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Laravel.io Launches Its Next Version

The Laravel community project, Laravel.io, that includes a forum and Pastebin, launched a brand new version. The release features a new design, a new authentication system, and the entire codebase has been rewritten from scratch.

The real-time community site Voten goes open-source

The real-time community site Voten that recently made its first public beta has just announced it’s now an open source project. Voten is powered by Laravel 5.4 and Vue.js so it could be a good project to learn from the source, contribute, and get involved with.

Learn how to Improve the performance of your Laravel app with Performant Laravel

Performant Laravel is a new free video course created by Chris Fidao that covers quick performance wins you can implement right now into your Laravel apps.

The course includes 12 videos that range from three minutes up to twenty minutes, which makes them the perfect size for binge watching during your breaks.

Take a deep dive into the Laravel core

Mohamed Said, creator of the Laravel Forge SDK, Laravel Language Manager, and Laravel’s first employee has launched a new learning resource called Diving Laravel.

Laravel v5.4.24 Is Now Released

Laravel 5.4.24 is now released and available for all. This release adds support for magic controller methods, a Request::routeIs() method and more.

Zttp is a Wrapper Around Guzzle for Simplifying Common Use Cases

Zttp is a new PHP package by Adam Wathan that is a Guzzle wrapper designed to bring an expressive syntax and simplify common use cases.

Laravel 5.4.22 Is Now Released and Includes a Security Fix

Laravel 5.4.22 is now released and available. This release fixes a security vulnerability related to the password reset system and everyone should upgrade.

Composer PHP Versions Stats: May 2017

Jordi Boggiano has published the PHP version stats for the first part of 2017 on his site and PHP 7.1 has made the largest jump since he last published last year.

Laravel Valet Supports Custom Per-Site Drivers

In Laravel Valet you can create your own local driver that applies to a single project. Name it LocalValetDriver.php and place it in your project’s root directory.

Laravel Nigeria’s First Meetup had over 150 in Attendance

On April 22nd, the Nigerian community held their first Laravel Meetup in Lagos and had over 150 developers in attendance. Neo Ighodaro said in his event recap post: One of the goals we set out to achieve was to raise the standards. The meetup trend is very much in its infancy and so there is …

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PHP Roundtable – Laravel Edition

Today the PHP Roundtable had a Laravel inspired edition featuring Taylor Otwell, Mohamed Said, Jeffrey Way, Adam Wathan, and Dries Vints.

Laravel 5.4.20 is Released

Laravel 5.4.20 is now released and available.