Category: API
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Building a CRM/ERP with Laravel and Vue
Over the past few weeks, I have been working on a project that I wanted to share. It is a CRM/ERP built with Laravel on the backend and Vue on the frontend. The goal was to create something lightweight, practical, and easy to use for managing customers, deals, and internal processes. The idea started simple.…
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Crafting Code and Christmas Cheer: A Web Developer’s End-of-Year Note
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As the year winds down and Christmas makes everything feel a little softer and brighter, most web developers are trying to wrap things up before the holidays begin. There is always one more feature to finish, one more tiny bug to chase and one more release that really ought to go out before everyone disappears…
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Mental Health in Web Development: Navigating Remote Work and Office Life
Working in web development can be an exciting career. We get to solve problems, build products that people actually use, and learn new skills almost daily. But the nature of the job also comes with challenges that can quietly chip away at mental health if they are not recognised and managed. Over the past few…
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Consuming External APIs in Laravel – A Practical Guide
IntroductionLaravel isn’t just great at serving APIs – it’s also excellent at consuming external APIs. Whether you’re integrating a payment gateway, weather service, or AI API, Laravel provides tools like the HTTP client (powered by Guzzle) to make API calls seamless. 1. The HTTP Client in Laravel Laravel’s wrapper around Guzzle simplifies external API requests:…
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Building APIs with Laravel – From Controllers to JSON Resources
IntroductionAPIs are the backbone of modern applications, powering SPAs, mobile apps, and integrations with external services. Laravel is not just a great web framework – it’s also one of the most developer-friendly ways to build APIs. In this post, we’ll walk through how Laravel handles API development, from setting up routes and controllers to using…