How to Manage an Open Source Project

Push your project to GitHub so anyone can install, fork, and contribute—learn best practices for publishing a public repo.

Create clear installation instructions and README notes while guiding users step-by-step to install your project with confidence.

Resolve our first GitHub issue: prevent unconfirmed users from creating forum threads in this hands-on walkthrough.

Dive into managing GitHub issues and pull requests. Learn the daily workflow for maintaining open source projects with practical, hands-on guidance!

Add user reputation to your Laravel forum to showcase participation and experience. Enhance community engagement with clear, meaningful reputation scores!

Refactor your Laravel forum’s reputation system to make it clear and accessible. Elevate reputation to a first-class feature for better team understanding and engagement!

Learn how to display user reputation next to usernames in your Laravel app. Enhance user profiles with clear, real-time reputation visibility and boost engagement!

Prevent users from gaming reputation by syncing reductions when threads or replies are deleted. Learn how to keep your Laravel app’s reputation system fair and balanced!

Learn why LICENSE, CODE_OF_CONDUCT, and CONTRIBUTING files matter in open source projects. Get a quick, friendly overview to keep your project professional and welcoming!

Learn how to review, test, and tweak large pull requests with major features. Ensure smooth merges and maintain a clean, reliable Laravel codebase every time!

Set up Travis CI for continuous integration in your Laravel projects. Automate builds and tests on every commit or pull request for reliable, error-free code!

Discover how StyleCI automates code style fixes to keep your Laravel projects PSR-2 compliant. Save time and avoid manual style corrections effortlessly!

Explore adding syntax highlighting through a new PR. Follow along as we review, merge, and refactor the code for cleaner, more maintainable results!

Learn why fully understanding pull requests is crucial before merging. Avoid surprises and keep your codebase aligned with your project’s vision and goals!

Resolve GitHub issues by mastering Laravel queues. Learn how to dispatch jobs and run queue workers for smoother, efficient background task processing!

Discover how to pin threads to the top of results in Laravel. Follow along as we review, tweak, and merge this handy feature for better content visibility!

Learn how to implement channel archiving with TDD in Laravel. Follow a clear, step-by-step approach to build robust features and improve your app’s admin tools!

Simplify your Laravel queries by using global scopes to automatically exclude archived channels. Learn how to clean up your code and boost efficiency!

Learn why including tests with bug fixes is crucial. Show maintainers the exact problem with clear tests that prove and prevent code issues effectively.

Merge the first draft of the new Council UI with me, as we finalize CSS and prepare responsive Tailwind styles for a polished, mobile-friendly forum experience.

Upgrade Council to Laravel 5.6 with me as we tackle a tricky Sqlite foreign key bug and explore the changes in this practical, hands-on episode.

Explore a "Work in Progress" PR for user profile activity. Join me as we review, refine, and complete the features together step-by-step in this episode.

Learn how to calculate accurate paginated reply URLs in Laravel, ensuring users land on the correct page for each reply—no more defaulting to page one!

Learn to create Git tags and GitHub releases to package and manage project versions, making it easy for users to pick the right release.