
Laravel News Podcast
The Laravel News Podcast brings you all the latest news and events related to the Laravel PHP Framework
Latest episodes

Aug 23, 2023 • 50min
Zero-downtime Forge, scrambling API documentation, and concerning enums
Jake and Michael discuss all the latest Laravel releases, tutorials, and happenings in the community.Honeybadger sponsors this episode - combining error monitoring, uptime monitoring and check-in monitoring into a single, easy to use platform and making you a DevOps hero.(04:00) - Laravel 10.19 released
(13:57) - Laravel Forge introduces zero downtime deployments with Envoyer integration
(15:49) - Laravel Herd v1.2.0 includes an app creation wizard, Tinkerwell integration, and more
(17:56) - Laravel Volt/Folio beta 5 is out, now with named routes
(19:52) - Cachet v3 announcement
(22:32) - The Laracon AU 2023 schedule is here
(23:38) - Generate API documentation for Laravel with Scramble
(26:51) - Sponsor: Honeybadger
(28:03) - Convert numbers to words in Laravel with SpellNumber
(31:12) - SpladePanel - create dashboards using Laravel Splade and Jetstream
(32:52) - Shorten URLs in your Laravel ap with the Cuttly package
(34:46) - EnumConcern - effortless enumeration handling in PHP
(37:41) - Lightweight permissions for Laravel with Ladder
(44:15) - UI Colors: Tailwind CSS color generator
(45:52) - Search for job son LaraJobs from Raycast
(47:42) - PHP max() function
(48:25) - Debugging gateway errors

Aug 10, 2023 • 41min
Filament, stormy pints, and sushi
Jake and Michael discuss all the latest Laravel releases, tutorials, and happenings in the community.This episode is sponsored by Honeybadger - combining error monitoring, uptime monitoring and check-in monitoring into a single, easy to use platform and making you a DevOps hero.(02:45) - Laravel 10.16 released
(07:51) - Take part in the State of Laravel survey 2023
(09:38) - Laravel Prompts is now available in Laravel 10.17
(12:46) - Filament v3 just launched
(15:13) - Livewire Volt has a new class-based API
(19:50) - Inertia vs Livewire
(22:47) - PhpStorm now has built-in support for Laravel Pint
(24:49) - Laravel Sushi gets a new landing page
(25:48) - PHPSandbox - Build, prototype, and share PHP apps in seconds
(27:58) - Sponsor: Honeybadger
(28:53) - Level Up gamification package for Laravel
(31:26) - Genesis is a starter kit for the TALL stack
(33:19) - Bolt is a Laravel form builder for the TALL stack
(35:23) - Learn Livewire 3, Volt, and Folio by building a podcast player
(36:58) - PATH settings for Laravel
(39:17) - NativePHP tutorial: Building a Mac MenuBar application
Show linksLearn Laravel Sushi - the array driver for Eloquent

Jul 27, 2023 • 48min
Laracon US 2023 Recap
Jake and Michael discuss all the latest news and releases from Laracon US 2023 in Nashville.This episode is sponsored by Honeybadger - combining error monitoring, uptime monitoring and check-in monitoring into a single, easy to use platform and making you a DevOps hero.(06:35) - Pest's "Spicy Summer" release
(15:34) - The Livewire v3 beta has been released
(18:29) - Watch Marcel Pociot's "NativePHP" presentation from Laracon
(20:54) - Sponsor: Honeybadger
(23:03) - Laravel Herd
(26:54) - Laravel Folio
(31:44) - A look at what's coming to Laravel 11
(39:06) - Watch Taylor Otwell's "State of Laravel" keynote from Laracon
(39:24) - Laracon recap
Show linksWatch Nuno Maduro's "Pest 2 - Summer of Spice" from LaraconWatch Caleb Porzio's "Livewire 3" presentation from Laracon

Jul 6, 2023 • 43min
Queries, GPT, and sinking downloads
Jake and Michael discuss all the latest Laravel releases, tutorials, and happenings in the community.This episode is sponsored by Honeybadger - combining error monitoring, uptime monitoring and check-in monitoring into a single, easy to use platform and making you a DevOps hero.(03:37) - Laravel 10.14 released
(11:41) - Upcoming Livewire v3 features and changes
(17:01) - Pines: An Alpine and Tailwind UI library
(20:36) - JetBrains announced a bundle for Laravel Developers: PhpStorm + Laravel Idea plugin
(24:03) - Download the response of an HTTP request in Laravel
(28:11) - Raw query output with bindings is coming to Laravel 10
(30:00) - Generate code in Laravel with Synth
(31:59) - Writing and debugging Eloquent queries with Tinkerwell
(35:18) - Sponsor: Honeybadger
(36:13) - ChatGPT mock API generator for Laravel
(38:48) - Diving into Cross-Origin Resource Sharing
(39:42) - API authentication in Laravel

