No Compromises Joel Clermont and Aaron Saray

Writing tests that communicate with a third party can be a little tricky, but we've found an approach that balances speed and confidence.
In today's episode, we share that approach and talk through a strategy of how frequently to run tests that talk to the outside world.

(00:00) - Why would your tests ever talk to an external service?

(02:30) - What does it mean to have a separate test suite?

(06:00) - Keeping them separate allows different triggers for running

(07:00) - When should you run external tests?

(08:30) - You can't always know when you'll break an external integration

(11:00) - Check on a schedule?

(13:00) - Silly bit
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I don't have time to write an API spec. We're not a giant team. We don't have external users of our API.
I've said all these things in the past, but in today's episode, we discuss why you should still consider writing a specification for your Laravel API.

(00:00) - Should you write a spec for your API?

(01:37) - Thinking through the requirements

(04:07) - What's in a spec?

(06:20) - Balancing detail with moving forward

(08:15) - Who is consuming the spec?

(09:30) - The spec keeps you honest
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Maybe you've tried to add static analysis to your Laravel app and got scared away by all the errors.
In this episode we discuss how we like to introduce PHPStan to large, long-lived projects in a way that doesn't introduce a lot of risk or change.
Would you like help introducing Larastan to your project? That's one of many things we can help you with!
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Why isn't this working? It can be frustrating when something doesn't work as expected!
In this episode, we talk through a recent issue Joel had with sessions and oauth flows. There are a couple principles that apply more broadly.
Next time you're stuck on something, let us help!
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"Magic" methods and properties show up several places in Laravel, as well as third-party packages. They can make certain things easier and less verbose, but there is a trade off. In this episode, we discuss a few different contexts where we like and avoid magic accessors.
We'd really appreciate it if you share the show with other Laravel devs.
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Admins can do everything in the app, right? Today we discuss a couple reasons why you may want to consider not letting an admin have access to every single feature in your app.
🎉️ Episode 100 is a huge milestone for us. Thank you for listening!
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