This Week in Laravel: Free Laravel Idea, Laracon News, and More

Hey hey, Useful Laravel links to read/watch for this week of August 7, 2025.

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Laravel Idea in PhpStorm is FREE! (and what's next)
Great news for JetBrains users: popular Laravel Idea plugin is now free. Let's see what's coming and also what was released in Laravel Idea v11.

Laracon US 2025: Review of New Announcements
I just came back from my (first ever) Laracon US. A lot of things were released, and in this video, I will try to make a recap, adding my own opinion.

10+ Mistakes When Deploying Laravel Project to Production
Let me share a list of things (not) to do when going live with your Laravel project.

12 Laravel Tips in 10 Minutes: July 2025
A usual "rapid fire" list of Laravel tips for the last month.

Filament Extra Left Sidebar with Render Hooks (Source Code)
Impressive demo project, with render hooks, Laravel Middleware and Filament Blade components: a lot to learn from.

From Laravel Community

Nightwatch has been out for a while, what are your thoughts? : r/laravel
reddit.com

I'm not sure what the target audience is for Nightwatch, I use Laravel daily but I felt like it wasn't a good deal compared to other offerings available.

Everything We Know About Pest 4 - Laravel News
laravel-news.com

Nuno Maduro was the second speaker at Laracon US 2025 on Tuesday, unveiling new features for the upcoming Pest v4.0. Let's look at some of the impressive testing features coming to Pest v4!

Everything We Know About Livewire 4 - Laravel News
laravel-news.com

Caleb Porzio presented Livewire 4 on the second day of Laracon US 2025, unveiling the next major version of Livewire. Check out the highlights with us to get ready for Livewire 4!

PhpStorm 2025.2 Is Now Available | The PhpStorm Blog
blog.jetbrains.com

Along with making Laravel Idea free for PhpStorm users, this release brings improvements to the remote development experience, JetBrains AI tools, and more.

Send Notifications in Laravel with Firebase Cloud Messaging and Notifire - Laravel News
laravel-news.com

A Laravel package for sending Firebase Cloud Messaging (FCM) notifications with support for Laravel's notification system.

E-BOOK: Best Practices for Laravel Enterprise Applications
wendelladriel.com

Discover essential best practices for developing scalable and robust Laravel enterprise applications.

Testing PHP: Testing Outgoing Email in Laravel
youtube.com

Want to test email sending in Laravel without flooding real inboxes?In this video, we show you how to verify that the correct email was queued.

Using SQLite in production with Laravel
stancl.substack.com

SQLite is a great database for many, if not most Laravel applications. When well-configured (we’ll get to that), it can provide great performance even if your app has a lot of concurrent requests. Still, why use it over something like MySQL?

Defensive Laravel Course
laracasts.com

Laracasts course by Mateus Guimaraes. Learn Defensive Laravel: master robust coding with strict typing, immutable objects & value objects for reliable, maintainable apps.

Handle authorization in Filament: Policies, Roles & Guards - Filament Mastery
filamentmastery.com

Learn how to manage access in Filament using Laravel policies, roles, and permissions. A clear, beginner-friendly guide to secure your admin panel.

Deploy Laravel app with VitoDeploy
youtube.com

YouTube video by Saeed Vaziry.

Vibe coding a visual email editor with AI, Laravel & Vue
youtube.com

Video by Aaron Francis. I live-build a fully functional block-based email editor using Laravel, Vue 3, and Maizzle with AI as my pair programmer. Watch how I use Claude, GPT, and more.

You Can Just Do Things | Aaron Francis at Laracon US 2025
youtube.com

Join Aaron Francis as he kicks off Laracon US 2025 in Denver, CO.

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