laravel-best-practices

name	laravel-best-practices
description	Apply Laravel conventions for validation, authorization, queries, and maintainable service-layer code.

Laravel Best Practices

Use existing project conventions first. Favor explicit typing, clear method names, small focused classes, and framework-native features over custom abstractions.

Core Rules

• Validate all external input (Form Requests where practical).
• Authorize sensitive actions (policies / gates).
• Prevent N+1 with eager loading and constrained queries.
• Keep controllers thin; move orchestration into actions/services.
• Prefer domain-specific exceptions and fail fast on invalid state.
• Reuse existing package patterns and folder structure.

Testing

• Add focused tests for behavior changes.
• Prefer deterministic tests and avoid hidden side effects.
• Run targeted tests first, then broader suite if needed.