I've been working on a new Inertia component these past weeks. Since other things pop up here and there, I often come back with fresh eyes. I've been refactoring, improving, and exploring new ways it can be used. Now it's in a state I'm super pumped about! 🤩

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Genuinely curious: when do you find yourself reaching for Axios/fetch instead of the Inertia router? From analyzing codebases, I see patterns like ⬇️

I promised another thread with Inertia.js updates, so here it is! 💪 Let's kick things off with the Laravel adapter, which now includes two new interfaces ⬇️

Beta 3 is out! Once again, there are no major changes, just fixes! 👌

In Inertia 2.1, we introduced a brand new <Form> component! It looks just like a classic HTML form, but under the hood, it's powered by Inertia.js 🔥 Here's how it looks in Vue ⬇️

Getting on AI's nerves

Just got back from a week in France with the family, which was wonderful! 🇫🇷 Laptop stayed home and I mostly avoided my phone, but still tinkered with a new Inertia idea in my head. Took some notes, we'll see if it works out. But first, a few days of Laracon US fomo! 😅

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Today we've released updates to Inertia.js and the @laravel.com adapter! 🎉 Below are a few highlights: new features, improved developer experience, and some nice little touches. Let's take a look 👇

I gave Claude Code another Laravel project. Production runs on MySQL, but the test suite was partly on SQLite, without foreign key constraints and without the RefreshDatabase trait 🥲 It migrated all SQLite tests to MySQL...

Merged a lot of PRs over the last few weeks (definitely not just by me!), so Inertia is getting better and better! 🔥 I'm also still in the process of going through all open issues. It's a mixed bag of complex bugs, new ideas, improvements... and there's work on new stuff! 👀

Last night, I finally played around with Claude Code. First thing I asked was for it to support TS in my Modal package. After a few tries, it generated a 750+ lines script that analyzes the code and generates a TS definition file. Not what I had in mind, but still impressive 😅

Who's stuck on @tailwindcss.com v3.x, and is there a technical reason why? Since v4 came out six months ago, I wonder if I still need to support 3.x for new packages 🧐

Inertia automatically makes a full page visit when the assets have been updated. However, if you want more control (e.g., show a notification to refresh), it's actually quite simple! I found this one in the repo (by Jonathan himself!), and it's too good not to be in the docs 👌

Got the Inertia Laravel repository down to < 10 open issues, with most of them awaiting code examples or other info. Made some good progress on the Inertia JS repo as well 👌 Cool things were merged along the way, so I'm off to write docs! 💨

Tagged v1.0.0-beta.1 for Inertia Modal. There are no major changes compared to the latest v0.x release, but there are mainly some fixes for edge cases and UI ✅

Just built and deployed the renewal system for Inertia Table licenses... almost a year later 😅 Skipped it at launch because I had no idea if it would sell. Gotta stay lean, right? ✌️

Laravel makes testing so easy! 👏

Inspired by @danmatthews.me's comment on the PR, I implemented a way to group and reuse Inertia props via simple classes. You can pass these classes directly to render() or with(), no spreading needed 👌 Check out the PR for more examples!

I opened a PR that introduces a ProvidesInertiaProp interface. It gives access to the prop key, request, and other props, making it easier to build contextual, reusable prop classes 💫 The PR includes examples. Let me know what you think! github.com/inertiajs/in...

Go check out Nightwatch! Super excited about this release, there's really nothing like it! 🔥

Renamed it to 'Views' instead of 'Bookmarks'. But since everything is configurable, you can name it whatever you want 👌 Another cool thing: you can scope it to your needs. So you can save them by user, by team, or whatever constraint you want!

