
The Laravel Podcast
The Laravel Podcast brings you Laravel and PHP development news and discussion.
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Jan 16, 2024 • 41min
Cashier vs. Spark, Pest vs. PHPUnit, and How We Manage Remote Teams
The hosts of the Laravel Podcast share their experience meeting Rasmus, the founder of PHP, and discuss the evolution of PHP. They introduce Frank and PHP, a tool for simplifying PHP applications. They talk about API platforms, the worldwide meetup relaunch, and the Laravel Cashier quickstart docs. They discuss the evolution of billing platforms and the challenges of managing billing with Laravel tools Cashier and Spark. They also discuss the 'strict mode' feature in Laravel's eloquent and share their recent music discoveries and recommendations.

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Dec 19, 2023 • 42min
How Taylor Otwell Came Up With Products That Have Earned Him Millions
Entrepreneur and Laravel creator, Taylor Otwell, shares insights on product ideation, audience building, and balancing perfection in software development. Topics include SaaS revenue, creating products to solve personal needs, recurring billing strategies, and the importance of setting project completion criteria. The discussion also touches on individual coding habits and movie preferences.

Nov 28, 2023 • 39min
Laravel Pulse, First Party Packages, & the Future of Laravel
Taylor, Creator of Laravel and Laravel Pulse, discusses the origins and functionality of Laravel Pulse, as well as Laravel first party packages. The conversation also delves into the future of Laravel and strategies for injecting innovation into the ecosystem.

Nov 14, 2023 • 42min
Matt & Taylor’s Preferred Tech Stacks for New Laravel Apps
The podcast discusses preferred tech stacks for new Laravel apps, text editors and fonts for coding, color schemes and packages, third-party services in Laravel tech stack, and setting up local environments and creating cedars.

Oct 31, 2023 • 45min
A Day in the Life of Taylor Otwell, Managing a Remote Team, Productivity, Regrets, & Marriage
Taylor Otwell, Founder of Laravel, discusses a typical day at Laravel, remote team management, productivity secrets, regrets, and marriage. The hosts also explore the Ultimate Universe, balancing involvement in day-to-day operations with delegating responsibilities, the success of Laravel, trusting your gut, and the value of attending in-person Laravel conferences.

Oct 17, 2023 • 42min
Volt Breeze, Testing, Traits, & Inheritance
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.

Oct 3, 2023 • 30min
Screencasting, Livewire Breeze, Hosting Options, Envoyer, & Pull Requests
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.Screencasting - https://screencasting.com/Taylor Otwell's Twitter - https://twitter.com/taylorotwellLaravel Twitter - https://twitter.com/laravelphpLaravel Website - https://laravel.com/Laravel Folio - https://laravel.com/docs/10.x/folioLivewire Volt - https://livewire.laravel.com/docs/voltTighten.co - https://tighten.com/Laravel Pail - https://github.com/laravel/pail Docker - https://www.docker.com/company/Jetstream - https://jetstream.laravel.com/Breeze - https://laravel.com/docs/10.x/starter-kits#laravel-breezeBlade - https://laravel.com/docs/10.x/bladePrompts - https://laravel.com/docs/10.x/promptsForge - https://forge.laravel.com/Envoyer - https://envoyer.io/Vapor - https://vapor.laravel.com/Ruby on Rails - https://rubyonrails.org/Digital Ocean - https://www.digitalocean.com/Fly.IO - https://fly.io/-----Editing and transcription sponsored by Tighten.

Sep 26, 2023 • 44min
Welcome back Taylor! Laravel 11, Folio/Volt, PHP, and Final Classes
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. Taylor Otwell's Twitter - https://twitter.com/taylorotwellLaravel Twitter - https://twitter.com/laravelphpLaravel Website - https://laravel.com/Laravel Folio - https://laravel.com/docs/10.x/folioLivewire Volt – https://livewire.laravel.com/docs/voltCaleb Porzio - https://calebporzio.com/Caleb Porzio GitHub - https://github.com/calebporzioLaravel Herd - https://herd.laravel.com/Tighten.co - https://tighten.com/Laravel Sail - https://laravel.com/docs/10.x/sailDocker - https://www.docker.com/company/ Inertia - https://inertiajs.com/Jonathan Reinink’s Website - https://reinink.ca/Jonathan Reinink’s Twitter - https://twitter.com/reininkJonathan Reinink’s GitHub - https://github.com/reinink-----Editing and transcription sponsored by Tighten.

