What's New in Laravel 8

Get ready for Laravel 8 by updating the Laravel Installer and installing a fresh copy with Jetstream scaffolding to kickstart your next project smoothly.

Explore Laravel’s new models directory and namespace structure to organize your code better and boost your app’s maintainability from the start.

Learn how to squash large Laravel migrations into a single schema file, speeding up database refreshes and keeping your project clean and efficient.

Learn how Laravel 8’s class-based model factories with the HasFactory trait simplify test data creation and see how to use them effectively in your projects.

Explore Laravel's new model factory features, mastering relationships and the powerful has() method to build realistic, connected test data with ease.

Unlock Laravel 8's enhanced maintenance mode with secret keys to whitelist users and pre-render templates for smooth, secure site updates and downtime.

Discover cleaner closure-based event listeners in Laravel with improved Event::listen() syntax and learn how to use the new queueable() function effectively.

Learn how Laravel's new Wormhole class lets you time-travel with Carbon, making it easy to test by setting custom dates and times effortlessly.

Explore Laravel 8's improved rate limiting API, learn per-key limits, and see how it enhances control compared to Laravel 7 in this clear, hands-on episode.

Discover Laravel Jetstream, the powerful app scaffolding with auth, profiles, teams, Livewire & Inertia support to kickstart your next Laravel project fast.

Join me as I upgrade the Laracasts codebase from Laravel 7 to 8, sharing easy steps to keep your Laravel apps up-to-date and running smoothly.

Tour Laravel Sail in 10 minutes: use its Docker-based CLI to spin up PHP, MySQL, Redis, and more with a single command—no local installs.