laravel-specialist

Create Eloquent models with relationships, define routes, and use API resources to transform model data into JSON responses. API resources provide consistent output formatting and handle eager loading to prevent N+1 queries, ensuring efficient endpoint performance.

Use Eloquent's eager loading with `with()` to load related models in a single query, and leverage API resources to structure output. This reduces database calls significantly when returning collections of models with relationships.

Define queueable jobs, configure queue drivers, and use Horizon to monitor and manage queue workers. Queues handle async tasks like sending emails or processing data without blocking HTTP responses.

Livewire provides reactive components that update server-side state without full page reloads. It integrates seamlessly with Laravel Blade templates and handles form validation, events, and data binding automatically.

Use feature tests to verify API endpoints and responses, and unit tests for business logic. Laravel's testing utilities provide database transactions to isolate tests and factories to generate test data efficiently.

Sanctum provides token-based authentication for APIs and SPA applications. It issues stateless tokens tied to users and guards routes without requiring sessions, making it ideal for RESTful API protection.