Laravel Development

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Core Patterns

Controller

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use App\Models\User; use App\Http\Requests\StoreUserRequest; use Illuminate\Http\JsonResponse;

class UserController extends Controller { public function index(): JsonResponse { $users = User::all(); return response()->json($users); }

public function store(StoreUserRequest $request): JsonResponse
{
    $user = User::create($request->validated());
    return response()->json($user, 201);
}

public function show(User $user): JsonResponse
{
    return response()->json($user);
}

}

Model

<?php

namespace App\Models;

use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model; use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Relations\HasMany;

class User extends Model { protected $fillable = ['name', 'email'];

protected $casts = [
    'email_verified_at' => 'datetime',
];

public function posts(): HasMany
{
    return $this->hasMany(Post::class);
}

public function scopeActive($query)
{
    return $query->where('active', true);
}

}

Service

<?php

namespace App\Services;

use App\Models\User; use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Hash;

class UserService { public function createUser(array $data): User { return User::create([ 'name' => $data['name'], 'email' => $data['email'], 'password' => Hash::make($data['password']), ]); } }

Routes

Route::middleware('auth:sanctum')->group(function () { Route::apiResource('users', UserController::class); });

Best Practices

• Use Eloquent relationships

• Implement form requests for validation

• Use service classes for business logic

• Leverage Laravel queues

• Implement proper authentication

• Use middleware for cross-cutting concerns

• Write feature and unit tests

• Use Laravel best practices

Resources

• https://laravel.com/docs