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A walkthrough of all the highlights and changes introduced in the Laravel 12.54 release, covering new features, improvements, and fixes.
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- YouTube: https://youtu.be/E1zL-uIKVwg?si=1BulnKHD9TlZrleF
Laracasts now has a native iPhone app, bringing its full library of development tutorials directly to your pocket for learning on the go.
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- X: https://x.com/laracasts/status/2040070996237934715
Laravel 13.4.0 ships with FormRequest strict mode and queue job inspection — two practical additions that improve request validation and job debugging workflows.
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- Laravel News: https://laravel-news.com/laravel-13-4-0
All four official Laravel starter kits now ship with toast notifications out of the box, replacing previous inline action messages with a consistent pattern across every stack.
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- Laravel News: https://laravel-news.com/laravel-starter-kits-now-include-toast-notifications
Commentions is a drop-in Filament package that handles comment models, user mentions, and reactions, so you can skip building a commenting system from scratch.
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- Laravel News: https://laravel-news.com/drop-in-comments-for-filament-with-commentions
Trending Dev Packages
A browser-based tool that provides developers with a simpler, more reliable way to view and explore JSON data without relying on third-party extensions.
Read more:
- Laravel News: https://laravel-news.com/json-alexander
Watch the tutorial:
- YouTube: https://youtube.com/watch?v=ftFdt0HnyM8
A modern, visually polished replacement for the built-in `phpinfo()` output, making the PHP environment details far easier to read and navigate.
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- Laravel News: https://laravel-news.com/pretty-phpinfo
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- YouTube: https://youtube.com/watch?v=IuQDy933ExM
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Anthropic shared an update around advisor strategy for the Claude platform, signaling new directions in how Claude is positioned for developers and enterprise users.
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