Writing efficient applications

Writing efficient applications

Making your application perform as well as possible can be challenging. Learn where you can make the biggest gains.

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Granular profiling with Symfony Stopwatch

It's not always easy to profile each step of a loop for long running tasks, but Symfony Stopwatch provides a way to do so fairly easily.

Finding N+1 queries with profilers

N+1 queries are among the most common performance bottlenecks around. Learn how to find them with profiling tools.

Go with the grain of HTTP

HTTP has multiple different verbs, and understanding the right ones to use can make it easier to cache the responses.

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Queue what you can

Laravel's queue implementation can be very helpful for improving performance, but it's easy to miss many good use cases

Caching responses with the cache.headers middleware

Out of the box, Laravel supports a simple method of adding appropriate caching headers to HTTP responses to prevent unnecessary HTTP requests.

Reducing repeated requests for the user with a decorator

If you're logged into your application, it may be making unnecessary repeated requests to fetch the user. Learn how to cache the user to eliminate this.

Reducing unnecessary dependencies in controllers

Any dependencies in a controller can potentially slow down the response time. By managing them effectively, you can reduce their impact.