# Blog

Writing from the Ranetrace team on Laravel, PHP and keeping an application healthy. Each post below links to its plain-markdown version.

- [Getting Your Laravel Application Ready For Production](https://ranetrace.com/blogs/getting-your-laravel-application-ready-for-production.md) - Learn how to prepare your Laravel application for production with essential steps for optimization, security, and reliable deployment. (published 19 November 2024)
- [Laravel Security: Using Encrypted Cookies](https://ranetrace.com/blogs/laravel-security-using-encrypted-cookies.md) - Learn how Laravel’s encrypted cookies protect sensitive data and how to ensure they’re set up securely in your application. (published 14 November 2024)
- [PHP 8.4: New features & release date](https://ranetrace.com/blogs/php-84-new-features-release-date.md) - PHP 8.4 is here, with exciting new features, making code cleaner and more efficient. (published 30 October 2024)
- [Laravel 12: Everything you need to know](https://ranetrace.com/blogs/laravel-12-everything-you-need-to-know.md) - In this blog we will look at every aspect of Laravel 12. It's release date and it's new features. (published 25 September 2024)
- [What is Laravel's latest version?](https://ranetrace.com/blogs/what-is-laravels-latest-version.md) - Learn everything about Laravel's latest version and when you might need to update your application. (published 24 September 2024)

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