Bookmarks are coming to Inertia Table! 🔖

I've just tagged a new release of Inertia Table that brings support for Tailwind CSS v4. Not much has changed, so I'll keep supporting both versions until the next major version of Inertia Table 👍

With Inertia Modal by @pascalbaljet.bsky.social, you can easily open any route in a modal or slideover ✨ - madewithlaravel.com/inertia-modal

Keep testing, folks! 🚀

We just shipped a big ol' update to Laravel Echo 📡 The `install:broadcasting` command now prompts you for all of the information and automatically writes all .env variables and installs all necessary packages:

Super happy to be speaking at Laravel Live UK this year about Inertia.js! Can’t wait! 🚀 And it seems another little announcement might've sneaked in... 👀 Starting next month, I'll be joining the Laravel team! ❤️

Sneak peek of the File Upload component. It supports async uploads, so it uploads the files before you submit the form. Will be seamless on the backend as well 👌

One thing I especially like about my new Datepicker is that you can set independent formats for the input and the underlying data model. It also updates the calendar on the fly as you type 👌

I've ditched all pre-built third-party component libraries like Reka UI, Filepond, Uppy, Vue Datepicker, etc., in favor of homemade crafted components 🛠️ Yes, it's a lot more work, but it feels so much cleaner and easier to maintain and extend in the long run.

I originally planned a separate Inertia UI File/S3 uploader package, but I will merge the uploader into the Form package. It supports sorting, previews, pause/resume, chunked uploads, S3 Multipart uploads, handling existing files, and Spatie Medialibrary integration 👌

I did an awful lot of work on the Inertia Form this week, but I didn't manage to post anything here. It's coming along nicely, and I've got some big news coming up, but more on that later! 👀 Also, in case you missed it, last week the Laracasts course I recorded went live! 📺

Put a lot of time into the Datepicker this week! 📅 It’s not just a 3rd party library. I’ve mixed and matched features I like from different ones, added a bunch of custom code, and made it super configurable. No fussing with anatomy, no need to manually wire up components, etc. Just works 👌

The "Crafting Vue Modals" course is now live on Laracasts! 🚀 This was so much fun to record, and I'm happy it covers many topics. Not just the VILT stack but also Dusk E2E testing and a deep dive into Inertia.js + Laravel's Routing. Check it out! ⬇️ laracasts.com/series/craft...

Already posted this in the private Table repo, but after the launch of Inertia Form, I'll migrate the Modal and Table package to Tailwind v4 and TypeScript. I'll also reuse some elements from the Form package, like the date picker, now based on Reka UI (fascinating library!)

Worked on the Select component of Inertia Form tonight. It accepts arrays, key-value objects, grouped options — basically anything you throw at it. Button, input, and items are fully customizable via slots, and it supports async option loading.

Ever tried to debug an element in your web inspector that closes when you click away? 😩 This little checkbox, “Emulate a focused page”, lets you inspect dropdowns, popovers, etc. with ease 🧘

Ever needed to stack two HTML elements on top of each other? 🤔 You might reach for absolute positioning, but today I learned you can do it with CSS Grid too! Just place both elements in the same grid cell ⬇️

Did you know you can provide a list with autocomplete options to a regular HTML input element? It can't compete with the JavaScript-driven plugins out there with extensive options and customization, but it's neat and built into the browser! 👌

One of the first cool things I want to share about Inertia Form: I’ve adopted TypeScript! 🛠️ The other packages will follow too. And beyond the usual TS benefits, it really shines here since lots of props are shared between components.

I planned to share a bunch of Inertia Form updates last week, but a mountain of unexpected work and things showed up. So everything’s bumped a week!

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Deferred props, lazy props, and optional props (WhenVisible component) are coming to Inertia Modal ✌️

Want to see something cool? 🚀 Learn how to update a dashboard in real-time, even with tons of users, without breaking your server! Super easy with Laravel & Inertia.js v2 📺 Real-Time Updates with Client-Side Visits in Inertia 2.0 - No Server Overload! www.youtube.com/watch?v=umcq...

Planning to record a video later today to show a new feature in @inertiajs v2 that makes life so much easier 😇

Next week I'm mostly working on Inertia Forms and Inertia Modal. Planning to ship Forms on April 8, and I'll try to share plenty of progress along the way.

Next week I'm mostly working on Inertia Forms and Inertia Modal. Planning to ship Forms on April 8, and I'll try to share plenty of progress along the way.

Got a nice little demo app to show off Inertia.js v2 tomorrow 😎