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Implementing interactive floating windows using Picture-in-Picture API

November 6, 2024 — Imagine watching a tutorial on a streaming platform or a video on YouTube and needing to navigate other sections of the page without losing track of what you are watching. Among all the many ways to accomplish this, putting the video in a floating window is one of the most convenient ones.

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How Document-oriented Databases Store Data Similar to JSON Objects

October 24, 2024 — JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) has many uses for developers. We have covered several applications of it on this site, such as deep copying objects using JSON.stringify and JSON.parse.

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Combine and simplify multiple commands using Composer Scripts

October 22, 2024 — I was watching this video by Nuno Maduro the other day where he was explaining how they are using Composer Scripts to simplify the process of running multiple commands in their flagship product, Laravel Cloud.

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Some great open-source alternatives to Postman

October 19, 2024 — When it comes to API clients to make requests to your APIs, most developers end up using Postman. It’s a great tool that has been around for a long time and covers everything you expect from an API client.

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Prohibit running destructive DB commands in Laravel

October 14, 2024 — It’s always a good idea to follow best practices when it comes to software development. One of the best practices is to restrict the running of destructive commands on your servers, intentionally or unintentionally.

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A growing list of well built open-source apps in Laravel

October 6, 2024 — Sometimes, it would be interesting to see what you can build using your favorite framework. This is especially useful when you’re in the phase of selecting a framework for your next project.

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cpx — The npx counterpart of the PHP ecosystem

October 3, 2024 — If you’re coming from the JavaScript world or even if you’ve worked with modern JavaScript briefly, you might know the importance of npm and its package ecosystem.

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Disable console logs in production in Next.js

September 26, 2024 — Believe it or not, console logging things is still the most used debugging technique by developers. No matter how many advanced tools are available for debugging, logging in to the console still has a sweet spot among developers.

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The magic behind Laravel's new defer() helper

September 15, 2024 — Laravel has recently been shipped with a new helper called defer() which can be used to defer the execution of a callback until after a successful response has been sent.

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Temporary and Signed URLs for Local Filesystem in Laravel

September 14, 2024 — If you’re a long-time Laravel user, you might know about the feature that allows you to create temporary and signed URLs for files. This is a great feature that will enable you to share files with other users for a specified time.

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