This past was a holiday week for me, and it's always great to take some time off and reset. Next week we have a lot of news to share but for this issue, I decided to keep it nice and simple with the intro so I can get back to relaxing. :-) Below is all the new packages we covered this week: 

Add Version Control to Laravel Models
Version Control for Laravel is a package that provides database version control for Eloquent models.

Laravel Auto Routes Package
The Auto Routes package for Laravel generates routes from a controller using auto-discovery.

Build UI Dashboards For Your Laravel Models
Model Stats for Laravel is a package that gives you a statistics dashboard for your Laravel application.

Commonmark Markdown Parser v2.0 Beta 3 Released
The PHP League commonmark Markdown v2.0.0 is in beta with a stable release due next month. See how you can help test the upcoming release.

Sponsor

Scout APM: Leading Edge Performance Monitoring

Scout APM is Laravel application performance monitoring that uses tracing logic to tie bottlenecks to source code to help developers spend less time debugging and more time building. 

Now with improved integrations with Predis, PhpRedis, ElasticSearch, MongoDB, and Memcached, Scout delivers even clearer insights to help developers identify and resolve performance issues and errors. See for yourself why Scout is a developer's best friend and start your free 14-day trial today, no credit card required! As an added bonus for Laravel News readers, Scout will donate $5 to the OSS project of your choice when you deploy your free trial.

Now Hiring

Full Stack & Front-end Engineers
Enjin | Remote

FULL STACK DEVELOPER
Deans & Homer | Remote

Software Developer
Patient Prism | Remote, USA/Canada Only

Come work with Zack!
Kirschbaum Development Group, LLC | Remote

Senior Laravel / PHP Developer
RVH Solutions Inc. | Remote, USA Only

Lead Laravel/PHP Developer
efelle creative | Seattle, WA -- Remote, USA Only

Senior Laravel PHP Developer
Cyber-Duck Ltd | Remote, UK, Portugal

Senior Developer
Laracle / Seatedly | Stratford Upon Avon / Remote (UK Only)

Laravel/PHP Developer
Adore Beauty | Remote and Northcote

Full-Stack Developer
Givebutter | Remote

Software Developer (Laravel, Angular)
Behold | UK Only

Software Developer-Consultant
InnoSource - Data Solutions Group | Remote

Full Stack Developer
Vault Innovation Group | Remote

Laravel Developer (TALL Stack)
LifeHealth, LLC | Remote, USA Only

Senior Backend Laravel Engineer
Rally | Europe

Vue.js Developer
DocuPet | Remote

Senior Web Developer (PHP)
Rebellion Developments | Oxford, Oxfordshire

Full-stack engineer
Megaverse | Remote

PHP Engineer - Laravel
Cloud8 | Bristol, UK

Senior Software Engineer
Jobscan | Remote

Laravel Engineer
Everli | Remote, Europe, Italy

Senior Fullstack Developer
HQ Rental Software | Remote

Post a job on LaraJobs and it'll be featured here in next week's newsletter. 

Community Links

Running Laravel on Docker is really easy with Kool
dev.to

Simple TDD in Laravel with 11 steps
jsdecena.medium.com

pWS - a Node.js open-source Pusher server alternative
github.com

Getting started with Laravel Spotlight
philo.dev

What is MVC and how it works in PHP - MVC tutorial - View parameters exploit - Full PHP Course - PHP 8
youtu.be

Laravel Orange SMS Channel
github.com

Laravel Model Stats Package
github.com

coverage-check
github.com

Speed Admin (CRUD Package for Laravel)
github.com

Laravel Livewire UI: UI, Auth, & CRUD starter kit.
github.com

Valet Assistant
laravel-forge-menubar.com

Introducing PHPSandbox v4.0
phpsandbox.io

LOAD - Life Of A Dev
load-podcast.com

How to Create Artisan Commands in Laravel [VIDEO]
www.youtube.com

Filter/Sort Eloquent by URL GET Params: 3 Packages [VIDEO REVIEW]
www.youtube.com

Laravel Custom Validation Messages: Override the Defaults [VIDEO]
www.youtube.com

Laravel Code Review: Validation Rules, Events, Seeds and Shorter Code [VIDEO]
www.youtube.com

Learn by going over other people's code: source diving Spatie packages
www.youtube.com

Laravel Global Helper Functions: How to Use [VIDEO]
www.youtube.com

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Sync Customer Data, Preview Upcoming Invoices, SEPA Payment Methods, and More in Cashier Stripe v13
The Laravel team released Cashier Stripe v13 with new payment methods, syncing customer data, preview upcoming invoices, and more. 

Laravel is 10 years old!
Today is officially the tenth birthday of the first beta release of Laravel and we've come a long way in those ten years. 

Use Leaflet.js and Google Maps Blade Components in Laravel
Laravel Maps is a package to easily create maps using Leaflet.js or Google Maps and Blade components. 

Say Hello to the Inertia Head Component
Getting to know the new component in Inertia.js 

Blade Echo Handlers, Convenient Model Broadcasting, and Download Assertions Added in Laravel 8.45
The Laravel team released v8.45.0 with custom Blade echo handlers, model broadcasting, download assertions, and the latest changes in the 8.x branch.

Last Year

Postgres Range Type Support for Laravel 7
The PostgreSQL range types package by [@belamov](https://github.com/belamov) brings range type support to Laravel for the Postgres database. 

Laravel 7.19 Released
The Laravel team released v7.19.0 with new scheduler frequency shortcuts, conditionally appending attributes to API resources and a new Stringable when() method, and the latest new features, fixes, and changes in the 7.x branch. 

Sequel Ace MySQL Client for MacOS
Sequel Ace is the sequel to the long time macOS app Sequel Pro, a popular go-to application for many developers to manage MySQL and MariaDB databases. 

Laravel 7.18 Released
The Laravel team released v7.18.0 with an HTTP client middleware method, view component attribute updates, along with the latest new features, fixes, and changes in the 7.x branch. 

Two Years ago

New Merge and Replace Collection Methods in Laravel 5.8.28
The Laravel team released v5.8.28 yesterday with new collection methods for merge and replacement, and the Tappable trait on TestResponse. 

Building a Vue SPA With Laravel Part 6
We continue this series by finishing up the last part of basic CRUD in a Vue SPA: creating new users. 

Laravel Prequel is a Web-Based Database Management GUI
Laravel Prequel is a package by Quinten Justus that provides a database management GUI for your Laravel app.