A day with Laravel - #049
Laravel Ecosystem News for February 19, 2025 : Performance, Dev tools on prod, Livewire Volt, Deploying a Laravel Project on Forge with Reverb WebSockets and Scribe package are discussed
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📖 Improve apparent performance by responding early
This article is about using the new concurrency facade provided by Laravel 11. As Matthew says:
Sometimes it's as useful to get back to the user quickly as it is to actually make something performant.
📖 🔐 Security Tip: Disable Dev Tools on Prod
explains the danger to install dev tools without the flag —dev. You should read this.🎥 Three Things You Need to Know about Livewire Volt in 9 Minutes
I'll let Josh present his video:
When you see Livewire Volt, you might immediately think it's just that weird functional syntax. Or you might not want to have to learn Livewire all over again. Livewire Volt is, at its core, a way to write Livewire components in a single file.
But there are some things to keep in mind. Let's walk through three things you need to know before you pick up Livewire Volt and use it to start shipping things TODAY.
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🎥 🚀 Deploying a Laravel Project on Forge with Reverb WebSockets | Real-Time Setup Tutorial
A new tutorial from the channel ‘Code With Burt’ :
Want to deploy your Laravel project on Forge with real-time WebSockets using Reverb? In this step-by-step tutorial, we’ll walk you through setting up Laravel Forge, configuring your server, and integrating Reverb for real-time communication. Whether you're building a chat app, notifications system, or live updates, this guide will help you get everything running smoothly.
🔹 What You’ll Learn:
✅ Setting up a Laravel project on Laravel Forge
✅ Configuring Reverb for real-time WebSockets
✅ Securing your WebSockets connection
✅ Troubleshooting common issues
🔥 Let’s get your Laravel app live and real-time ready! Don’t forget to like & subscribe for more Laravel content. 🚀
📦 Scribe
This package let you generate API documentation for humans from your Laravel codebase.
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