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This was a very productive month for us. We've not only fixed bugs in our newest software, but we've also streamlined our support system and delivered 3 new FREE features and one FREE add-on. More info 👇 Maintenance CRUD - 14 bu...
1 year ago
As part of Backpack v6, we've invented a new way of loading assets in Laravel. And we've done that as an open-source package - one that we hope Laravel devs will use outside Backpack projects too. If you don't know about it, we ca...
Hey there, fellow developers! In this article, we're going to explore the awesome new feature in version 6 of Backpack for Laravel - th...
Hey devs, check out the amazing new feature in Backpack v6 - building custom forms with ease! In the past, creating a custom operation...
Hey there, my friends! I've got some exciting news about Backpack v6 that will make your life as a developer even easier. Introducing a...
Hey there! I've got some fantastic news to share with you about Backpack v6! We've introduced an amazing new feature called the "D...
This was a crazy month for us. After having launched Backpack v6 at the beginning of the month (😱), we had a bit of calm... before the...
It's been a few weeks already since Backpack v6 has been not only launched, but the default version everybody uses. In the past 3 weeks...
We're happy to announce our Tabler theme is finally out of beta 🎉 We've been working with Tabler for a long time, and it is spectacula...
This month our entire team has been working on Backpack v6. And for the first time ever... it felt like we were moving at incredible sp...
We have EXCELLENT news. Thanks to an all-team-effort for the past month, we are very happy with the state of Backpack v6 - our latest a...
This was a stressful month for the Backpack team. We've been polishing the last big things we had to merge into v6, finding and fixing...
2 years ago
When it comes to developing a website or an app, there's one crucial aspect that shouldn't be overlooked: the admin panel. An admin pa...
A Few months ago, Tabacitu assigned me a task to install & try Spatie's Browsershot on the Laravel Valet environment. It was the fi...
This was another good month for the Backpack team. We’ve been steadily working towards a stable v6, that you’ll be able to try pretty s...
We don't mean to brag... but March has been very good to us 😀 Work on Backpack v6 has been going very very well, so we have a lot to u...
We've been firing on all cylinders in February. We're working on two HUGE features that we will be launching next month in Backpack v5....
An admin panel framework is a software framework that provides a set of tools, components, and functionalities for building an administ...
In a recent project, I needed to customize my List and Create operations, to basically add content before or after the existing views....
CRUD stands for Create, Read, Update, and Delete, which are the four basic functions used to manage data in a database and are essenti...
We've started this new year in full force. Not only have we been working on the next iteration of Backpack (which you'll have access to...
Did you know Backpack is partly "Made in Portugal"? Yes, that's were two of our team members live - Pedro and Antonio. So we...
It's been a crazy month here at Backpack. We've been working in more areas than ever (v5, v6, marketing, design, legal) but I won't bor...
It's been a busy month here at Backpack. We've started working on Backpack v6, organized a Black Friday AND managed to start and finish...
We’re celebrating Black Week, Black Friday and Cyber Monday this year with a HUGE discount: The first 100 people that use the BLACKFRID...
Since our last progress report, our team has put the final touches on quite a few difficult features. These have been multi-month effor...
In previous articles, I've shown you how to: create an operation (EmailOperation) with a custom HTML form; use that operation on your...
Since our last progress report, on Aug 19th, our focus has been on improving overall Developer Experience and fixing papercuts. We've b...
Say you’ve created a custom operation, and want to share it with other developers around the world. How do you do that? Well, it’s pret...
Our last progress report was on July 19th, and our team has done A LOT since then. Maintenance 9 new patch releases for Backpack CRUD...
So you want to add a new operation to the UserCrudController, the one that our PermissionManager addon provides? Here’s how you can do...
I needed a form that sends an email to each user, directly from the admin panel. I already had a Users CRUD, so here's how I added a fo...
This will be a short one - since not everything we've been working on this month has also been launched. And we don't want to bother yo...
Some of our admins have been asking to do quick edits, right from the table view. We've always whipped up a custom solution for them ri...
If you haven't read our May 2022 Progress Report... we have BIG news for you. In fact it's so big, that it made us bump the version fro...
