
Do you write down methods in your migrations? Queue Serialization, Stubs, Laravel PR Ideas, Migrations vs. Seeders
12/16/24 • 69 min
Happy Holidays! This week, we discuss tackling some queue serialization issues, debating migrations versus seeders, and discussing some new ideas for Laravel Core PRs. We also discuss PHP 8.4’s latest features, why down methods might be risky, and how custom stubs could make development smoother.
Happy Holidays! This week, we discuss tackling some queue serialization issues, debating migrations versus seeders, and discussing some new ideas for Laravel Core PRs. We also discuss PHP 8.4’s latest features, why down methods might be risky, and how custom stubs could make development smoother.
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In this episode of Midwest Artisan, we discuss Laravel Nightwatch, Instantiating a class via constructor property promotion, DTOs, and practical AI features in Laravel apps.
Nightwatch QA with Matt Staufer: https://laravelpodcast.com/episodes/laracon-au-update-nightwatch-q-a
Instantiating a class via constructor property promotion: https://travisnorthcutt.com/til/php-constructor-property-promotion/
- (00:00) - - Intro
- (00:05) - - Nightwatch
- (09:09) - - Instantiating a class via constructor property promotion
- (17:54) - - DTOs: Good? Bad? Ugly?
- (27:56) - - API Resources vs DTOs
- (33:53) - - Do you use Claude, ChatGPT, or Cursor?
- (41:07) - - Dalton adding AI to Laravel projects
- (44:55) - - What’s a practical AI usage for clients?
- (56:30) - - Outro
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- (00:00) - Intro
- (04:25) - Laravel is poppin'
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- (17:38) - Challenges of Model-Based Migrations
- (20:31) - Undocumented Laravel Nuggets
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- (24:52) - Integrating Filament on Frontend and Backend
- (33:00) - Why is Mockery so hard?
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