Progress Report - November 2023

We've been hard at work this month, fixing and polishing - our software, our processes and our services offering. Here's what's new, fr...

Cristian Tabacitu

Published on 30 November 2023 in News

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We've been hard at work this month, fixing and polishing - our software, our processes and our services offering. Here's what's new, from a few small new features to new services 👇

Maintenance

• CRUD - 3 bug fixes
• DevTools - 5 bug fixes
• a few small fixes to our other packages

New Features

Antonio and Pedro are working right now on launching 2 small new features in CRUD, that will allow you (the developer) to quickly do something you often need to do. By the time you read this, Backpack v6.4 will be launched, so a composer update will get you:

Even faster way to add links to columns - linkToShow()

Last month we launched linkTo(), which allows you to add links to any route you want. But! What link do you need to add to columns, most of the time? A link to the Show operation! So we've made that even easier!

// you can now do 
CRUD::column('category')->linkToShow();

// instead of last months' way
CRUD::column('category')->linkTo('category.show');

// and instead of the old-school way of defining the wrapper href manually
CRUD::column('category')->wrapper([
    'href' => function ($crud, $column, $entry, $related_key) {
          return route('category.show', $related_key);
      },
]);

It'll do the exact same thing, but now you don't have to remember or think about the route name at all (if you've used the regular naming conventions). Isn't that great?

Another access method - denyAllAccess()

Backpack comes with its own way to allow/deny access to operations. And starting today, it's also got a way to deny access to all operations. Just use CRUD::denyAllAccess() in your CrudController and the logged in users will not be able to access any of the operations that controller provides. Easy-peasy!

New Services

In case you didn't know, our team is also available for direct help on your projects. In fact, we have an almost 10x larger team to work on client projects, than we have working on Backpack itself. More info here.

We've been honing our offering and processes over the years. Some services kept coming up, client after client, so we've gotten increasingly good at them. Right now, we're so absolutely confident on them, that we're able to productize them. Here's what services you'll soon be able to purchase on our website.

We're working on a landing page and legal particularities for them, so you can read more and click "buy", but if you need any of them right now... shoot us an email, happy to send an invoice the old-fashioned manual way and start right away.

Premium Support - €300

• 10h of priority support for 12 months
• 24h reponse time guaranteed
• priority bug fixes
• answers by senior Backpack core team members

Consulting & Tutoring Sessions - €700

• 10h of consulting and tutoring by senior Backpack team members, on your particular problems;
• audio/video calls, emails, research, planning;
• access to the expertise of the foremost Backpack & Laravel experts;

Application Design & Plan - €1.500 (🌟most popular)

• turn your idea into a beautiful application design in Figma + tech specs + development estimate;
• everything you need to clearly present your app to your stateholders, prospective clients and other web development companies, as a PDF or clickable web view;
• clear numbers to finalize your business plan - clarify WHAT you build, HOW LONG it will take and HOW MUCH it will cost;
• choose your size:
  • Small App - €1500 - design for 5 most important pages + specs + dev estimate;
  • Medium App - €2900 - design for 10 most important pages + specs + dev estimate;
  • Large App - €4900 - design for 20 most important pages + specs + dev estimate;

Small Development Team - €9.600

• our smallest team, including leading and certified experts in Laravel, Backpack and PHP, dedicated to coding your project for an entire month: - 1 full-stack web developer (full-time) - 1 senior software architect (as needeed) - 1 UI/UX designer (as needed) - 1 tester (as needed) - 1 project manager (as needed)
• can only be purchased after you have clear design, specs and dev estimate;
• reserve your spot with an advance of only €500 (fully refundable);

Tailored Development Teams - €12.000+

• we hire, train and retain experts in full-stack web development, front-end dev, back-end dev, software architecture, UI/UX design, testing, project management;
• we can create a team tailored to your needs or join your existing team;
• long-term focused - our long-term clients have been with us for 10+ years;

That's it from us. In December we plan to take this even further... launch a few more features we think you'll love... and make some more optimizations in the way we work. Stay tuned!

Thanks for using Backpack. We love doing this for you. Cheers!