Weekly updates #15/2022

Hey everyone. This is our weekly thread with news from the Laravel world, our weekly code tips, and other updates.

Ecosystem News

• 🆕 Laravel v9.8.0 is out with a bunch of cool new features
• 👨‍🏫️ Jason, the creator of Laravel Shift, has made his book BaseCode free
• 💵 Laravel Spark 2.0 is released with updates for both Stripe and Paddle versions
• 🧪 Lasso v3 was released with Laravel 9 support
• ⏲️ Laracon EU schedule is out!
• 🕸️ Simon is working on an advanced TailwindCSS course for dev teams

Code tips

• 🔠 The spread syntax understands named parameters and correctly assigns array values to them
• ❓ Improve the DX of your commands by making arguments optional and prompting the user when they're empty
• 🗃️ The shouldCache() method lets you cache model accessor values
• 🖼️ You can generate fake images using Faker
• 🖥️ In scheduled tasks, you can use onSuccess and onFailure callbacks
• 🗓️ You can process the output of scheduled tasks: send an email or write to a file
• 💡 A thread about Blade directives that are useful when working with forms
• 💡 A thread explaining PHP Enums with concrete examples
• 💡 request() helper cheat sheet