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Hi, I’m Dave. A Laravel Developer. I love to build Laravel apps using the TALL stack.

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Tailwind CSS | Laravel | dark mode

Implementing a Dark Mode Toggle in Laravel with Tailwind CSS 4

TailwindCSS 4 out the box supports prefers-color-scheme CSS media feature, I want class ba...
David Carr

David Carr

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Consistent API error handling in Laravel

Laravel | APIs | error handling

Consistent API error handling in Laravel

Introduction In API development, providing clear and structured error responses is crucial...
David Carr

David Carr

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Effortlessly Trigger Modals with Session Flash in Laravel

Laravel | Session | flash

Effortlessly Trigger Modals with Session Flash in Laravel

Here’s a dead simple way of triggering a model to show or anything really from a controlle...
David Carr

David Carr

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Mastering PHPStan: Common Errors and How to Fix Them

phpstan | static code analysis | Laravel

Mastering PHPStan: Common Errors and How to Fix Them

PHPStan is a static analysis tool for PHP that focuses on finding bugs in your code withou...
David Carr

David Carr

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Mocking Stripe in Laravel with Stripe Mock Server

Stripe Mock | Stripe Integration | stripe | Laravel

Mocking Stripe in Laravel with Stripe Mock Server

If you've ever tried to test your Stripe integration, you'll know how challenging it can b...
David Carr

David Carr

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Customize Your Hashnode Blog Frontend with Headless Frontend and Laravel

headless cms | HeadlessHashnode | templates | Laravel | GraphQL

Customize Your Hashnode Blog Frontend with Headless Frontend and Laravel

I've built a new site called headlessfrontend.dev See video version https://www.youtube.co...
David Carr

David Carr

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How to disable Laravel console commands

Laravel | console | Commands

How to disable Laravel console commands

Suppose you find yourself in a situation where you need to disable or intercept a console...
David Carr

David Carr

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Creating Flexible Layouts in Laravel with Yields, Includes, and Slots

Laravel | yield | include | slots | layouts

Creating Flexible Layouts in Laravel with Yields, Includes, and Slots

Yields In Laravel, the @yield directive is used in blade templates to define a section tha...
David Carr

David Carr

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Enhancing Laravel Applications with Traits: A Step-by-Step Guide

code-reuse | Laravel | traits

Enhancing Laravel Applications with Traits: A Step-by-Step Guide

What are traits? Traits are a mechanism for code reuse. Traits allow you to create methods...
David Carr

David Carr

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Laravel ApiResouce name nested route placeholder

Laravel | routes | nested | placeholders

Laravel ApiResouce name nested route placeholder

When using an ApiResource that has more than one placeholder it may seem tricky to figure...
David Carr

David Carr

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My process for writing Laravel packages

Laravel | packages

My process for writing Laravel packages

Introduction I was asked recently how I started when writing new Laravel packages. In this...
David Carr

David Carr

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Laravel Extract Language to lang files

Laravel | package | languages | translation

Laravel Extract Language to lang files

If you've already used JSON lang in your views, here's a handy package to extract all lang...
David Carr

David Carr

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I'm writing a new Laravel book on testing called Laravel Testing Cookbook

Laravel | Testing | pestphp | PHPUnit | books

I'm writing a new Laravel book on testing called Laravel Testing Cookbook

Laravel Testing Cookbook will cover common use cases. Sign up for the waitlist to be notif...
David Carr

David Carr

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Adding pinned posts with Laravel

Laravel | posts | pinned

Adding pinned posts with Laravel

Let's say you have a blog and have posts ordered by their published date. Later you decide...
David Carr

David Carr

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Upload images in Ckeditor 5 with Laravel

CKEditor | Laravel

Upload images in Ckeditor 5 with Laravel

Base64 upload adapter Simple image adapter CKeditor 5 out-of-the-box does not come with...
David Carr

David Carr

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Running Docker on M1 Mac - docker: compose is not a docker

M1 Mac | Laravel | Docker | sail

Running Docker on M1 Mac - docker: compose is not a docker

When upgrading from an Intel mac to an Apple Silicone I noticed docker fails to run. I'm u...
David Carr

David Carr

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Using Laravel Sail alongside PhpStorm

sail | Laravel | Docker | PhpStorm

Using Laravel Sail alongside PhpStorm

Packages Laravel Framework I'm trying out Laravel Sail for my local development, this post...
David Carr

David Carr

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Handle Stripe checkout webhooks

Stripe Checkout | Laravel

Handle Stripe checkout webhooks

Laravel Framework Stripe API Continuing on from my last post Sell products with Stripe let...
David Carr

David Carr

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