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David Carr

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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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VIM shortcuts

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VIM shortcuts

VIM Modes There are multiple modes in vim, normal mode is loaded by default. Command mode....
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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Laravel Livewire Resources

Laravel-livewire | tools | packages | components

Laravel Livewire Resources

Laravel Livewire makes building interactive web applications easy! Laravel Livewire has am...
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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Dev Retro 2022 - My reflections

#DevRetro2022

Dev Retro 2022 - My reflections

In this post, I want to reflect on my journey as a developer over the last year. I publish...
David Carr

David Carr

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Setup Jira for managing scrum Sprints from scratch

Sprints | JIRA | project management

Setup Jira for managing scrum Sprints from scratch

This post is very opionated, this covers how I like to work with sprints, you may work ver...
David Carr

David Carr

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PHP Generate a UL menu from an array

UL | array | menu | Recursive function | PHP

PHP Generate a UL menu from an array

Take an array and build a menu UL list from it. The array should support top-level as well...
David Carr

David Carr

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Write an SEO-Friendly Title: A Quick Start Guide

SEO | SEO for Developers

Write an SEO-Friendly Title: A Quick Start Guide

As a website owner or content creator, you know how important it is to write great titles....
David Carr

David Carr

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Use PHP to generate table of contents from heading tags

toc | PHP

Use PHP to generate table of contents from heading tags

I wanted to create a table of contents from the post's heading tags automatically without...
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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Sell products with Stripe

stripe

Sell products with Stripe

In this tutorial, I will cover how to use Stripe to take payment for products using their...
David Carr

David Carr

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Laravel update factory after creation

factories | Laravel

Laravel update factory after creation

Using a Laravel factory to create a user and then update a relationship directly is possib...
David Carr

David Carr

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Laravel use multiple boot in traits

traits | Boot | Laravel

Laravel use multiple boot in traits

Let's say you want to use multiple traits in your models to reuse common code such as appl...
David Carr

David Carr

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Email Testing Overview: Process and Tools

Email Testing Overview: Process and Tools

Email Testing Overview: Process and Tools With email campaigns, things go far beyond well-...
David Carr

David Carr

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