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Small Laravel Packages, Big Impact

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!

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Episodes
13
Run Time
1h 32m
Difficulty
Intermediate
Last Updated
Jan 29, 2024
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  1. Episodes (13)

    1. Hello

      In this opening episode, I offer a friendly welcome to the course. I will tell you what we are up to, and what you can expect to learn in the upcoming lessons.

    3. Sushi

      Next up, we will explore the Sushi package that brings eloquent to your array. Sounds delicious, right? Right!

    5. Laravel Backup

      In this episode, we will review the Laravel Backup package that allows you to back up your application with ease. It is a must-have package for every Laravel application.

    6. Twitter OAuth

      In this episode, we will look at the Twitter OAuth package that allows you to tweet from your applications automatically. We will see how to set it up and use it in a Laravel application.

    7. Blade UIKit

      In this episode, we will look at the Blade UIKit package that allows you to utilize common blade components. It can save you a lot of time and make your views more consistent.

    8. Laravel Data

      In this episode, we will look at the Laravel Data package that allows you to create data classes for your models. It's not a small package, but we will look at a particular small use case I love.

    9. Laravel Config Validator

      Next up, we will review the Laravel Config Validator package that allows you to validate your config files. It's a great way to ensure your config files are always valid.

    10. Laravel Phone

      Have you ever stored phone numbers in your database? If so, you know that it can be a bit of a pain to validate them. In this episode, we will look at the Laravel Phone package, which makes this process much easier.

    11. Laravel Pail

      Let's have a look at the brand new Laravel Pail package. It hopes to enhance the way you review your log files. Let's see how it works.

    12. Laravel Query Cache

      In this episode, we will look at the Laravel Query Cache package, which allows you to cache your database queries. It's a great way to improve the performance of your application on a model level.

    13. Laravel Blade Comments

      This package is the definition of a small package: one simple use-case, but very, very useful. Curious?

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