How to Structure Laravel Project
Course description
Basic Laravel is an MVC framework, it’s clear what should be in Model, View and Controller. But what if you have custom logic for processing data before passing it to the view? Where should it be?
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- In the same Controller method?
- Separate private Controller method?
- Static function in Model?
- Separate class, like Service?
- Or, maybe, global helper function without any class?
- Also, I’ve heard Repository is a widely-used pattern?
And the list goes on.
Of course, the correct answer is it depends. But depends on what?
This is what I’m gonna talk about in this course.
The goal is to discuss practical examples of structuring larger Laravel applications, various approaches and patterns. We will analyze existing popular open-source projects and their structure.
Important notice: this course won’t be about design patterns. So fancy keywords like Singleton, Factory, Adapter, Repository etc will be used only when appropriate.
What I will try to do is focus on the practical side: folders, classes and methods, and not on how that pattern actually is called in theory. In reality, every project is actually a mix of patterns, and developers don’t even know how they’re called.
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All Course Lessons (29)
| # | Lesson Title | Duration | Access |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Use More Eloquent: Accessors/Mutators, Scopes, Observers & "Magic" Methods Demo | 10:10 | |
| 2 | Controllers and Routes: Where to Put "Extra" Methods? | 08:54 | |
| 3 | Structuring Blade Files: @extends, @yield and Other Commands | 13:18 | |
| 4 | Custom Base Controllers and Base Models | 05:14 | |
| 5 | Configuration: Never Use env() Directly in Controllers/Models | 05:27 | |
| 6 | Form Request Classes for Validation | 04:36 | |
| 7 | User Notifications: Stop Using Mail::send() | 05:51 | |
| 8 | Jobs, Queues and Scheduling Tasks | 05:05 | |
| 9 | Events and Their Listeners | 07:16 | |
| 10 | API Resources for Data Transformation | 09:18 | |
| 11 | Global Helpers, External PHP Classes, Autoloading and PSR-4 | 06:53 | |
| 12 | 1. Single-Responsibility Principle | 06:36 | |
| 13 | 2. Open-Closed Principle | 11:37 | |
| 14 | 3. Liskov Substitution Principle | 04:23 | |
| 15 | 4. Interface Segregation Principle | 05:18 | |
| 16 | 5. Dependency Inversion Principle | 04:44 | |
| 17 | Repositories: to Use or Not to Use? | 09:12 | |
| 18 | When/How to Use Service Classes? | 06:36 | |
| 19 | Traits: Good Practice or Last Resort? | 04:51 | |
| 20 | Dependency injection in PHP and Laravel | 06:31 | |
| 21 | Adapter, Strategy, Factory and Other Fancy Words | 05:29 | |
| 22 | Wait, What About Unit Testing? | 05:35 | |
| 23 | Create Your Own Laravel Package | 09:20 | |
| 24 | Laravel Modules: Package by Nicholas Widart | 07:03 | |
| 25 | Review: Akaunting Open-Source Project Structure | 40:51 | |
| 26 | Review: Laravel.io Community Portal Structure | 12:03 | |
| 27 | Review: MonicaHQ - Personal CRM Project Structure | 41:55 | |
| 28 | Public Website + Adminpanel: Reusing Classes and Features | 12:16 | |
| 29 | Refactoring Big Controller Into Various Classes/Methods | 14:55 |
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