We all use third party packages in our Laravel applications, and even Laravel itself is composed of packages. But how do they work? How do you pick the best packages? What can packages actually do? In this episode Laravel's most prolific package authors join us and answer these questions and many more.Freek Van der Herten, Twitter - https://twitter.com/freekmurzeFreek’s blog - https://freek.dev/Spatie - https://spatie.be/Marcel Pociot, Twitter - https://twitter.com/marcelpociotBeyond Code - https://beyondco.de/Marcel’s website - https://pociot.dev/Laravel Docs: Packages - https://laravel.com/docs/8.x/packagesSpatie: Ray - https://spatie.be/products/rayLaravel: IDE Helper - https://github.com/barryvdh/laravel-ide-helperLaravel: Debug Bar - https://github.com/barryvdh/laravel-debugbarBarry Van der Heuvel, GitHub - https://github.com/barryvdhFruitcake - https://fruitcake.nl/Valet - https://laravel.com/docs/8.x/valetExpose - https://github.com/beyondcode/exposeLaravel: Illuminate - https://github.com/illuminateTorch - https://github.com/mattstauffer/TorchProxy Package - https://packagist.org/packages/fideloper/proxyGuzzle - https://packagist.org/packages/guzzlehttp/guzzleTinker - https://packagist.org/packages/laravel/tinkerTinkerwell - https://tinkerwell.app/Faker - https://github.com/fzaninotto/FakerIgnition - https://github.com/facade/ignitionLaravel Docs: Sail - https://laravel.com/docs/8.x/sailLaravel Docs: Mocking - https://laravel.com/docs/8.x/mockingCollision - https://github.com/nunomaduro/collisionPHP Unit - https://phpunit.de/Symfony - https://symfony.com/Laravel Zero - https://laravel-zero.com/Blade X - https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-blade-x/v2/introductionThe Laravel Podcast, Intro to Composer - https://laravelpodcast.com/episodes/intro-to-composer-with-jordi-boggianoJohn Brown, Laravel Package - https://laravelpackage.com/PHP Package Development - https://phppackagedevelopment.com/Laravel Package Training - https://laravelpackage.training/Laravel New: Package Development, Deprecated Helpers, and Caching Changes - https://podcast.laravel-news.com/78Freek Van der Herten, Creating Laravel-Signal-Aware-Command - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9hxQoD47jISkeleton Package - https://github.com/spatie/package-skeleton-laravelLaravel Package Tools - https://github.com/spatie/laravel-package-toolsLarabelles: Building a Laravel Package #1 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YY1QOG8mwE4Larabelles: Building a Laravel Package #2 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DB5ZmZmrYxMOh Dear App - https://ohdear.app/-----Editing sponsored by Tighten; transcript sponsored by Larajobs.

As much as we all wish our apps would just run forever, in reality, they need some tender love and care in order to keep running smoothly and safely. That means we need to know how to upgrade them!Laravel upgrade master Jason McCreary joins us to talk about the upgrading process and his product, Laravel Shift, which automates away much of the cost of upgrading.Jason McCreary, Twitter - https://twitter.com/gonedarkJason McCreary, Website - https://jasonmccreary.me/Laravel Shift - https://laravelshift.com/Confident Laravel - https://confidentlaravel.com/Base Code Field Guide - https://basecodefieldguide.com/Base Laravel - https://baselaravel.com/Laravel Docs, Upgrade Guide - https://laravel.com/docs/8.x/upgradeLaravel Docs, Artisan Console - https://laravel.com/docs/8.x/artisanLaravel Scheduler - https://laravel.com/docs/8.x/schedulingTailwind - https://tailwindcss.com/Tailwind, Theme Configurations - https://tailwindcss.com/docs/themeLaravel Docs, LTS - https://laravel.com/docs/8.x/releases#support-policyJesse Schute - https://www.instagram.com/jesseschutt/Laravel Linter - https://github.com/tighten/tlint-----Editing sponsored by Tighten; transcript sponsored by Larajobs.

