Use Laravel Dusk to Test JS-Based Applications

Laravel Husk is a thin, light scaffolded Laravel Dusk environment. It allows you to test JavaScript applications with PHP using Pest without scaffolding an entire Laravel application.

Here's an example of a test from a demo Nuxt application using Husk for end-to-end feature tests:

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Splat Package

Splat is a utility that provides glob-like file and pattern matching for PHP.

Laravel News Podcast Episode 163

Jake and Michael discuss Caching, Capturing, and Community-Driven Content. 

Given-When-Then Plugin for Pest

Given-When-Then (GWT) is a simple API that allows you to structure your tests focused on the behavior. Given-When-Then separation makes the test easier to understand at a glance.

Laravel Translations Checker

The Laravel Translations Checker package finds missing translations in the languages you support.

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Enum Helpers for PHP
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Laravel 9.2 Released
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Laravel SaaS Template: Tenancy Boilerplate 2.0
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18 Tips to Optimize Your Laravel Database Queries
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Prohibited Validation Rules in Laravel
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JSON Type Assertions and a "prohibited" Validation rule Are Now In Laravel 8.34
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Laravel Blade Icons Stable Release
Laravel Blade Icons was tagged as stable (v1.0.0) yesterday with exciting new features like caching and a default icon component. See what's new!

Laravel SMTP Crack
Spammers have one goal, send as much spam as cheaply as possible, with good IP's that are not blocked, and we've been hearing more and more reports of Laravel apps getting their SMTP credentials hacked and then the attackers using those to send junk.

Mastering PhpStorm
A video course for the state-of-the-art PHP developer who wants to work efficiently and successfully in PhpStorm

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Laravel 7.3 Released
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Keep Track of Model Inventory with Laravel Stock
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How We Run Laracon Online
Ever wondered what all goes into running an online conference? Or want to see the behind scenes on how we do Laracon Online each year? Ian Landsman has a new post on his site on how to run a successful online conference. 

Laravel Airlock Renamed to Sanctum
If you missed the news last week, Laravel Airlock is now Laravel Sanctum. Let’s go through a few details on what has changed, and how to update existing projects.

Using Google Sheets with Eloquent
Eloquent Sheets is a package by Ed Grosvenor that lets you work with Google Sheets via Eloquent models.