spatie.be VS desktop

How do you debug your code in PHP? Do you use var_dump or dd in Laravel? Many of us also use logger to log output & figure out the problem in multiple steps. Spatie built a debugging tool called Ray that one can use to simplify the operation over dd or logger.

When in comes to Laravel packages, the guys at Spatie are probably the kings. They have hundreds of free packages you can pick from and use into your projects. Hats down for their commitment and contribution to this beautiful ecosystem.

In this article, we'll be using the Laravel Permission package from Spatie.

I'm thinking to make it as a software license, one-time payment with one year updates, as spatie.be do.

Ray by Spatie - Debugger tool

We use Oh Dear from spatie.be to check availability, dead links, certs and more for our critical FQDNs. Works perfectly fine. we also see it as a way to give something back to them in return for all their hard work in maintaining their open-source packages for Laravel.

The guys behind it work at Spatie[1] which you have probably heard of some of their packages, and Freek has a blog[2] that has a lot of PHP stuff on - lots Laravel, and lots just general new language stuff (covering PHP8 features etc)

[1] https://spatie.be

Spatie (https://spatie.be) makes a lot of great packages for Laravel. It also has a website with video courses and the code is open-sourced here https://github.com/spatie/spatie.be. I’ve learned a lot about testing from Spatie packages.

So I along with my colleague M H Hasib started working on a project of our own inspired from the API of laravel-permissions package by Spatie and the result was mongoose-permissions package.

Examples would be something like spatie.be, beyondco.de, and serversforhackers.com

Congrats on the launch! It's always exciting to see more competition in the version control space.

One question I have is whether you guys are better than:

https://desktop.github.com/

This seems to do the exact same thing, be free forever, and have a more mature GUI that is also easier to use than regular terminal git. In my firm, even with people who don't know how to code, they can use github desktop (since it babies you through the process of committing code.)

- Product designers for open-source hardware. Various design files, SVG etc.

I’ve experimented with a “GUI only” git flow - just to see what is possible, so I could introduce the concept to others.

I found GitHub desktop app (https://desktop.github.com/)did a great job of visually showing git flows and functions, but for a non-tech/programmming person, the tool would be daunting.

Curiosity what your suggested tech stack would be - sans Terminal…

just use github desktop its an open source tool https://desktop.github.com/

Download and install GitHub Desktop if you haven't already.

3️⃣ GitHub Desktop: A desktop application provided by GitHub that allows you to interact with Git repositories visually. It provides an easy way to clone repositories, commit changes, create branches, and push and pull changes. Website: https://desktop.github.com/

GitHub Desktop - much, much easier than installing and setting up Git yourself (free)

GitHub Desktop - Price: Free Git client for Mac that allows you to manage your GitHub repositories.