We regularly conduct private security audits of our software. Unlike most times, in March 2022 we’ve discovered a security issue that m...
👏Clap your hands if you’ve seen our new Backpack logo 👏 We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again. We do have big plans for this y...
3 years ago
Quite a few new features to announce here. I'm so happy we've started writing these monthly reports for you. They've really helped us f...
We have big BIG plans this year. In order to get those plans done… we need more people to join our team. Why? Because this year, we ha...
Good news! Now that Backpack v5 is launched, polished and stable, we can dedicate more time to finer details. To gradually improve ever...
Give your admin the power to print a custom view. No new window, no page jump - just print using AJAX. I've been practicing Backpack fo...
For the past 8 months we've been working on a new version and now... we've finally launched it. We call it 🥁🥁🥁... Backpack v5. But f...
If you're been waiting for a discount to purchase Backpack - this is your moment 😀 We've decided to join the Laravel trend again this...
We're pleased to announce that we have added four new options to purchase Backpack, to fix some common worries and misconceptions when...
If you work inside a team, do yourself a favor - decide on a coding style and get the entire team to use it. Why Stick To a Standard Co...
Lewis Raggett here. I create useful web-based software and applications for a variety of different clients with the rest of my team at...
We’ve saved you hours, days or weeks when coding admin panels. Now let’s save you time when planning and designing admin panels. Think...
You know how every time you add a new entity to your project, you probably create a Migration, Model, CRUD, and maybe even a Seeder and...
Today, it hit us. We found out that... we've recently surpassed 1 million unique downloads... and we were... blown away. We wanted to...
4 years ago
New project that uses Backpack. What do you do? Do you install all 1st party addons PermissionManager, Settings, NewsCRUD, LogManager,...
Have you ever copy-pasted custom code, from one admin panel to another? It didn't feel right, did it? You knew there's a better way to...
This is the first security post we have to write, in the 5 years since we've been running Backpack. We're trying to be as direct and tr...
If your admins have been looking for a quick way to edit JSONs in their admin panel, we have excellent news. Regular contributor Ziming...
If you're anything like us, you use Laravel Forge to provision your servers and LetsEncrypt SSL certificates. After all, it's the defau...
Hey there, It’s been more than 6 months since our last newsletter. As promised, we try not to bother you unless we have a lot to say. A...
You should consider replacing Backpack's CSS and JS dependencies every few months. How? This article answers exactly that. But first of...
I'm sure there are projects you'd like to be up-to-date with. Nowadays, there's a really easy way to do that, even if the devs don't ha...
Starting with November 1st 2020, we are bound by local & EU law to add 19% Value Added Tax to our invoices, in a few select cases....
We're happy to announce that starting today, we've added more ways for you to pay for your Backpack for Laravel license. Thanks to a ne...
Good news everyone! The new free upgrade to Backpack 4.0 is right around the corner. And I have to say... it is so so cool. I've never...
5 years ago
If you want to contribute to a Laravel package with a PR, sometimes the Github interface is enough. You change one or two files there a...
Sometimes it's useful for the admin to see everything from the user's perspective. To see exactly what he sees. With an admin panel lik...
Laravel 5.8 has been launched on Feb 26th 2019. It provides a few new features, but what we find most important is the upgrade to Carbo...
6 years ago
3 months ago you told us what your biggest wishes are for Backpack improvements. I’m proud to say in August we've finished 2 of your to...
We have this habit of sending an email every month to our users, detailing what's happened in Backpack in the past month. It keep us ac...
If you’ve been dying to go to Laracon US 2018 and don’t have a ticket yet, well... it has been sold out for a while now. But we have go...
7 years ago
Starting today, we're using a bunch of Github Probots, to help with issue & PR management. Here's a list of all the the features we...
If you haven't had time to go through all Backpack features yet, we've just launched something you might like: a free 5-day email cours...
After a lot of work, Backpack\CRUD has finally reached the 3.3 milestone. There have been A LOT of changes, but we've managed to keep i...
Sometimes you'll have one resource that depends on another one. For example, you might have: a Post model; a User model; The admins c...
8 years ago
After a lot of consideration, I’ve decided that instead of asking for donations, we should charge a small fee for commercial use. This...
