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Laravel: Up and Running

Name: Laravel: Up and Running
Author: Matt Stauffer
ISBN: 9781491936085

by Matt Stauffer

November 2016

Intermediate to advanced

452 pages

10h 2m

English

O'Reilly Media, Inc.

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Preface
What This Book Is AboutWho This Book Is ForHow This Book Is StructuredConventions Used in This BookO’Reilly SafariHow to Contact UsAcknowledgments
1. Why Laravel?
Why Use a Framework?“I’ll Just Build It Myself”Consistency and FlexibilityA Short History of Web and PHP FrameworksRuby on RailsThe Influx of PHP FrameworksThe Good and the Bad of CodeIgniterLaravel 1, 2, and 3Laravel 4Laravel 5What’s So Special About Laravel?The Philosophy of LaravelHow Laravel Achieves Developer HappinessThe Laravel CommunityHow It WorksWhy Laravel?
2. Setting Up a Laravel Development Environment
System RequirementsComposerLocal Development EnvironmentsLaravel ValetLaravel HomesteadCreating a New Laravel ProjectInstalling Laravel with the Laravel Installer ToolInstalling Laravel with Composer’s create-project FeatureLaravel’s Directory StructureThe FoldersThe Loose FilesConfigurationUp and RunningTestingTL;DR
3. Routing and Controllers
Route DefinitionsRoute VerbsRoute HandlingRoute ParametersRoute NamesRoute GroupsMiddlewarePath PrefixesSubdomain RoutingNamespace PrefixesName PrefixesViewsUsing View Composers to Share Variables with Every ViewControllersGetting User InputInjecting Dependencies into ControllersResource ControllersRoute Model BindingImplicit Route Model BindingCustom Route Model BindingRoute CachingForm Method SpoofingAn Introduction to HTTP VerbsHTTP Verbs in LaravelHTTP Method Spoofing in HTML FormsCSRF ProtectionRedirectsredirect()->to()redirect()->route()redirect()->back()Other Redirect Methodsredirect()->with()Aborting the RequestCustom Responsesresponse()->make()response()->json() and ->jsonp()response()->download() and ->file()TestingTL;DR
4. Blade Templating
Echoing DataControl StructuresConditionalsLoopsorTemplate InheritanceDefining Sections with @section/@show and @yield@parent@include@eachView Composers and Service InjectionBinding Data to Views Using View ComposersBlade Service InjectionCustom Blade DirectivesParameters in Custom Blade DirectivesExample: Using Custom Blade Directives for a Multitenant AppTestingTL;DR
5. Frontend Components
ElixirElixir Folder StructureRunning ElixirWhat Does Elixir Provide?PaginationPaginating Database ResultsManually Creating PaginatorsMessage BagsNamed Error BagsString Helpers, Pluralization, and LocalizationThe String Helpers and PluralizationLocalizationTestingTesting with ElixirTesting Message and Error BagsTranslation and LocalizationTL;DR
6. Collecting and Handling User Data
Injecting a Request Object$request->all()$request->except() and $request->only()$request->has() and $request->exists()$request->input()Array InputJSON Input (and $request->json())Route DataFrom RequestFrom Route ParametersUploaded FilesValidationvalidate() in the Controller Using ValidatesRequestsManual ValidationDisplaying Validation Error MessagesForm RequestsCreating a Form RequestUsing a Form RequestEloquent Model Mass Assignment{{ Versus {!!TestingTL;DR
7. Artisan and Tinker
An Introduction to ArtisanBasic Artisan CommandsOptionsThe Grouped CommandsWriting Custom Artisan CommandsRegistering CommandsA Sample CommandArguments and OptionsUsing InputPromptsOutputCalling Artisan Commands in Normal CodeTinkerTestingTL;DR
8. Database and Eloquent
ConfigurationDatabase ConnectionsOther Database Configuration OptionsMigrationsDefining MigrationsRunning MigrationsSeedingCreating a SeederModel FactoriesQuery BuilderBasic Usage of the DB FacadeRaw SQLChaining with the Query BuilderTransactionsIntroduction to EloquentCreating and Defining Eloquent ModelsRetrieving Data with EloquentInserts and Updates with EloquentDeleting with EloquentScopesCustomizing Field Interactions with Accessors, Mutators, and Attribute CastingEloquent CollectionsEloquent SerializationEloquent RelationshipsChild Records Updating Parent Record TimestampsEloquent EventsTestingTL;DR
9. User Authentication and Authorization
The User Model and MigrationUsing the auth() Global Helper and the Auth FacadeThe Auth ControllersRegisterControllerLoginControllerResetPasswordControllerForgotPasswordControllerAuth::routes()The Auth Scaffold“Remember Me”Manually Authenticating UsersAuth MiddlewareGuardsChanging the Default GuardUsing Other Guards Without Changing the DefaultAdding a New GuardCreating a Custom User ProviderCustom User Providers for Nonrelational DatabasesAuth EventsAuthorization (ACL) and RolesDefining Authorization RulesThe Gate Facade (and Injecting Gate)The Authorize MiddlewareController AuthorizationChecking on the User InstanceBlade ChecksIntercepting ChecksPoliciesTestingTL;DR

