Battle Ready Laravel
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"This is the best Laravel book I've ever read" - Gary Clarke
✅ 220+ Pages
Battle Ready Laravel comes with over 220 pages of useful tips, tricks, and guides you can use right away.
✅ $195 of Discounts Included
Get a head start with over $195 worth of discounts for Flare, Oh Dear, StyleCI, and Laravel Security in Depth!
✅ Complete Blueprint
Split into 4 distinct sections with everything you need to build apps you can be proud of: Auditing, Testing, Fixing, and Improving.
✅ Actionable Advice
Packed full of actionable advice you can start using right away to improve your apps and become a more competent developer. No fluff.
✅ Real-life Examples
Full of real-life examples taken from my own personal experiences to help you understand how to improve your code.
✅ Lifetime ownership
🤝 Lifetime money back guarantee
🤯 Suffering from Technical Debt?
It wasn’t long into my career as a web developer that I began to realise the importance of doing things the ‘right’ way…
Aside from being a natural perfectionist and always wanting to produce the best possible end product, I soon understood short-cut solutions and poor quality code almost always came at a cost to everyone involved. I’m talking about apps being shipped with frustrating bugs, or annoying issues that seriously slowed down the progress of the whole team.
I know I’m preaching to the converted here, but a clean codebase and overall well-engineered solution will always be better in the long run. It might take a bit more time upfront, but it’s well worth it.
As a developer, I always knew this to be true. But when I dug into the code of an app, I’d constantly find myself saying things like: “this works, but it could have been so much better” - or “what on earth were they thinking when they wrote this?”.
Of course, the reality is we don’t live in an ideal world. Tight deadlines and strict budgets mean we don’t always get to spend as long as we’d like perfecting every single line of code.
Ever lay awake at night worrying whether your code is secure and working properly? Maybe you’ve been anxious because you’re expecting there to be customer complaints in the morning when you log onto your work computer?
Yep, me too…
But the good news is it doesn’t have to be this way.
In fact, as I started to grow as a Laravel developer, I began to come across ways to quickly improve my apps. Little tips that made them more robust, professional and maintainable.
For example, setting up a good quality CI (Continuous Integration) workflow made a massive difference when it came to improving the quality of my code and feeling more confident in my apps.
Whenever I added new code and merged it into an existing codebase, having a CI workflow meant I could be more sure it would work properly and not break any existing code. What’s more, the whole team could move faster and pick up on potential errors before the code made it to production. Team members could now contribute to parts of the codebase that they might not have worked on before, because they could rely on the test.
That’s just one example, but such techniques really can make all the difference to your life as a developer, helping you improve your existing apps - and make better new ones.
As well as feeling like a more competent developer, I also found I was also able to add new features and respond to requests more quickly. Clients were happier and the whole team could cut down on those tedious email chains that every developer is surely familiar with.
What if you could do the same? What if you had an arsenal of techniques you could use to improve your Laravel apps? Wouldn’t it be great to learn how to improve your developer skills, and finally be able to unleash your code onto the world with more confidence?
📖 What's Covered in the Book?
Battle Ready Laravel is your ultimate guide to creating bulletproof Laravel applications. You will learn how to improve the performance, maintainability and security of your Laravel projects, providing you with hands-on experience and starting points on how to audit, test, fix and improve your Laravel web apps.
In the book, I'm going to take you through the exact same steps I use when improving Laravel projects. You'll be given actionable advice and steps you can use straight away in your own projects. It is a great resource for both experienced and inexperienced Laravel developers looking to improve their codebase and application’s quality.
🤓 What Will I Learn?
We'll start by learning how to use automated tools and manual methods to audit the codebase and find weaknesses and areas to improve.
You'll then discover how to write tests that increase our confidence in our code and reliability for our end users.
You'll learn how to reduce (and hopefully remove!) technical debt and fix bugs. I'll also show you the most common mistakes and errors I see in Laravel apps and show you can avoid them yourself.
By the end of the book, you should feel like a more confident developer and have a better insight into how to manage your Laravel apps to keep them efficient, testable, and maintainable!
✅ 220+ Pages
Battle Ready Laravel comes with over 220 pages of useful tips, tricks, and guides you can use right away.
✅ $195 of Discounts Included
Get a head start with over $195 worth of discounts for Flare, Oh Dear, StyleCI, and Laravel Security in Depth!
✅ Complete Blueprint
Split into 4 distinct sections with everything you need to build apps you can be proud of: Auditing, Testing, Fixing, and Improving.
✅ Actionable Advice
Packed full of actionable advice you can start using right away to improve your apps and become a more competent developer. No fluff.
✅ Real-life Examples
Full of real-life examples taken from my own personal experiences to help you understand how to improve your code.
