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Use Constants and Enums Instead of Magic Values
A string like 'admin' scattered across the codebase is a typo waiting to happen. Give important values one searchable definition.
#Clean Code
7 posts tagged Clean Code.
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Use Eloquent Relationships to Write Cleaner Code
Relationships are not only for reading data. Creating records through them removes hand-wired foreign keys and a whole class of bugs.
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Keep Business Logic Out of Your Routes
Route closures are convenient until they become the place where business logic hides. Let routes map URLs to actions and nothing more.
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Keep Business Logic in Service Classes
Not everything a controller does is a query. File uploads, payments and API calls belong in service classes that every entry point can share.
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Methods Should Do One Thing
Single responsibility scales down to methods. Small, well-named methods replace comments, keep changes local and make stack traces readable.
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The Single Responsibility Principle in Laravel
A class should have one reason to change. Here is what that means in a Laravel controller, how to split the work, and where splitting turns into fragmentation.
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Fat Models, Skinny Controllers
A controller translates an HTTP request into a response — nothing more. Here is why query and business logic belongs on the model, and where the rule stops applying.