laravel-patterns

name	laravel-patterns
description	Laravel 11+ patterns and conventions. Covers Eloquent, API design, queues, testing, and modern Laravel architecture.
license	MIT
compatibility	opencode
metadata	{"audience":"developers","category":"backend"}

Laravel Patterns

What I Do

• Build Laravel 11+ applications with modern patterns
• Design Eloquent models with proper relationships
• Implement API resources and validation
• Set up queues and job processing
• Write tests with PHPUnit and Pest

When to Use Me

• Creating or extending Laravel applications
• Designing Eloquent models and relationships
• Building REST APIs with Laravel
• Setting up queue workers and scheduled tasks
• Writing comprehensive tests

Key Principles

1. Form Requests: Validate in FormRequest classes, not controllers
2. API Resources: Transform models with API Resources for responses
3. Eloquent Events: Use model events for side effects
4. Service Container: Leverage DI and service providers
5. Queues: Offload slow operations to queue workers

Common Patterns

Form Request

class StoreUserRequest extends FormRequest
{
    public function rules(): array
    {
        return [
            'name' => ['required', 'string', 'max:255'],
            'email' => ['required', 'email', 'unique:users'],
            'password' => ['required', 'min:8', 'confirmed'],
        ];
    }
}

API Resource

class UserResource extends JsonResource
{
    public function toArray(Request $request): array
    {
        return [
            'id' => $this->id,
            'name' => $this->name,
            'email' => $this->email,
            'created_at' => $this->created_at->toIso8601String(),
        ];
    }
}

Validation

php artisan migrate
php artisan test
php artisan pint