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[announcement] Laravel Sketchpad

Hey all, About a year ago, I posted about a package I was working on called Sketchpad, which I'm ple...

Random PHP parse errors on last line of random files

I've just set up a new Mac and have pulled my current project in. Strangely, I'm getting randomly-oc...

Why are setting up Facades so involved?

Specifically, why setting up a whole new class, adding a binding and alias are necessary. A brief te...

Best place to do a system check before starting the app

I'm building a kiosk app which centers around managing footage which is stored on a shared drive. If...

Is there a more efficient way to do this query?

Here's the query: /** * Get all dates and counts for an event via the database */ public function...

Very nice. As soon as I have time after this deadline, I'm going to check that out. Thanks!

Looks good! Does the view only get generated from the fields you pass, or does it reflect your model...

I hadn't seen that, thanks @beanmoss! That's really helpful :) I think the Laravel docs could really...

Nice one! I bet it was a great learning experience.

Everything you need to know will be here :) https://laracasts.com/series/laravel-5-fundamentals