Posts on development — Page 11

Notes and takeaways from Laracon Online 2019 — covering event sourcing in Laravel, writing less complex code, Livewire, and other highlights from the conference sessions.

A quick tip on using WordPress's built-in MockPHPMailer in PHPUnit tests to intercept and assert against outgoing emails without sending anything to real recipients.

A follow-up to the shell setup guide — how to configure your .zshrc with aliases and PATH entries, and use OhMyZSH plugins and themes to make your terminal faster and more enjoyable to work in.

How to install and configure Mailhog on MAMP so all outgoing mail is intercepted locally during development — preventing test emails from reaching real users while you build and debug.

Reflections on mentoring through LaunchCode — why passion and self-driven learning matter more than formal education, and what it means to help someone break into development the way you had to figure it out yourself.

First impressions of Statamic — a flat-file CMS built on Laravel that bridges the gap between WordPress, static site generators, and a full framework, with a Vue-powered admin that feels like WordPress without the baggage.

Notes and session summaries from St. Louis WordCamp 2016 at Washington University — covering plugin development, security, REST API patterns, and other developer-focused talks.

A step-by-step guide to setting up real-time WebSockets with Laravel using Redis, Socket.io, and Supervisor — broadcasting Laravel events to the browser without relying on a hosted service like Pusher.

A follow-up to the Laravel WebSockets setup guide — how to configure Redis and Socket.io daemons on a Digital Ocean server using Laravel Forge and open the right firewall port to make it all work in production.