One of the most common questions that the Laravel docs just can't answer for you is "How and where do I deploy my Laravel app?" There are a ton of options, but a few recommended options, and Chris Fidao, creator of Servers for Hackers, knows all of them and takes this episode to walk us through the most common setups and important tips to remember and gotchas to avoid.Chris Fidao, Twitter: https://twitter.com/fideloperServers For Hackers: https://serversforhackers.com/UserScape: https://userscape.com/HelpSpot Cloud: https://www.helpspot.com/cloud-infrastructureForge: https://forge.laravel.com/Laravel Docs, Deployment: https://laravel.com/docs/8.x/deploymentWebhook: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WebhookUbuntu: https://ubuntu.com/Shared Hosting: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shared_web_hosting_serviceEnvoyer: https://envoyer.io/Composer InstallZero Downtime DeploymentBash: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bash_(Unix_shell)Laravel Docs, Envoy: https://laravel.com/docs/8.x/envoyFabric: https://www.fabfile.org/Laravel Docs, Blade: https://laravel.com/docs/8.x/bladeDocker: https://www.docker.com/AWS: https://aws.amazon.com/Serverless: https://www.serverless.com/Container: https://www.docker.com/resources/what-containerKubernetes: https://kubernetes.io/Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Services (EKS): https://aws.amazon.com/eksLambda: https://aws.amazon.com/lambda/Laravel Vapor: https://vapor.laravel.com/Laravel Docs, SSH: https://laravel.com/docs/4.2/sshUnderstanding Linux File Permissions: https://www.linux.com/training-tutorials/understanding-linux-file-permissions/Supervisor: http://supervisord.org/Cron: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CronThermostat: https://thermostat.io/Laravel Discord: https://twitter.com/taylorotwell/status/1037140531313340416 -----Editing sponsored by Tighten; transcript sponsored by Larajobs.

Some times events, jobs, and queues can feel a bit overwhelming, and sometimes they can feel so simple it feels like you're doing it wrong.Mohamed Said is not just the expert on how queues work, he's the expert on thinking how best to use them and how best not to use them. In this episode we talk about how to use queues, and how to think in a way that makes sense for queues, and we also take a quick dive into Laravel's event system.Mohamed Said, Twitter - https://twitter.com/themsaidMohamed Said, YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/themsaidMohamed Said, Website - https://themsaid.com/Diving Laravel - https://divinglaravel.com/Learn Laravel Queues, book by Mohamed Said - https://learn-laravel-queues.com/Laravel Documents, Queues - https://laravel.com/docs/8.x/queuesDaemons - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daemon_(computing)Maxwell’s Demon Thought Experiment - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxwell%27s_demonLaravel Documents, Broadcasted Events - https://laravel.com/docs/8.x/broadcastingSingleton - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singleton_patternLaravel Forge - https://forge.laravel.com/Laravel Documents, Workers - https://laravel.com/docs/8.x/queues#running-the-queue-workerLaravel Documents, Events - https://laravel.com/docs/8.x/eventsStripe Connect - https://stripe.com/connect -----Editing sponsored by Tighten; transcript sponsored by Larajobs.

It's every application developer's nightmare: your app gets hacked and everyone's private data is out in the open, and it's your fault.Thankfully, Laravel and the tools it brings have the best security practices baked in. But a framework can only save us from so much.In this episode, security advocate and UX Designer (the UX part matters! Listen to find out why) talks about what Laravel gives us by default, how to write code that plays nicely with Laravel's built-in security tooling, and other helpful tools and practices that can keep you, your apps, and your clients secure.Rizqi Djamaluddin Twitter -  https://twitter.com/rizqi_djmLaravel Documents: Eloquent - https://laravel.com/docs/8.x/eloquentSQL Injection - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SQL_injectionCross Site Scripting (XSS) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-site_scriptingAWSTakeout - https://github.com/tighten/takeoutMinio - https://min.io/S3 - https://s3.com/NGINX - https://www.nginx.com/resources/wiki/start/topics/examples/x-accel/HTML Purifier - http://htmlpurifier.org/Laravel Documents: CSRF Protection - https://laravel.com/docs/8.x/csrfCORS - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-origin_resource_sharingRate Limiting - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rate_limiting2 Factor Authentication - https://authy.com/what-is-2fa/OWASP - https://owasp.org/Laravel Slack - https://larachat.co/ -----Editing sponsored by Tighten; transcript sponsored by Larajobs.

