Adding shared behavior to requests with Laravel middleware
What middleware is in Laravel, how to write it, and how to centralize cross-cutting concerns like authentication in one place.
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Eloquent Relationships: hasMany, belongsTo, and Eager Loading
How to define hasMany and belongsTo relationships in Laravel Eloquent, and how to solve the N+1 query problem with eager loading.
Building a Front-End Build Pipeline with Gulp
How I set up a front-end workflow that automates Sass compilation, JavaScript bundling, and browser reloading with Gulp.
Getting Started with ES6: let, const, and Arrow Functions
An introduction to the most impactful ES6 features — let, const, arrow functions, and template literals — with practical examples.
PHP 5.6 New Features: Variadic Functions and the ** Operator
An overview of PHP 5.6's variadic argument support and the new exponentiation operator, with practical examples.
Writing JSON API Endpoints with Laravel
A practical walkthrough of building interface-agnostic JSON API endpoints in Laravel.