Inheriting a Craft CMS Project: A Checklist

When you inherit a new Craft CMS project, there are several tasks you should consider to familiarize yourself with the project, its dependencies, and requirements.

Five Years CraftQuest

Craft CMS training, tutorials, and articles for web developers since 2018.

What is Astro JS?

Astro.js is a modern web development framework that allows developers to create fast and lightweight websites.

What is Github Codespaces?

With Codespaces, developers and students can quickly set up a development environment without the need to install or configure any local software. It's a great tool that lowers the barrier to learning new tech!

Generate Craft CMS Plugin and Module Code

How to use Craft Generator to scaffold Craft CMS plugins, modules, and other components.

Adding a Custom Favicon to the Craft CMS Control Panel

How to add custom favicons, Apple touch icons, Android icons, and all icons to the Craft CMS Control Panel.

Twig & Shortcut Syntax in the Craft CMS Control Panel

Customize Craft settings with dynamic Twig and shortcut syntax code. Create a better authoring experience and tailor the site setup to your needs.

The Convenience of Collections in Craft CMS 4

Some examples of using Laravel Collections methods instead of Twig filters in Craft CMS 4.

Easier Eager Loading with Collections

The first place you'll want to apply collection support in Craft 4 is anywhere you're using eager loading. The result will be one block of code that you can use for both eager-loaded and lazy-loaded elements, reducing errors in your code, as well as code duplication.

Fix Your Craft CMS Deprecation Errors

We don't want the headache of fixing the deprecated code during the upgrade from Craft 3 to Craft 4, so let's take of it now.

Getting Ready for Craft CMS 4

A collection of articles on what you need to do to prepare for Craft CMS 4.

Starter Code for Craft CMS

Code examples and boilerplate projects for getting started with Craft CMS using Docker, DDEV and example Twig templates.

Switch Statements in Twig

The switch statement replaces a series of if/else/elseif statements and makes the code more straightforward and readable.

What new features are in Craft CMS 4?

The new features in Craft CMS revolve around improving the developer experience.

When will Craft CMS 4 be released?

Craft CMS version 4 is in development and rough release dates are available.

Navigation Options in Craft CMS

Because Craft doesn't formally support one way to do navigation, there is a lot of flexibility in what you can do. Here are some ideas on how to code site navigation in Craft and Twig.

Using the Spaceship Operator in Twig

This three-way comparison operator has the nickname spaceship operator. It is available as of PHP 7.

Entry Form in Craft CMS with GraphQL and petite-vue

How to create a front-end entry form in Craft CMS using GraphQL and petite-vue.

Learn petite-vue

petite-vue is a new progressive enhancement framework that is a miniature version of the complete Vue.js framework.

Einstellung Effect

Have you ever been stuck on a coding problem and kept slipping back into the same approach to solving it? As a result, you're stuck doing the same thing as before, without any new insight or progress.

What is a Field Type in Craft CMS?

A Craft CMS field type is a type of HTML field you use to create Publish Layouts for your Craft CMS project and store data associated with Elements.

Nitro 2 for Craft CMS Local Development

Craft Nitro is a Docker-based local hosting solution by Pixel & Tonic, the developers of Craft.

Must-Have Plugins for Every Craft CMS Site

A core set of Craft CMS plugins that will be helpful in almost any project.

Can't Update to Craft 3.6 Because of Platform PHP Version

You may be trying to update to Craft 3.6 but running into this error from Composer

How do I remove a globally installed Composer package?

How to remove a globally installed Composer package.

Git Version Control

A written guide to the most important aspects of Git version control. This is based on a 2-day classroom course.