Laravel BackendCoding Standards

Production-grade standards, patterns, and examples for building robust Laravel backends. Comprehensive guidelines for maintainable, scalable, and secure applications that scale.

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💎 PHP Standards

🏗️ Design Patterns

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🚀 Introduction

Complete overview of our coding standards, learning path, design philosophy, and how to use this comprehensive guide effectively

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💎 PHP Standards

PSR-12 compliance, naming conventions, type declarations, documentation practices, error handling, and code quality tools

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🏗️ Laravel Structure

Professional application architecture including controllers, services, repositories, form requests, API resources, and action classes

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💻 Database Standards

Migration patterns, model relationships, query optimization, eager loading, database indexing, and transaction management

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🏛️ SOLID Principles

Master the five fundamental principles of OOP design with practical Laravel examples - SRP, OCP, LSP, ISP, and DIP

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🎯 DRY, KISS, YAGNI

Pragmatic development principles that keep your code maintainable, understandable, and focused on actual requirements

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🔧 Design Patterns

Repository pattern, Service Layer, Action Classes, Factory pattern, Observer pattern, and architectural best practices

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🔒 Security Best Practices

Input validation, authentication, authorization, data protection, SQL injection prevention, CSRF protection, and API security

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🧪 Testing Strategies

PHPUnit setup, unit testing, feature testing, mocking techniques, model factories, test coverage, and code quality tools

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📱 Filament Dashboard

Laravel admin panel standards, resource configuration, custom components, widget development, permissions, and performance

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🚀 Quick Reference

Copy-paste templates for controllers, services, repositories, tests, and common Laravel patterns for daily development

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✅ Code Review Checklist

Comprehensive PR review checklist covering code quality, architecture, security, testing, and best practices

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⚠️ Common Mistakes

Learn from common anti-patterns including fat controllers, N+1 queries, missing types, and how to fix them

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🌐 API Standards

RESTful API design, response format macros, versioning, pagination, filtering, and authentication patterns

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📦 Response Macro Provider

Complete implementation of standardized JSON response formats using macros, JsonResource, and ResourceCollection

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⚡ Performance

Database optimization, caching strategies, query performance, and monitoring for high-performance Laravel apps

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🔄 Migration Guide

Step-by-step guide for adopting coding standards in existing projects without disrupting development

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🔧 Troubleshooting

Common issues and solutions when implementing coding standards, with practical fixes for typical problems

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🛠️ Tools & IDE Setup

Complete development environment setup including VS Code, PHPStorm, code quality tools, and Git hooks

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📊 Backend KPIs

Measurable standards for test coverage, static analysis, performance metrics, security compliance, and maintainability scores

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🌿 Git Strategies

Git Flow Strategy V4.1, branch naming conventions, commit message standards, and urgent branch handling procedures