For this tutorial, we're going to be building a single page app using Laravel 4 and Backbone.js. Both frameworks make it very easy to use a different...

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Testing controllers isn't the easiest thing in the world. Well, let me rephrase that: testing them is a cinch; what's difficult, at least at first, is...

Perhaps it goes without saying that I'm fairly passionate about the Laravel framework (probably irritatingly so, for some of you). I liked it so much to the...

Not too long ago, I built a handful of generators for Laravel, which ease the process of various tasks. Today, thanks to help from Gaurav Narula, we're...

In this day and age, it's quite normal for a developer to have an understanding of consoles, and how to issue basic commands. But what if you could code your...

In this screencast, you'll learn how to leverage PHPUnit and Laravel's IoC container to better test your controllers. Additionally, we'll review such best...

If you're hoping to learn why tests are beneficial, this is not the article for you. Over the course of this tutorial, I will assume that you already...

2012 was an excellent year for the PHP community, thanks to many badly needed features being added to version 5.4, as well as the countless projects,...

It's hard to deny the fact that the PHP community is excited for Laravel 4. Among other things, the framework leverages the power of Composer, which means...

As you may know, here at Nettuts+, we've covered the popular Laravel framework a great deal. With version 4 on the near horizon, I've received quite a few...

I must admit: at one point, I was feeling a bit down on the PHP language. A number of poignant PHP-hate articles were circling the web like a virus, and some...