Laravel's Collections were popularized by Adam Wathan's book "Refactoring to Collections", but if you haven't read the book you may be left wondering exactly what they are and how we work with them. And you've likely seem some of the common global helpers—app(), auth()—but there are dozens that even the most experienced Laravel programmers don't always know about! In this episode helper & collection afficionado Jacob Baker-Kretzmar walks us through both sets of tools and some of his favorite ways to work with them.Jacob Baker-Kretzmar Twitter - https://twitter.com/bakerkretzmarJacob’s GitHub Account - https://github.com/bakerkretzmarJacob’s Website - https://bakerkretzmar.ca/Laravel Documentation: Helpers - https://laravel.com/docs/8.x/helpersLaravel Documentation: Collections - https://laravel.com/docs/8.x/collectionsRasmus Lerdorf Twitter - https://twitter.com/rasmusLaravel Documentation: Dataget - https://laravel.com/docs/8.x/helpers#method-data-getLaravel News: Laravel Collection “Tap” Method - https://laravel-news.com/collection-tapLaracasts: Fluent Strings Manipulations - https://laracasts.com/series/whats-new-in-laravel-7/episodes/2Laravel News: Using the Laravel Optional Helper and the New Optional Closure - https://laravel-news.com/laravel-optional-helperLazy Collections in Laravel - https://josephsilber.com/posts/2020/07/29/lazy-collections-in-laravelRefactoring to Collections, by Adam Wathan - https://adamwathan.me/refactoring-to-collections/Laravel: Up & Running, by Matt Stauffer - https://laravelupandrunning.com/ -----Editing sponsored by Tighten; transcript sponsored by Larajobs.

Laravel has two primary notification systems: Mail and Notifications. What do each do? How do you use them? When should you use one or the other? Active community member and Wilbur group programmer WIlbur Powery joins us to talk about these two key systemsWilbur Powery’s Twitter - https://twitter.com/wilburpoweryWilbur’s Blog - https://wilburpowery.dev/Wilbur’s GitHub - https://github.com/wilburpoweryLaravel Documents: Notifications - https://laravel.com/docs/8.x/notificationsWilbur Group - https://wilbergroup.com/Jake Bennett - https://twitter.com/JacobBennettLaravel Documents: Mail - https://laravel.com/docs/8.x/mailMailGun - https://www.mailgun.com/MailTrap - https://mailtrap.io/Hello Cloud - http://hellocloud.io/MailHog - https://github.com/mailhogTakeout - https://github.com/tighten/takeoutHelo Professional - https://usehelo.com/Marcel Pocoit Twitter - https://twitter.com/marcelpociotNexmo - https://developer.nexmo.com/Next - https://nextjs.org/Twilio - https://www.twilio.com/Laravel Documents: Queues - https://laravel.com/docs/8.x/queuesLaravel Echo - https://github.com/laravel/echoPusher - https://pusher.com/tutorials/web-notifications-laravel-pusher-channelsLaravel Documents: Broadcast -  https://laravel.com/docs/8.x/broadcastingLaravel: Up & Running - https://laravelupandrunning.com/Laracasts - https://laracasts.com/ -----Editing sponsored by Tighten; transcript sponsored by Larajobs.

