JavaScript to PHP, Laravel Starter Kits, and Learning Driven Development with Josh Cirre
Mar 27, 2025
In this episode of Frontend.fm I chat with Josh Cirre, the JavaScript to Laravel Guy and Laravel DevRel. Join me to learn about Josh’s journey in tech, his transition from JavaScript to Laravel, the power of Laravel’s batteries-included approach, Josh’s Learning Driven Development philosophy, and much more.
Links
Josh on the web
- Website: https://cir.re
- X: https://x.com/joshcirre
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@joshcirre
Maxi on the web:
- Website: https://maxiferreira.com
- X: https://x.com/charca
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/charca/
Transcript
Josh Cirre (00:00) Within Laravel, it’s OK. You have all of your options, but no one says we’re going to use a different ORM in level. You just you just use what’s built into Laravel and you have different options for. You know you could authenticate a different way, but the out of the box authentication even without the actual front end pages is just kind of there and you accept even smaller things like yes, there’s you don’t have to use Tailwind CSS, but.
Maxi Ferreira (00:22) Mm-hmm.
Josh Cirre (00:28) the majority of people who are starting Laravel of application probably are using Tailwind CSS it’s just kind of like accepted.
Maxi Ferreira (00:37) Hello everyone, welcome to another episode of Frontend FM. My name is Maxi Ferreira and my guest today is the JavaScript to Laravel guy and Laravel dev rel Josh Cirre. Josh, how are you?
Josh Cirre (00:52)
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