Using that finished app as a base, you'll learn how to construct a React-powered app...the Laravel way! You'll see how we can swap out fragile external API calls for Laravel's elegant backend, add real-time "like" functionality, support file uploads, and polish up our CRUD features with proper authorization. Along the way, you'll get comfortable with Inertia.js, the perfect glue between Laravel's backend strength and React's frontend flexibility. By the end of this series, you'll have constructed a production-ready app that shows the Laravel way of working with React: fewer moving parts, cleaner architecture, and faster development.

shadcn/ui Deconstructed

Shadcn/ui is not only great for building beautiful user interfaces, but it’s also an excellent way to learn coding patterns and techniques to build a robust set of UI components or a design system. In this series, we will reverse-engineer the code generated by shadcn/ui to explore various composition patterns and styling techniques.

Practical TypeScript for the Laravel Developer

With Joe Tannenbaum

Search and Discovery

Supercharged Search with Typesense

Typesense is a wildly fast, open-source search engine that doesn't require a PhD to configure and query. Its API just makes sense. Even better, it integrates seamlessly with Laravel, thanks to the official Typesense PHP client and Laravel Scout.I spent months researching and preparing this course so that you can update your app with powerful Typesense-backed search in record time. Let's go!

Crafting Web Applications with HTMX

Modern web development is complex, but it doesn't have to be. HTMX can greatly simplify how you build modern web applications. Embrace simplicity, and join Jeremy McPeak as he uses HTMX (and Alpine) to modernize a basic web application.

Build HTML Emails with Maizzle

Building HTML emails can be an arduous process because there is no standardization when it comes to email clients. In this series, I'll introduce you to Maizzle: a development environment that makes it a little easier to develop cross-client HTML emails. I think you'll like it a lot!

Frontend Mentor Challenge with Laravel

AI in Laravel Apps

Leveraging AI for Laravel Development

Fun With OpenAI and Laravel

In this series, you'll get your feet wet with a variety of fun examples that demonstrate how to interact with OpenAI using PHP and Laravel. We'll begin by assuming that you know nothing, and then slowly work our way up one episode at a time!

Watch Me AI the UI

Vibe Coding Workshop

With Josh Johnson

Hi, I'm Josh, the creator of Wender. In this series, I'll teach you everything I've learned about how to treat vibe coding like a craft... rather than a magic trick. We're not chasing weekend Airbnb clones. No, we're interested in practical workflows for building better applications using AI. You'll learn about writing better prompts, what to do when things go sideways, and how to review diffs like a pro!

Quick Tips from Pros

Jeffrey's Larabits

Jeremy's Larabits

Here, you'll find Jeremy McPeak'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!

Simon's Larabits

Here, you'll find Simon Swiss'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!

Luke's Larabits