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Laravel Worldwide Meetup, July 2024
Embracing the mantra of “use what you’ve got”, this month Steve McDougall is going to take us deep into Laravel’s capacity to develop a robust and performant API using only the tools shipped with the framework. Come and learn how to make your own APIs push the limit of what’s possible!
What people say about me
Chris Miller
Lead Developer @ MMS Marketing
Steve is a great developer with a wealth of knowledge that has contributed to many projects we have. His passion for API means we benefit from his aim for the best
Aaron Francis
Founder @ Try Hard Studies
Steve is one of the most thorough and thoughtful educators I've seen. He puts in a ton of effort and it clearly shows.
Alex Six
Head of Developer Relations @ Filament PHP
Steve is the teacher you wish you had in school. He’s informative, entertaining, and passionate about what he does. I’m always excited to see more of Steve’s content!
Davor Minchorov
Senior PHP Engineer @ Adeva
Steve is an awesome guy who knows a thing or two about APIs. I’ve learned so much from his content on his YouTube channel as well as his API video course.
Brent Roose
Developer Advocate @ jetBrains
To me, there's one word that comes to mind: 'passion'. There are only a handful of people with the same passion for programming as Steve.
Eric Barnes
Founder @ Laravel News
Steve is an awesome writer and communicator, he can take complex problems and communicate them in a way that anyone can understand.
Gary Clark
YouTuber @ Gary Clarke Tech
Steve is highly engaging and an expert in what he does. I bookmark everything he publishes and refer back to it on a regular basis. The API king!
Chris Miller
Lead Developer @ MMS Marketing
Steve is a great developer with a wealth of knowledge that has contributed to many projects we have. His passion for API means we benefit from his aim for the best
Aaron Francis
Founder @ Try Hard Studies
Steve is one of the most thorough and thoughtful educators I've seen. He puts in a ton of effort and it clearly shows.
Alex Six
Head of Developer Relations @ Filament PHP
Steve is the teacher you wish you had in school. He’s informative, entertaining, and passionate about what he does. I’m always excited to see more of Steve’s content!
Davor Minchorov
Senior PHP Engineer @ Adeva
Steve is an awesome guy who knows a thing or two about APIs. I’ve learned so much from his content on his YouTube channel as well as his API video course.
Brent Roose
Developer Advocate @ jetBrains
To me, there's one word that comes to mind: 'passion'. There are only a handful of people with the same passion for programming as Steve.
Eric Barnes
Founder @ Laravel News
Steve is an awesome writer and communicator, he can take complex problems and communicate them in a way that anyone can understand.
Gary Clark
YouTuber @ Gary Clarke Tech
Steve is highly engaging and an expert in what he does. I bookmark everything he publishes and refer back to it on a regular basis. The API king!
Chris Miller
Lead Developer @ MMS Marketing
Steve is a great developer with a wealth of knowledge that has contributed to many projects we have. His passion for API means we benefit from his aim for the best
Aaron Francis
Founder @ Try Hard Studies
Steve is one of the most thorough and thoughtful educators I've seen. He puts in a ton of effort and it clearly shows.
Alex Six
Head of Developer Relations @ Filament PHP
Steve is the teacher you wish you had in school. He’s informative, entertaining, and passionate about what he does. I’m always excited to see more of Steve’s content!
Davor Minchorov
Senior PHP Engineer @ Adeva
Steve is an awesome guy who knows a thing or two about APIs. I’ve learned so much from his content on his YouTube channel as well as his API video course.
Brent Roose
Developer Advocate @ jetBrains
To me, there's one word that comes to mind: 'passion'. There are only a handful of people with the same passion for programming as Steve.
Eric Barnes
Founder @ Laravel News
Steve is an awesome writer and communicator, he can take complex problems and communicate them in a way that anyone can understand.
Gary Clark
YouTuber @ Gary Clarke Tech
Steve is highly engaging and an expert in what he does. I bookmark everything he publishes and refer back to it on a regular basis. The API king!
Chris Miller
Lead Developer @ MMS Marketing
Steve is a great developer with a wealth of knowledge that has contributed to many projects we have. His passion for API means we benefit from his aim for the best
Aaron Francis
Founder @ Try Hard Studies
Steve is one of the most thorough and thoughtful educators I've seen. He puts in a ton of effort and it clearly shows.
Alex Six
Head of Developer Relations @ Filament PHP
Steve is the teacher you wish you had in school. He’s informative, entertaining, and passionate about what he does. I’m always excited to see more of Steve’s content!
Davor Minchorov
Senior PHP Engineer @ Adeva
Steve is an awesome guy who knows a thing or two about APIs. I’ve learned so much from his content on his YouTube channel as well as his API video course.
Brent Roose
Developer Advocate @ jetBrains
To me, there's one word that comes to mind: 'passion'. There are only a handful of people with the same passion for programming as Steve.
Eric Barnes
Founder @ Laravel News
Steve is an awesome writer and communicator, he can take complex problems and communicate them in a way that anyone can understand.
