Laravel 9.42

The Laravel team released 9.42 this week with singleton route resources, conditional report helpers, and more.

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New Static Constructors Added for Fluent Validation Rules

In Laravel 9.41, we now have a few convenient static constructors added for things like enum rules, files, and image files. Let's dig in and see how they work.

Blade flags, validators, and transferring your domain objects

Jake and Michael discuss all the latest Laravel releases, tutorials, and happenings in the community. 

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Using DTOs to keep context

DTOs, or Domain Transfer Objects, can be used for so much. Since PHP 8 was released, creating these fantastic classes in your projects has never been easier.

Laravel Waterline: UI for Workflows

Laravel Waterline is an elegant UI for monitoring Laravel Workflows using the laravel-workflows package.

Introduction to Laravel Testing

Building Laravel projects that are well-tested with a high test automation coverage can be a lot of work. At the same time, it is the only way for smaller teams without dedicated QA teams to continue adding more features with confidence without the constant risk of breaking existing things. In this article, learn to start testing Laravel projects.

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