Rust Tutorial For PHP and JavaScript Developers
– youtu.be - submitted by Nuno Maduro
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The Great CSS Expansion
A comprehensive look at how new CSS features are replacing JavaScript libraries. Anchor positioning, the Popover API, scroll-driven animations, view transitions, customizable selects, and more. The article estimates around 322 kB of JavaScript that can potentially be replaced by native CSS.
Read more [blog.gitbutler.com]
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Build an AI-Powered Drawing Guessing Game with Laravel, Prism, and HTML Canvas
– tighten.com - submitted by Kayla Helmick
Learn how to build an AI-powered drawing guessing game. In this little app, users will draw anything they like, and the AI will try to guess what it is.
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Bond: Modern JS in Laravel Blade
In his talk at Wire:Live talk, Filip Ganyicz explores Bond, a new approach that brings the capabilities of modern JavaScript into your Blade views.
17 New(ish) Vanilla JavaScript Features You Might Have Missed
– tighten.com - submitted by Kayla Helmick
This article explores some exciting new features that have been added to the language in recent years, because sometimes vanilla is exactly what you need. If you’re looking to cut down on heavy dependencies or simply get up to date, this one’s for you.
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Recreating Laravel Cloud’s range input with native HTML
– phare.io - submitted by Nicolas Beauvais
Making a visually appealing range input based on Laravel Cloud's design, native HTML and only a few lines of JavaScript.
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React, visualized
– react.gg
A visual exploration of core React concepts
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Importing a frontend Javascript library without a build system
– jvns.ca
A nice guide by Julia Evans
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IPC in Electron
– myray.app - submitted by Spatie
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Vue 3.5 Released: New features and improvements
– pascalbaljet.dev - submitted by Pascal Baljet
Vue 3.5 has just dropped this week, and it's packed with some nice features and improvements. I have been digging through the release notes and playing around with the new features, so let me glance over the highlights!
Read more [pascalbaljet.dev]
Plain Vanilla Websites
This is an overview of the major techniques used to make web sites and web applications without making use of build tools or frameworks, with just an editor, a browser, and web standards.
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Data Fetching Patterns in Single-Page Applications
When a single-page application needs to fetch data from a remote source, it needs to do so while remaining responsive and providing feedback to the user during an often slow query. Five patterns help with this
Read more [martinfowler.com]
Sending transactional emails using Mailcoach API in an Express.js application
– mailcoach.app - submitted by Spatie
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Use HTMX to Create Laravel Single-Page Apps Without Writing JavaScript
– tighten.com - submitted by Jamison Valenta
Single Page Apps... without writing any JavaScript? Let’s do it! Learn how to unlock the power of HTMX in your Laravel applications in our newest blog article from @nicodevs.
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Form Validation with Type Inference Made Easy with Zod, the Best Sidekick for TypeScript
– tighten.com - submitted by Jamison Valenta
Let's explore Zod: a library that can help us validate data not only on the client but also on the server, and even generate TypeScript types to maintain end-to-end type safety and consistency.
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vue-ray 2.0 is out - full Vue 3 composition api support
– github.com - submitted by Patrick
The vue-ray package has released v2.0, with full script setup/composition api support, reduced overhead, and more.
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Why we use Inertia with Laravel in 2024
– atlas.dev - submitted by Mitchell Davis
This article outlines why we use Inertia with Laravel at our agency in 2024, and makes the case for why you should consider using Inertia too.
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State management in Vue 3: Why you should try out Pinia
– tighten.com - submitted by Jamison Valenta
In our latest post, Nico talks about the best state management strategies for your vue.js applications and dives into Pinia, the intuitive store library 🍍
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My Favourite Alpine.js Plugins
– ryangjchandler.co.uk - submitted by Ryan Chandler
I've been using Alpine.js for a long time now, these are a few of my favourite plugins.
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Keycode Event Helper
– ryangjchandler.co.uk - submitted by Ryan Chandler
I built this small little helper tool that makes it easy to see information about key presses inside of JavaScript events.
Read more [ryangjchandler.co.uk]