Gary Clark
YouTuber @ Gary Clarke Tech
Steve is highly engaging and an expert in what he does. I bookmark everything he publishes and refer back to it on a regular basis. The API king!
Jack Ellis
Co-Founder @ Fathom Analytics
Steve is one of the top API experts in the world and has been teaching our community for years.
Laravel Jutsu
YouTuber @ Laravel Jutsu
Steve has a profound mastery of APIs and a public-serving teaching approach.
Luke Downing
Educator @ Laracasts
Steve is a stream of knowledge. If you like clean, strict code and silky APIs, there’s nobody I’d sooner turn to for advice!
Peter Thomson
Chief Technology Officer @ Ice House Ventures
Steve is an absolute weapon. We came for the APIs but we stayed for the clean code, robust systems architecture and deep knowledge of Laravel conventions. Steve made our code faster, more stable and easier to maintain ourselves in the future.
Stephen Rees-Carter
Friendly Hacker @ Valorin Security
Steve is one of my favourite people. He has a huge passion for teaching developers about APIs and good coding practices.
Steven Tey
Founder @ Dub.co
Steve brings knowledge and passion to the community, with easy to follow content that adds real value to any company that uses him.
Sam Carré
Head of Engineering @ Plannr CRM
Steve’s enthusiasm and positive attitude makes his educational content super easy to digest and makes learning new tools and languages really fun.
Jack Ellis
Co-Founder @ Fathom Analytics
Steve is one of the top API experts in the world and has been teaching our community for years.
Laravel Jutsu
YouTuber @ Laravel Jutsu
Steve has a profound mastery of APIs and a public-serving teaching approach.
Luke Downing
Educator @ Laracasts
Steve is a stream of knowledge. If you like clean, strict code and silky APIs, there’s nobody I’d sooner turn to for advice!
Peter Thomson
Chief Technology Officer @ Ice House Ventures
Steve is an absolute weapon. We came for the APIs but we stayed for the clean code, robust systems architecture and deep knowledge of Laravel conventions. Steve made our code faster, more stable and easier to maintain ourselves in the future.
Stephen Rees-Carter
Friendly Hacker @ Valorin Security
Steve is one of my favourite people. He has a huge passion for teaching developers about APIs and good coding practices.
Steven Tey
Founder @ Dub.co
Steve brings knowledge and passion to the community, with easy to follow content that adds real value to any company that uses him.
Sam Carré
Head of Engineering @ Plannr CRM
Steve’s enthusiasm and positive attitude makes his educational content super easy to digest and makes learning new tools and languages really fun.
Jack Ellis
Co-Founder @ Fathom Analytics
Steve is one of the top API experts in the world and has been teaching our community for years.
Laravel Jutsu
YouTuber @ Laravel Jutsu
Steve has a profound mastery of APIs and a public-serving teaching approach.
Luke Downing
Educator @ Laracasts
Steve is a stream of knowledge. If you like clean, strict code and silky APIs, there’s nobody I’d sooner turn to for advice!
Peter Thomson
Chief Technology Officer @ Ice House Ventures
Steve is an absolute weapon. We came for the APIs but we stayed for the clean code, robust systems architecture and deep knowledge of Laravel conventions. Steve made our code faster, more stable and easier to maintain ourselves in the future.
Stephen Rees-Carter
Friendly Hacker @ Valorin Security
Steve is one of my favourite people. He has a huge passion for teaching developers about APIs and good coding practices.
Steven Tey
Founder @ Dub.co
Steve brings knowledge and passion to the community, with easy to follow content that adds real value to any company that uses him.
Sam Carré
Head of Engineering @ Plannr CRM
Steve’s enthusiasm and positive attitude makes his educational content super easy to digest and makes learning new tools and languages really fun.
Jack Ellis
Co-Founder @ Fathom Analytics
Steve is one of the top API experts in the world and has been teaching our community for years.
Laravel Jutsu
YouTuber @ Laravel Jutsu
Steve has a profound mastery of APIs and a public-serving teaching approach.
Luke Downing
Educator @ Laracasts
Steve is a stream of knowledge. If you like clean, strict code and silky APIs, there’s nobody I’d sooner turn to for advice!
Peter Thomson
Chief Technology Officer @ Ice House Ventures
Steve is an absolute weapon. We came for the APIs but we stayed for the clean code, robust systems architecture and deep knowledge of Laravel conventions. Steve made our code faster, more stable and easier to maintain ourselves in the future.
Stephen Rees-Carter
Friendly Hacker @ Valorin Security
Steve is one of my favourite people. He has a huge passion for teaching developers about APIs and good coding practices.
Steven Tey
Founder @ Dub.co
Steve brings knowledge and passion to the community, with easy to follow content that adds real value to any company that uses him.
Sam Carré
Head of Engineering @ Plannr CRM
Steve’s enthusiasm and positive attitude makes his educational content super easy to digest and makes learning new tools and languages really fun.
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