Posts by author: David Carr

Laravel Framework | Packages

New Laravel Package: Laravel Module Generator

I've been working on a new package for a few weeks, this goes hand in hand with Laravel Modules,...
Laravel Developer David Carr

David Carr

Development

Laravel Modules new docs website

I've recently started helping Nicolas Widart with his awesome package Laravel Modules I've...
Laravel Developer David Carr

David Carr

Development | Tools

Best productivity app for mac: Alfred

One of the first apps I install on a fresh mac is an app called Alfred https://www.alfredapp.com/. F...
Laravel Developer David Carr

David Carr

Books

New book: Laravel The Modular Way

For years I've built Laravel applications using Laravel modules. I prefer to use laravel modules...
Laravel Developer David Carr

David Carr

Tools

View calenders in Terminal using built-in commands

This tweet introduces how to show a calendar in a terminal, very neat!
Laravel Developer David Carr

David Carr

Design | Tools

10 Best Bootstrap Free and Premium Admin Panels in 2021

Dashboards are an essential part of every web application. A good dashboard can help an organization...
Laravel Developer David Carr

David Carr

Laravel Framework | Tutorials

Using Laravel's withCount to count a sub query

When you need to could a sub query Laravel provides a useful withCount method that is perfect.
Laravel Developer David Carr

David Carr

Laravel Framework | Tutorials | PHP & MySQL | Laravel Livewire

Laravel Livewire update dependent select menu's on change

Since Livewire is reactive, it's easy to hide or show select menu's based on whether another...
Laravel Developer David Carr

David Carr

API | Tutorials | PHP & MySQL

Create Bitly short links with PHP

Bitly is a great tool for creating short links, in this post we will use their API to generate links...
Laravel Developer David Carr

David Carr

Tests | Laravel Framework | Tutorials | PHPUnit

Testing Blade components in Laravel

Laravel provides a range of methods to test parts of the framework, one of which is called blade() w...
Laravel Developer David Carr

David Carr

Tutorials | PHP & MySQL

Format Xero dates from the API

Dates in Xero that are not already set to a datestring are in a format like Date(1518685950940+0000)
Laravel Developer David Carr

David Carr

Laravel Framework | Tutorials | PHP & MySQL

Get the last day of the month from a date

To get the last day of the month use date('t')
Laravel Developer David Carr

David Carr

Tests | Tutorials | PHPUnit | Bash

Run tests on commit

Run your tests every time you commit changes.
Laravel Developer David Carr

David Carr

Development | Design | Tools

Setting up a new Mac checklist (2021 Edition)

Whenever I get a new Mac or decide to wipe it and start afresh the following are my go-to tools and...
Laravel Developer David Carr

David Carr

Development | Laravel Framework | Tutorials | Packages

Integrate Laravel with Xero

I've created a video showing how to integrate Laravel with Xero using my Laravel Xero package
Laravel Developer David Carr

David Carr

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