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A walkthrough of all the highlights and changes introduced in the Laravel 13.7 release, covering new features, improvements, and bug fixes, including support for interruptible jobs.
Watch the tutorial:
- YouTube: https://youtu.be/EC3UYLyggBQ?si=R2pr3URd7QqKvqvC
Read more:
- Laravel News: https://laravel-news.com/laravel-13-7-0
A new tool lets you generate beautiful, up-to-date Laravel compatibility badges for your package README files, making it easier to communicate which versions are supported at a glance.
Badge Generator:
Source:
- X: https://x.com/peterfox/status/2049443774661878180
Spatie's Laravel MediaLibrary v11.22 adds support for running media conversions after the HTTP response has been sent, keeping requests fast while heavy file processing happens in the background.
Documentation:
https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v11/introduction
Release notes:
https://github.com/spatie/laravel-medialibrary/releases/tag/11.22.0
Source:
- X: https://x.com/freekmurze/status/2049452229921587636
Two community Laravel packages have been updated with official Laravel 13 support, ensuring compatibility with the latest framework release and keeping development workflows stable and modern.
A lightweight Laravel package that improves the experience of working with Eloquent queries by making them more readable, expressive, and enjoyable to build.
A Laravel package that gives you fine-grained control over database refresh operations by allowing you to exclude specific tables from being dropped during migrations.
Trending Dev Packages
Laravel Fluent Validation
A package that brings a fluent, chainable API to Laravel's validation layer — making complex rule definitions more readable, expressive, and IDE-friendly without sacrificing speed.
View on GitHub:
https://github.com/SanderMuller/laravel-fluent-validationLaravel Notification Channels
WebPush
The WebPush driver for Laravel Notification Channels enables sending real-time push notifications directly to users’ browsers, without requiring a third-party service or a native app.
View on GitHub:
https://github.com/laravel-notification-channels/webpush
Read more:
- Laravel News: https://laravel-news.com/laravel-web-push-notifications
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Anthropic shares new details around Claude's security posture and how the platform handles potentially sensitive requests — an important read for developers building on top of the Claude API.
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