Laravel Idioms and Patterns

What problem does it solve?

It prevents non-idiomatic, tightly coupled Laravel code by guiding agents toward conventions and patterns that improve maintainability, testability, and performance.

Core Features & Use Cases

• Eloquent query patterns: Encourages scopes for reusable queries and eager loading to avoid N+1 queries in API-heavy apps.
• Service layer separation: Moves business logic out of controllers to keep endpoints thin and easier to test and evolve.
• Validation and testing conventions: Uses Form Requests for validation and promotes Pest/PHPUnit patterns with factories and isolated database tests.
• Formatting and static analysis workflow: Recommends Laravel Pint, PHPStan/Larastan, and composer audit to keep code consistent and safer over time.

Quick Start

Ask your AI agent to refactor your Laravel endpoint so it uses a Form Request for validation, a service layer for business logic, and Eloquent scopes with eager loading, then add a Pest test with factories that asserts the created record exists in the database.