Nugsoft Developer Guides

Nugsoft Laravel Best Practice and Standards Guide

Table of Contents

1. Introduction
   • Purpose of the Guide
   • Target Audience
2. General Principles
   • Code Readability
   • Consistency
   • Simplicity
3. Project Structure
   • Directory Structure
   • Namespaces
4. Coding Standards
   • Naming Conventions
   • Variables
   • Functions
   • Classes
   • Constants
   • Formatting
   • Indentation
   • Line Length
   • Blank Lines
   • Comments
5. Configuration
   • Environment Configuration
   • Configuration Files
6. Routing
   • Defining Routes
   • Route Naming
   • Route Grouping
   • Middleware
7. Controllers
   • Naming Controllers
   • Controller Actions
   • Resource Controllers
8. Requests
   • Form Requests
   • Validation
9. Models
   • Eloquent ORM
   • Naming Conventions
   • Relationships
   • Scopes
   • Advanced Eloquent Usage
10. Views
    • Blade Templates
    • View Composers
    • Organizing Views
11. Database
    • Migrations
    • Seeders
    • Query Builder vs Eloquent
12. Security Best Practices
    • Authentication
    • Authorization
    • Protecting Routes
    • Validation and Sanitization
13. Testing
    • Unit Testing
    • Feature Testing
    • Mocking
14. Performance Optimization
    • Caching
    • Database Optimization
    • Queue Jobs
15. Version Control
    • Git Workflow
    • Commit Messages
16. Documentation
    • PHPDoc Standards
    • Inline Comments
    • API Documentation
17. Deployment and Maintenance
    • Deployment Best Practices
    • Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD)
    • Monitoring and Logging
18. Error Handling & Exception Management
    • Centralized Error Handling
    • Custom Exceptions
    • Logging & Reporting
    • User-Friendly Error Messages
19. API Standards
    • RESTful Conventions
    • Status Codes
    • Versioning
    • Pagination, Filtering, Sorting
    • API Resources
    • Error Responses
20. Service Providers & Dependency Injection
    • Service Providers
    • Dependency Injection
    • Singleton vs Transient
21. Events & Listeners
    • Event-Driven Architecture
    • Naming Conventions
    • Organization
22. Front-End Integration
    • Asset Management
    • Framework Integration
    • Best Practices
23. Internationalization & Localization
    • Language Files
    • Usage in Blade
    • Best Practices
24. Accessibility & Usability
    • Accessibility
    • Usability
25. Code Review & Merge Request Standards
    • Code Review Checklist
    • Merge Requests
26. Third-Party Packages
    • Evaluation
    • Approval
    • Maintenance