10. Requests and Responses
Laravel’s Request LifecycleBootstrapping the ApplicationService ProvidersThe Request ObjectGetting a Request Object in LaravelGetting Basic Information About a RequestPersistenceThe Response ObjectUsing and Creating Response Objects in ControllersSpecialized Response TypesLaravel and MiddlewareAn Introduction to MiddlewareCreating Custom MiddlewareBinding MiddlewarePassing Parameters to MiddlewareTestingTL;DR
11. The Container
A Quick Introduction to Dependency InjectionDependency Injection and LaravelThe app() Global HelperHow the Container Is WiredBinding Classes to the ContainerBinding to a ClosureBinding to Singletons, Aliases, and InstancesBinding a Concrete Instance to an InterfaceContextual BindingConstructor InjectionMethod InjectionFacades and the ContainerHow Facades WorkService ProvidersTestingTL;DR
12. Testing
Testing BasicsNaming TestsThe Testing EnvironmentThe Testing TraitsWithoutMiddlewareDatabaseMigrationsDatabaseTransactionsApplication TestingTestCase“Visiting” RoutesCustom Application Testing AssertionsJSON and Non-visit() Application Testing AssertionsClicking and FormsJobs and EventsAuthentication and SessionsArtisan and SeedMockingMockeryMocking FacadesTL;DR
13. Writing APIs
The Basics of REST-Like JSON APIsController Organization and JSON ReturnsReading and Sending HeadersSending Response Headers in LaravelReading Request Headers in LaravelEloquent PaginationSorting and FilteringSorting Your API ResultsFiltering Your API ResultsTransforming ResultsWriting Your Own TransformerNesting and RelationshipsAPI Authentication with Laravel PassportA Brief Introduction to OAuth 2.0Installing PassportPassport’s APIPassport’s Available Grant TypesManaging Clients and Tokens with the Passport API and the Vue ComponentsPassport ScopesLaravel 5.2+ API Token AuthenticationTestingTL;DR
14. Storage and Retrieval
Local and Cloud File ManagersConfiguring File AccessUsing the Storage FacadeAdding Additional Flysystem ProvidersBasic File Uploads and ManipulationSessionsAccessing the SessionThe Methods Available on Session InstancesFlash Session StorageCacheAccessing the CacheThe Methods Available on Cache InstancesCookiesCookies in LaravelAccessing the Cookie ToolsFull-Text Search with Laravel ScoutInstalling ScoutMarking Your Model for IndexingSearching Your IndexQueues and ScoutPerform Operations Without IndexingManually Trigger Indexing via CodeManually Trigger Indexing via the CLITestingFile StorageSessionCacheCookiesTL;DR
15. Mail and Notifications
Mail“Classic” MailBasic “Mailable” Mail UsageMail TemplatesMethods Available in build()Attachments and Inline ImagesQueuesLocal DevelopmentNotificationsDefining the via() Method for Your NotifiablesSending NotificationsQueueing NotificationsOut-of-the-Box Notification TypesTestingMailNotificationsTL;DR
16. Queues, Jobs, Events, Broadcasting, and the Scheduler
QueuesWhy Queues?Basic Queue ConfigurationQueued JobsRunning a Queue WorkerHandling ErrorsControlling the QueueQueues Supporting Other FunctionsEventsFiring an EventListening for an EventBroadcasting Events over WebSockets, and Laravel EchoConfiguration and SetupBroadcasting an EventReceiving the MessageAdvanced Broadcasting ToolsLaravel Echo (the JavaScript Side)SchedulerAvailable Task TypesAvailable Time FramesBlocking and OverlapHandling Task OutputTask HooksTestingTL;DR
17. Helpers and Collections
HelpersArraysStringsApplication PathsURLsMiscCollectionsThe Basics of CollectionsA Few MethodsTL;DR
Glossary
Index

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Chapter 12. Testing

Most developers know that testing your code is A Good Thing. We’re supposed to do it. We likely have an idea of why it’s good, and we might’ve even read some tutorials about how it’s supposed to work.

But the gap between knowing why you should test and knowing how to test is wide. Thankfully, tools like PHPUnit, Mockery, and PHPSpec have provided an incredible number of options for testing in PHP—but it can still be pretty overwhelming to get everything set up.

Out of the box, Laravel comes with baked-in integrations to PHPUnit (unit testing), Behat (behavior-driven development), Mockery (mocking), and Faker (creating fake data for seeding and testing). It also comes with its own simple and powerful suite of application testing tools, which allow you to “crawl” your site’s URIs, click buttons, submit forms, check HTTP status codes, and validate and assert against JSON.

Laravel’s testing setup even has a sample application test that can run successfully the moment you create a new app. That means you don’t have to spend any time configuring your testing environment, and that’s one less barrier to writing your tests.

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