Aug 12, 2022 • 48min
League CSV (and URI & Period), with Ignace Nyamagana Butera
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.Ignace's Website - https://nyamsprod.comIgnace's GitHub - https://github.com/nyamsprodIgnace's Twitter - https://twitter.com/nyamsprodBakame GitHub - https://github.com/bakame-phpSponsor Ignace - https://github.com/sponsors/nyamsprodLeague CSV GitHub - https://github.com/thephpleague/csvLeague CSV - https://csv.thephpleague.com/League URI GitHub - https://github.com/thephpleague/uriLeague URI - https://uri.thephpleague.com/League Period GitHub - https://github.com/thephpleague/periodLeague Period - https://period.thephpleague.com/Domain Parser GitHub - https://github.com/jeremykendall/php-domain-parserThe PHP League - https://thephpleague.com/Frank de Jonge - https://twitter.com/frankdejongeStorage, with Frank de Jonge - https://laravelpodcast.com/episodes/storage-with-frank-de-jongeJonathan Reinink - https://github.com/reininkEloquent and the Query Builder, with Jonathan Reinink - https://laravelpodcast.com/episodes/eloquent-with-jonathan-reininkBarry vd. Heuvel - https://github.com/barryvdhLaravel Debugbar, with Barry vd. Heuvel - https://laravelpodcast.com/episodes/laravel-debugbar-with-barry-vd-heuvelPHP Manual for fgetcsv - https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.fgetcsv.phpComposer - https://getcomposer.org/PSR-4: Autoloader - https://www.php-fig.org/psr/psr-4/The SplObjectStorage class - https://www.php.net/manual/en/class.splobjectstorage.phpStreams - https://www.php.net/manual/en/book.stream.phpSymfony - https://symfony.com/PHP Releases - https://phpreleases.com/Doctrine - https://www.doctrine-project.org/Doctrine Collections - https://www.doctrine-project.org/projects/doctrine-collections/en/1.6/index.htmlLazy Collections - https://laravel.com/docs/9.x/collections#lazy-collectionsHelpers & Collections, with Jacob Baker-Kretzmar - https://laravelpodcast.com/episodes/helpers-collections-with-jacob-baker-kretzmarSushi - https://github.com/calebporzio/sushiEloquent - https://laravel.com/docs/9.x/eloquentPSR-7: HTTP message interfaces - https://www.php-fig.org/psr/psr-7/WhatWG - https://whatwg.org/parse_url - https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.parse-url.phpCarbon GitHub - https://github.com/briannesbitt/CarbonChronos GitHub - https://github.com/cakephp/chronosJeremy Kendall - https://github.com/jeremykendallPHP Domain Parser - https://github.com/jeremykendall/php-domain-parserCaneco - https://twitter.com/caneco-----Editing and transcription sponsored by Tighten.

Jun 24, 2022 • 23min
Pest, with Nuno Maduro
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.Nuno Maduro's Twitter - https://twitter.com/enunomaduroSponsor Nuno Maduro - https://github.com/sponsors/nunomaduroPest - https://pestphp.comPest Discord Server - https://discord.com/invite/bMAJv82Perl - https://www.perl.org/Parallel Plugin - https://pestphp.com/docs/plugins/parallelPHPUnit - https://phpunit.de/Jest - https://jestjs.io/Livewire - https://laravel-livewire.com/Watch Plugin - https://pestphp.com/docs/plugins/watchRetry Plugin - https://docs.php-http.org/en/latest/plugins/retry.htmlDatasets - https://pestphp.com/docs/datasets#datasetsOliver Nybroe's Twitter - https://twitter.com/olivernybroe?lang=enOliver Nybroe's GitHub - https://github.com/olivernybroeOwen Voke's Twitter - https://twitter.com/owenvokeOwen Voke's GitHub - https://github.com/owenvokeLuke Downing's Twitter - https://twitter.com/LukeDowning19Luke Downing's GitHub - https://github.com/lukeraymonddowningFreek Van der Herten's Twitter - https://twitter.com/freekmurzeFreek Van der Herten's Blog - https://freek.dev-----Editing and transcription sponsored by Tighten.