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Laravel Testing with Pest, Part 2: HTTP and Feature Tests
Laravel Testing with Pest — Part 1 · Part 2 · Part 3 · Part 4 · Part 5 Unit tests answer whether a small class behaves correctly. Feature tests answer the...
Laravel File Updates: Understanding POST vs PUT and the _method Field
When working with Laravel and Inertia.js, especially when handling file uploads in update operations, you might encounter a common pattern that seems count...
Eager Loading vs Lazy Loading in Laravel
1. The N+1 Problem with Lazy Loading By default, Eloquent uses lazy loading. It means related data is loaded only when accessed. This often leads to the in...
Social Login in Laravel with Socialite
Socialite performs OAuth redirects and returns provider identity; your application owns account linking, session security and recovery. Configure environme...
Building a Production-Ready GitLab CI/CD Pipeline for Laravel: From Testing to Deployment
In this comprehensive guide, we'll build a robust GitLab CI/CD pipeline for a Laravel application that includes automated testing, code quality checks, ass...
Nginx for Laravel: A Modern, Focused Configuration Guide
Nginx should expose only Laravel's public directory, pass application paths to index.php, and refuse hidden files or arbitrary PHP execution. On nginx 1.25...
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