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Tighten @ Laracon 2018: a Recap

Aug 8, 2018 · Marje Holmstrom-Sabo

July 25 and 26 were big days for the Laravel community as we came together in Chicago for Laracon US 2018 at the Museum of Science and Industry. We had a lot of fun putting together the Laracon Visitor’s Guide and sponsoring a code challenge....

Countdown to Laracon 2018

Jul 23, 2018 · Marje Holmstrom-Sabo

Team Tighten is pretty excited for this year’s Laracon! We’re looking forward to welcoming the Laravel development community to Chicago, where our company headquarters and three members of our team are located. We’ve prepped a few things...

Tighten Dev Battle 2: Four Brains. Two Screens. One Native App.

May 23, 2018 · Samantha Geitz

About a year ago, we streamed the inaugural Tighten Dev Battle, during which senior developers Samantha Geitz...

Tidying Up Your PHPUnit Tests with Class-Based Model Factories

May 10, 2018 · John Bonaccorsi

As you begin writing automated tests, one of the first questions you will find yourself asking is, "How do I make it clear what this test is accomplishing?" It's important for tests to have a natural and logical flow that any future developer can...

It's Time to Test Your Vue Components: Getting Started With Jest

May 3, 2018 · Caleb Porzio

Unit testing Vue components is something that has always intimidated me. I’ve relied on acceptance testing tools like Laravel Dusk for all my JavaScript testing needs because of its ease of use and place in the Laravel ecosystem. Although extremely...

Caffeine Fiends: Part 2

Apr 5, 2018 · Marje Holmstrom-Sabo

Awhile back, we shared how our team does coffee. We’ve grown a lot since then, both in people and the variety of our setups. What hasn't...

Dot Env Files: The Silent Killer

Mar 16, 2018 · Caleb Porzio

Laravel’s .env files are fascinating things. They seem so innocent on the surface, but underneath the friendly façade they are vicious beasts capable of bringing your entire application to its knees. In this post we’ll look at some...

Building a Great Pull Request

Feb 2, 2018 · Logan Henson

I love pair-programming with other developers, in part because I always end up learning new ways to improve how I work. One aspect of my workflow that has benefitted from pairing is writing pull requests (or "PRs"). A clear, well-built PR is an...

Announcing Tighten's Laracon 2018 Grant

Dec 23, 2017 · Matt Stauffer, Dan Sheetz, Marje Holmstrom-Sabo

Tighten has sent a contingent to Laracon US for the last four years, and we've loved the opportunities and relationships that have come from our time there. We've tried to give back with talks, sponsorships, fun events, and more. But this year, we...

Debugging: Configure Xdebug + Laravel Homestead + VS Code + PHPUnit

Nov 17, 2017 · Jose Soto

After receiving some great feedback on my post, Debugging: Configure VS Code + Xdebug + PHPUnit, I had a few people ask me for some help configuring their Xdebug setup on...

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