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Experiment: Using Pest 4 as a Standalone Browser Testing Suite for Legacy Applications.

Here's a scenario we encounter regularly at Jump24: a client has a legacy application - perhaps built in CakePHP, CodeIgniter, or even a custom framework - and they want to add automated browser testing. The catch? They don't want to pollute the existing codebase with test dependencies, and frankly, the application wasn't built with testing in mind.

Top Ten Laravel And PHP Things - 1-1-2026

Fatherhood, First Talks, and Finally Trusting Myself: 2025 in Review

If you'd asked me at the start of 2025 what the year would look like, I don't think I could have predicted just how much would change. Some years are about big career moves or business milestones. This year was about something far more important.

Inertia.js Once Props: Stop Sending the Same Data Over and Over Again

We've been long time fans of Inertia.js here at Jump24 and honestly, it's become our go-to for building modern Laravel applications without the faff of maintaining a separate API layer. Between deferred props, prefetching, and partial reloads, the Inertia team has been absolutely smashing it with performance features lately.

Top Ten Laravel And PHP Things - 26-12-2025

Top Ten Laravel And PHP Things - 19-12-2025

The Birdie Start

Top Ten Laravel And PHP Things - 12-12-2025

whenTableHasIndex and whenTableDoesntHaveIndex DX Improvements you'll enjoy

A small run down of a PR that was recently merged and released into the Laravel framework. This PR brings in two new Schema methods whenTableHasIndex and whenTableDoesntHaveIndex that although small give a great DX Improvement when writing your migrations.

Top Ten Laravel and PHP Finds Friday 5th of December 2025

It's Friday (where has the week gone), you know what that means its time for another top ten Laravel and PHP things I've found this week.

Top Ten Laravel And PHP Things - 5-12-2025

Top Ten Laravel and PHP Finds Friday 28th of November 2025

It's Friday once again! Another great week of content. It was also the first Laravel London since it's reboot, the event went really well and we cant wait for the next one.