laravel_best_practices.md

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Laravel Best Practices

• Use the latest version of Laravel to take advantage of new features and security updates
• Follow PSR standards for coding style and structure
• Use dependency injection and service providers to manage dependencies
• Utilize Laravel's built-in authentication and authorization systems
• Use Laravel's ORM, Eloquent, for database access

Documentation on Laravel's ORM

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• Write concise and descriptive controller methods
• Use Route model binding to simplify controller actions
• Use middleware to apply logic to incoming requests
• Use validation to ensure input meets specific criteria
• Use Laravel collections for complex data manipulation

Documentation on Laravel's middleware system

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• Optimize database queries by using eager loading and query caching
• Use resourceful routing to generate consistent and predictable URLs
• Use Blade templates for efficient HTML rendering
• Use the @extends and @yield directives to create reusable view templates
• Use the @component directive to create reusable components

Documentation on Laravel's Blade templating engine

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• Use queues to handle time-consuming tasks in the background
• Store environment-specific configuration values in environment variables
• Use Laravel's encryption features to securely store sensitive information
• Use automated testing to catch bugs and ensure code quality
• Continuously monitor and optimize application performance

Documentation on Laravel's queue system

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References

• Official Laravel Documentation: https://laravel.com/docs/
• Laravel Best Practices by Alexey Mezenin: https://github.com/alexeymezenin/laravel-best-practices