✅ Lifetime ownership
🤝 Lifetime money back guarantee
"Ash conveys copious experience in this book to show you what you need to know to make your Laravel applications robust, professional, and maintainable. After reading this book, I better understand many concepts that will make me a much more confident and capable developer" - JD Lien
SECTION ONE
Auditing
✅ Automated Tools
Explore and look at the different automated tools you can use to audit your app, including: Larastan, PHPInsights, and Enlightn
✅ Manual Auditing
Learn different approaches you can take to manually audit your app to find slow, insecure or unmaintainable code that can be improved
✅ Find Weak Spots
Learn how to find weak spots in your Laravel apps that do not have enough test coverage
SECTION TWO
Testing
✅ Add Critical Tests
Learn how to prioritise your testing and write tests that cover the mission-critical parts of your code
✅ Catch Bugs Early
Discover how you can use automated tooling in your application to catch bugs early
✅ GitHub Actions
Explore how you can use GitHub Actions to add workflows to run your tests and reduce the chances of broken or unmaintainable code making it to production
SECTION THREE
Fixing
✅ Fixing and Catching Bugs
Learn how to use your new test suite to update your code and remove bugs
✅ Updating Dependencies
Explore different approaches you can take to safely update your legacy system's dependencies, Laravel version and PHP version without breaking your existing code
✅ Fixing Security Holes
A look at the different ways you can fix the security holes spotted during your audit and testing
SECTION FOUR
Improving
✅ Clean Up Existing Code
Learn how to use best-practices to improve your code and make it more testable, maintainable and readable
✅ Removing Technical Debt
Explore different ways you can remove technical debt from your codebase to improve the code you write in the future
✅ Improve Your Future Code
Learn how to use clean-code principles to improve the code you write and build better apps
This is what people have had to say about the book.
It's full of great tips and recommendations that every Laravel developer really needs to know! - Stephen Rees-Carter
Following its clear, comprehensive, and well-written content will leave you feeling so much more confident about your apps - Matt Kingshott
As a lookup or read, it's a comprehensive guide to worry-free development - Nicolai Baaring
Ashley is one of the most knowledgeable and active Laravel devs in the community. His contributions to the Laravel framework alone have added a lot of value and I personally can't wait to read his new book. - Kev Choppin
It's clear Ash has poured years of experience into Battle Ready Laravel. It's full of great tips and recommendations that every Laravel developer really needs to know. My personal favourite is the auditing chapter, which is a topic I wish more developers would pay attention to! So if you're looking to improve your dev skills (and even if you're not) you really need to grab a copy! - Stephen Rees-Carter
It's a shame this book is focused on Laravel, as the concepts and tips would benefit any developer using any framework! After reading this, you won't be just battle-ready; you'll win!. - Doeke Norg
What a read...Whether you're a junior developer or a senior developer, anyone that reads Battle Ready Laravel will learn something new - Jae Toole
If you're gearing up for a launch, or you are about to dive into the challenging world of code auditing, then be sure to have Battle Ready Laravel at your side. Following its clear, comprehensive, and well-written content will leave you feeling so much more confident about your apps. - Matt Kingshott
Battle Ready Laravel is a great source for strengthening your application. As a lookup or read, it's a comprehensive guide to worry -free development - Nicolai Baaring
This book is a great addition to the Laravel family. I've never seen any Laravel book as in-depth as Ash goes with Battle Ready laravel. Whatever your current developer level, if you are looking to improve your Laravel app , then this book is strongly recommendable. - Hamza Ikram
Ash brings together a wealth of personal knowledge and experience for auditing and maintaining Laravel apps . As a seasoned developer, I wondered how much I’d learn. A lot! This should be required reading for anyone building or maintaining modern web apps. - Marc Hampson
This is a complete guide that can help a middle level Laravel developer transition into a senior effectively. - Africa Gatsby
The book has a plethora of great advice and snippets that have really helped me already not only in my current projects - where I can instantly implement some tips , but also for future ones where I can start from a stronger base. Highly recommend. - Nick Wilkins
Ash has been responsible for several fantastic Laravel packages and blog posts. He has an innate ability to present complex concepts through clear and understandable examples . Make sure to follow him on Twitter and subscribe to his newsletter. - Ty Noryan
I'd definitely recommend your content. I'm reading a lot of it and find it really valuable. - Christian Olear
I am looking forward to your latest book and I’m volunteering as proof reader. - Alex Wulf
Your contents is really good , your last blog on interfaces was really nice. I’m using your package short-url, it's configurable and helpful, I'm looking forward to your book. - Ganesh Ghalame
I find your content (blogs) very informative. - Saif ur rehman Awan
A battle plan that gives you the upper hand - a great reference to revisit time and time again. - Anthony
✅ 220+ Pages
Battle Ready Laravel comes with over 220 pages of useful tips, tricks, and guides you can use right away.
✅ $195 of Discounts Included
Get a head start with over $195 worth of discounts for Flare, Oh Dear, StyleCI, and Laravel Security in Depth!
✅ Complete Blueprint
Split into 4 distinct sections with everything you need to build apps you can be proud of: Auditing, Testing, Fixing, and Improving.
✅ Actionable Advice
Packed full of actionable advice you can start using right away to improve your apps and become a more competent developer. No fluff.
✅ Real-life Examples
Full of real-life examples taken from my own personal experiences to help you understand how to improve your code.
✅ Lifetime ownership
🤝 Lifetime money back guarantee
Who Am I?
My name is Ashley Allen and I’m an experienced Laravel developer from the UK with a passion for clean, maintainable and extensible code. Since 2017 I’ve served individual clients and helped more than 5,000 people improve their own Laravel apps through my popular blog, newsletter, articles and PDFs.
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