Resources
On this page I share some interesting resources that I've stumbled upon. Some of the resources are just published, but I may also share content that is released some time ago. The date represents the day I've added the resource here.
October 5, 2020
Pragmatically Testing Multi-Guard Authentication in Laravel
Very clear explanation by Freek Van der Herten on how to implement and test multi-guard authentication in your Laravel application (February 2020).
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Tactics For Writing Clean Laravel Code
An interesting thread on Twitter by Samuel Štancl that lists some tactics to write clean code in Laravel. Highly recommended!
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Object Design Style Guide
A book that I really like because it gives a vivid explanation of the design rules that can be applied on your code in order to improve its structure, readability, durability and other aspects. It is written in the form of well substantiated rules in combination with code examples, which makes it very understandable and productive to read.
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Laravel Factories Reloaded
When writing tests a lot of time is spent on arranging the data that is needed to run each test. With this package you can create class based factories, that will give you more flexibility and simplicity when setting up your tests.
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Single Action Controllers
In this article Dries Vints reflects upon the advantages of single action controllers, i.e., controllers with only one invoke method instead of the standard CRUD methods.
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Pest, A PHP Testing Framework
With Pest you can reduce the amount of code for your tests. This article, by Nuno Maduro, the developer of the framework, describes how you can use it.
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