We all interact with APIs, even if we don't write them, right? The APIs that power our mobile apps, the APIs we use in our code. But Jess Archer wants you to know there's a whole wide world of what API even means, broader than we usually use it... but then we'll also get down to the real details about the best practices for writing web-based RESTish APIs in Laravel.Jess Archer Twitter - https://twitter.com/jessarchercodesJess Archer Website - https://jessarcher.com/Jess Archer Blog - https://jessarcher.com/blog/Jess Archer GitHub - https://github.com/jessarcherLaravel Shift - https://laravelshift.com/GiftyDuck - https://giftyduck.com/BaseCode Podcast - https://basecodefieldguide.com/podcast/Laravel Documents: API - https://laravel.com/docs/5.8/api-authenticationLaravel Documents: Laravel Passport - https://laravel.com/docs/8.x/passportLaravel Documents: Laravel Sanctum -  https://laravel.com/docs/8.x/sanctumRestful APINested ResourcesTransforming APIAPI ResourcesJSON API - https://jsonapi.org/Wikipedia Status Codes - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_HTTP_status_codesLaracon: “How to JSON: API Quickly and Easily in Laravel,” Matt Stauffer, video -  https://vimeo.com/showcase/7060635/video/394206991Laracon: “Cruddy by Design” Adam Wathan, video -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MF0jFKvS4SILaracon: “The Laravel Developer’s Guide to VUE SPAs,” Jess Archer, video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zv4bUXEwl20 -----Editing sponsored by Tighten; transcript sponsored by Larajobs.

Laravel offers two systems for accessing the filesystem: the File facade and the Storage facade. The Storage facade wraps a package called "Flysystem", and in this episode Flysystem creator Frank de Jonge talks about how Laravel's storage and file systems work and talks about some best practices for working with them.Frank de Jonge Twitter - https://twitter.com/frankdejongeFrank on GitHub - https://github.com/frankdejongeFrank’s Blog -  https://blog.frankdejonge.nl/Flysystem - https://flysystem.thephpleague.com/v2/docs/Mollie Payments - https://www.mollie.com/enThe PHP League of Extraordinary Packages - https://thephpleague.com/#packagesLaravel Documents: File Storage - https://laravel.com/docs/8.x/filesystemChristoph Rumpel Episode - https://laravelpodcast.simplecast.com/episodes/the-service-container-with-christoph-rumpelStreamed Download - https://laravel.com/docs/8.x/responses#streamed-downloadsReplicate Adapter - https://flysystem.thephpleague.com/v1/docs/adapter/replicate/Flysystem V2 - https://flysystem.thephpleague.com/v2/docs/what-is-new/Schiphol Airport - https://www.schiphol.nl/nl/Ecologi, Tree Sponsorship - https://ecologi.com/frankdejonge   -----Editing sponsored by Tighten; transcript sponsored by Larajobs.

Some of the most important pieces of Laravel are still those which don't fit neatly into broader categories. In this episode we cover those and somehow even manage to tie them together in a mega episode with four neat and clean introductions.Samantha Geitz Twitter Account - https://twitter.com/SamanthaGeitzSamantha Geitz website - https://samanthageitz.com/  The Laravel Podcast, Season 3: Interview with Samantha Geitz - https://laravelpodcast.com/episodes/7fbc2741Laravel Docs Cache - https://laravel.com/docs/8.x/cacheLaravel Docs Session -  https://laravel.com/docs/8.x/session#introductionLaravel Docs Middleware -  https://laravel.com/docs/8.x/middleware#introductionLaravel Docs Requests - https://laravel.com/docs/8.x/requests#accessing-the-requestTelescope - https://laravel.com/docs/8.x/telescopeCloudFront - https://aws.amazon.com/cloudfront/Trusted Proxy -  https://github.com/fideloper/TrustedProxyPatrick Rothfuss - https://www.patrickrothfuss.com/content/index.aspPatrick Rothfuss, Name in the Wind - https://www.powells.com/book/the-name-of-the-wind-9780756404741Patrick Rothfuss, Wise Man Fears - https://www.powells.com/book/the-wise-mans-fear-9780756407919Brandon Sanderson - https://www.brandonsanderson.com/Joe Abercrombie - https://joeabercrombie.com/Joe Abercrombie, A Blade Itself - https://joeabercrombie.com/books/the-blade-itself/Kindle Paperwhite - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07CXG6C9W/Lev Grossman, The Magicians - http://levgrossman.com/books/the-magicians-a-novel/Lin Manuel Miranda Producing The Kingkiller Chronicles- https://www.tor.com/2016/11/29/lin-manuel-miranda-the-kingkiller-chronicle-adaptation-patrick-rothfuss/ -----Editing sponsored by Tighten; transcript sponsored by Larajobs.