Celebrating the first year of ralphjsmit.com 🥳
In this blogpost I'll look back at the first year of ralphjsmit.com and the statistics from Google.
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2021 – year in review
In this article I'll look back at the year 2021.
Great new PHP 8.1 features: enums, readonly & more (2021)
In this article I'll show you the latest PHP 8.1 features with easy examples, like enums, readonly properties, callables, array unpacking with string keys and more.
Laravel Livewire for Beginners – Full 2021 Guide
In this tutorial I'll explain you how to get started with Laravel Livewire as a beginner, describing the most important features and giving examples.
How to test Laravel notification e-mail contents
In this tutorial I'll show you two ways how to test the contents of a Laravel notification, by using Feature tests and Unit tests.
Test how many times a Laravel Notification was sent
In this article I'll show you how to test whether a notification has been sent a specific number of times in Laravel, by using the Laravel Notification facade.
How to keep Laravel Horizon active with a cron job (New package)
In this tutorial I'll show you the fast and easy alternative I've made to replace Supervisor in a Laravel Horizon queue. Laravel Horizon will be restarted if needed.
Laravel Eloquent relationships for beginners - Full 2023 Guide
In this tutorial I'll explain you how to use the most common Eloquent relationships, so that you are up and running quickly with Eloquent relationships.
How to manage DateTime with Carbon in Laravel & PHP
In this tutorial I'll explain you how to manage dates and times with Carbon in Laravel and PHP. I'll show you how to calculate datetime differences and display them in a human-readable way.
Laravel Eloquent for Beginners | Full guide (2021)
Laravel Eloquent is a great way to work with databases. In this beginners tutorial I'll show you how to use Laravel Eloquent, so that you're quickly up-and-running with Eloquent.
Laravel Databases & Migrations for Beginners (2021)
In this tutorial I'll show you how to use databases and migrations in Laravel. If you're a beginner, this is the perfect tutorial about databases and migrations.
How to solve Composer PHP memory exhausted issue in 30 seconds (2021)
In this tutorial I'll show you how to fix the PHP Composer 'Allowed memory size of X bytes exhausted' issue. We'll do this by setting the PHP memory to unlimited and creating an alias for it.
How to use Browsersync with Laravel Valet (2021)
In this tutorial I'll show you how to install and Browsersync with Laravel Valet with https://. I'll show you two methods to do so: with Laravel Mix and with NPM.
How to validate Laravel user input for beginners (2021)
In this article I'll show you the three ways for user input Validation in Laravel: from directly using Validate() on the request, to Form Requests and manually making the Validator.
How to use Tailwind CSS v2.1 JIT compiler with WordPress theme (2021)
In this tutorial I'll show you how to create a WordPress theme from scratch and how to install and use Tailwind CSS. I'll demonstrate how to enable the JIT compiler and how to watch for file changes to regenerate CSS automatically.
How to rollback the latest Laravel database migration(s)
In this article I'll show you how to rollback or undo the latest Laravel database migration in less than a minute. It uses the official php artisan command, provided by Laravel.
How to apply .gitignore to an existing Git repository
In this tutorial I'll show you how to apply changes/updates in your .gitignore file to an existing Git repository – in less than a minute. Works with GitHub, Bitbucket, GitLab & any other provider.
How to uninstall Homebrew on macOS – Full Guide (2021)
In this tutorial I'll show you how to uninstall Homebrew on macOS and which files you'll need to cleanup afterwards, so that Homebrew is fully removed.
How to install Homebrew on macOS – Full guide (2021)
In this tutorial I'll show you how to install Homebrew on macOS (2021). I'll also discuss what steps to take after installation and how to disable Brew analytics.
How to switch between Node.js versions with Homebrew (2021)
In this tutorial I'll show you the easiest way to switch between Node.js versions on macOS. To do so, we'll use the Homebrew package manager and install and configure it.
How to download your deployed Netlify builds
In this tutorial I'll show you how to download a deployed build from Netlify to your own computer, so you can easily inspect the result.
How to use GitHub Actions with webhooks & API endpoints
In this tutorial I'll show how you can call API-endpoints and webhooks straight from GitHub Actions. You can trigger other services from GitHub Actions with curl.
How to check your Laravel database connection
Learn how to check if, and if so, which database your Laravel application is connected to. Display this on the front-end or use the php artisan dump-server to log it.
How to use Tailwind CSS v2.1 JIT compiler with Laravel Mix
In this tutorial I'll show you how to use the Tailwind CSS v2.1 JIT-compiler with Laravel Mix. We'll setup Tailwind CSS and the JIT-compiler to compile CSS.
How to use DBngin & TablePlus for local development
Learn how to use DBngin to set up local MySQL, PostgreSQL and Redis databases on your Mac. I'll explain which credentials to use and how to create databases.