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Written by Tony Lea - 8 minute read
In this tutorial, I'll show you how to use AlpineJS to create a simple typing effect. You can take a look at a quick example of what we'll be creating in the Codepen below: {% codepen https://codepen.io/devdojo/pen/vYXyzwd %} This can easily be accom...
Written by Tony Lea - 1 minute read
When using a javascript framework, you will most likely need a way to hide elements until they are fully rendered. This will reduce any flickering and it will create a better user experience. With AlpineJS we can use the x-cloak attribute to hide ele...
Written by Tony Lea - 4 minute read
Recently, I started using the space utility classes in Tailwind, which gives you the ability to create equal space between elements. When I first started using Tailwind, I found myself reaching for mx-5, my-3, ml-2, and all the other awesome margin u...
Written by Tony Lea - 12 minute read
In this tutorial, we are going to walk-through creating a simple blog in Laravel and Livewire. It will be pretty simple and can be used as a starting point for building your blog with these awesome frameworks. To kick things off, we'll start by creat...
Written by Tony Lea - 1 minute read
Tailwind version 2.0 has been officially released along with a fancy new website. You gotta check it out, this thing is impressive. There are some pretty cool things available in v2, which include: Focus Ring Feature The Focus Ring will allow you to...
Written by Tony Lea - 1 minute read
I love using the command palette in VS Code to jump to a specific file. You can open the palette with the keyboard shortcut Cmd+P and then start typing for the name of the file you are looking for. This is great! Unfortunately, when switching betwee...
Written by Tony Lea - 1 minute read
Laravel provides some really great features out of the box. Authentication and Authorization are just a few of them. If you are fairly new to application development and/or Laravel, these two features might get confusing to distinguish them apart. In...
Written by Tony Lea - 2 minute read
AdonisJS is a Node framework that feels a lot like Laravel. In fact, many of the features feel and act very similar to Laravel. In this quick tutorial, I'll show you how to get set up with a simple Adonis application and create a few routes. Let's be...
Written by Tony Lea - 5 minute read
Laravel Gates allows you to authorize users from accessing certain areas of your application. You can easily define gates in your application and then use them to allow or deny access. Let's start things off with a simple example of granting access w...
Written by Tony Lea - 2 minute read
I recently learned about the Laravel Eloquent Make command, which allows you to create an Eloquent object without adding it to the database. To fully understand this, I'll start by creating a new Laravel app with a posts table. Create a new Laravel A...