Jun 21, 2023 • 37min
Squeezing lemons, punching cards, and bellowing forges
Jake and Michael discuss all the latest Laravel releases, tutorials, and happenings in the community.This episode is sponsored by Honeybadger - combining error monitoring, uptime monitoring and check-in monitoring into a single, easy to use platform and making you a DevOps hero.(01:56) - Define casts in a query
(03:55) - Lemon Squeezy for Laravel 1.0 is here
(06:38) - Add strict typing to inline variables in PHP with Strictus
(09:24) - Hooks for Alpine.js
(10:37) - PunchcardP Object configs for Laravel
(14:15) - Sponsor: Honeybadger
(15:11) - Resend email package for Laravel and PHP
(16:34) - Restore database backups in Laravel
(18:01) - Laravel Tailwind Merge
(24:15) - Bellows: Supercharge your Laravel Forge account
(28:35) - Lifecycle hooks in Laravel - How to build them, and why you'd want them
(32:49) - Working with third party services in Laravel

Jun 6, 2023 • 36min
Precognition, faking Stripe, and debugging Blade
Jake and Michael discuss all the latest Laravel releases, tutorials, and happenings in the community.This episode is sponsored by Honeybadger - combining error monitoring, uptime monitoring and check-in monitoring into a single, easy to use platform and making you a DevOps hero.(06:10) - Laravel 10.12 released
(13:22) - Laravel 10.13 released
(18:11) - Laravel Precognition updates are here
(23:18) - FakerPHP Stripe provider
(24:58) - Uploadcare filesystem adapter for Laravel
(28:35) - Sponsor: Honeybadger
(29:48) - Add debug comments to your rendered Blade templates
(31:25) - Extra checks for Laravel Server Monitor

May 24, 2023 • 31min
High octane, sleepy code, and Aaron Francis
Jake and Michael discuss all the latest Laravel releases, tutorials, and happenings in the community.This episode is sponsored by Honeybadger - combining error monitoring, uptime monitoring and check-in monitoring into a single, easy to use platform and making you a DevOps hero.(03:36) - Laravel 10.10 released
(09:47) - Laravel 10.11 released
(12:07) - Laravel Octane adds support for Roadrunner v3
(13:55) - Statamic 4 released
(17:10) - Aaron Francis: Laravel overview video
(19:21) - Sponsor: Honeybadger
(20:17) - Use 1Password to authenticate with Forge and Vapor securely
(23:55) - Brainstorm tests with PEST todos
(25:33) - Laravel security middleware
(26:11) - Feature tests powered by database seeders
Show linksLaravel Envoyer

May 10, 2023 • 40min
Repeating models, extending Raycast, and squeezing lemons
Jake and Michael discuss all the latest Laravel releases, tutorials, and happenings in the community.This episode is sponsored by Honeybadger - combining error monitoring, uptime monitoring and check-in monitoring into a single, easy to use platform and making you a DevOps hero.(03:30) - Laravel 10.9 released
(10:55) - Use ChatGPT to ask a question to the Laravel docs
(14:05) - Create repeatable models with Laravel Recurring Models
(16:24) - Laravel Artisan Raycast extension
(18:38) - PostgreSQL full text search for Laravel Scout
(22:20) - Lemon Squeezy for Laravel
(26:55) - Sponsor: Honeybadger
(27:54) - LDAP framework for PHP
(30:24) - Send toas notifications in your Livewire application with Toaster
(31:35) - Small but powerful CLI apps with Minicli

Apr 26, 2023 • 39min
Laracon AU returns, telescopic guzzle, and security audits
Jake and Michael discuss all the latest Laravel releases, tutorials, and happenings in the community.This episode is sponsored by Honeybadger - combining error monitoring, uptime monitoring and check-in monitoring into a single, easy to use platform and making you a DevOps hero.(02:02) - Laravel 10.7 released
(08:20) - Laravel 10.8 released
(15:22) - Laracon AU is returning in 2023!
(17:21) - Convert HEIC images to JPEG in PHP
(20:11) - Lunar headless e-commerce for Laravel
(22:09) - Laravel validate package with over 35 pre-built rules
(23:34) - Sponsor: Honeybadger
(24:39) - Laravel FFMpeg tools
(28:03) - Laravel Telescope Guzzle watcher
(30:15) - Generate string acronyms with this Laravel macro
(32:44) - Going past actions in Laravel
(34:23) - Top 10 Laravel audit security issues

Apr 11, 2023 • 38min
Things you can test, PlanetScale migrations, and validated DTOs
Jake and Michael discuss all the latest Laravel releases, tutorials, and happenings in the community.This episode is sponsored by Honeybadger - combining error monitoring, uptime monitoring and check-in monitoring into a single, easy to use platform and making you a DevOps hero.(05:34) - Laravel 10.5 released
(10:47) - Everything you can test in your Laravel application
(13:38) - Replace raw query calls with Laravel Query Expressions
(19:12) - Validated DTO package for Laravel
(22:14) - Sponsor: Honeybadger
(23:16) - PlanetScale database migrations for Laravel
(28:47) - Laravel expectations plugin for Pest
(32:06) - Useful Laravel date scopes for Eloquent models
(35:06) - Pest architecture plugin
(36:11) - Let's talk about form requests