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What the generated Laravel app contains

Application structure

app/
  Http/
    Controllers/
      Api/
        AuthController.php       # Sanctum login, logout, register
        {Entity}Controller.php   # resourceful controller per entity
    Middleware/
      EnsureWorkspace.php        # tenant scoping middleware
    Requests/
      {Entity}StoreRequest.php   # Form Request validation
      {Entity}UpdateRequest.php
    Resources/
      {Entity}Resource.php       # API Resource (no accidental data leaks)
      {Entity}Collection.php
  Models/
    User.php                     # HasApiTokens (Sanctum)
    Workspace.php
    {Entity}.php                 # Eloquent model with $fillable, $hidden, casts
  Policies/
    {Entity}Policy.php           # authorization per entity (Gate + Policy)
  Services/
    {Entity}Service.php          # business logic separate from controllers
  Notifications/
    WelcomeEmail.php
    PasswordResetNotification.php
database/
  migrations/
    2024_01_01_000001_create_{entities}_table.php  # one per entity
  factories/
    {Entity}Factory.php          # Faker factories for testing
  seeders/
    DatabaseSeeder.php
routes/
  api.php                        # versioned API routes: /api/v1/...
config/
  sanctum.php
  cors.php
tests/
  Feature/
    Api/
      {Entity}ControllerTest.php
  Unit/
    {Entity}ServiceTest.php
frontend/                        # Next.js app
  app/
    (auth)/
      login/page.tsx
      register/page.tsx
    (protected)/
      {entity}/
        page.tsx                 # list view
        [id]/page.tsx            # detail view
Dockerfile
docker-compose.yml
Makefile

Database layer

• Eloquent ORM — no raw SQL queries
• One migration file per entity, version-controlled with Artisan
• All foreign key columns indexed (->index())
• Multi-tenant scoping: every protected query filters by workspace_id
• Soft deletes on entities where data retention matters
• PostgreSQL — never SQLite

Auth and security

• Laravel Sanctum for API token auth (tokens stored in personal_access_tokens table, not cookies)
• {Entity}Policy class for every entity — Gate::authorize() before every write operation
• Form Request validation on every POST/PUT — no raw $request->all() in controllers
• Secrets from env() only — .env.example documents every required variable
• Rate limiting on POST /api/auth/* via throttle:6,1 middleware

API design

• Resourceful controllers: index, store, show, update, destroy
• Routes match the generated OpenAPI 3.1 spec
• {Entity}Resource transformer — never expose model internals directly
• Consistent error format: {"error": "snake_case_code", "message": "Human readable description."}
• 201 for creation, 422 for validation errors, 403 for auth/permission, 404 for not found
• Pagination via {Entity}Collection using Laravel's built-in paginator

Tests

• PHPUnit test suite with feature tests and unit tests
• RefreshDatabase trait for transaction rollback between tests
• Factory-based test data — no hard-coded fixtures
• Auth tests: Sanctum token issuance, revocation, middleware enforcement
• Policy tests: unauthorized access correctly blocked per entity

Infrastructure

• Multi-stage Dockerfile (composer:latest → php:8.3-fpm-alpine production)
• docker-compose.yml: PHP-FPM + Nginx + PostgreSQL + Redis (for queues and cache)
• Makefile: make dev, make test, make migrate, make seed
• GitHub Actions: pint lint → phpstan → phpunit → docker build → deploy

Laravel vs other PHP frameworks

Choose Laravel when:

• Your team knows PHP and wants a batteries-included framework
• You need the Eloquent ORM, Artisan commands, and the Laravel ecosystem
• You're building a product that may grow to use Laravel Queues, Events, Notifications, and Broadcasting
• Rapid feature velocity matters more than micro-optimization

Laravel is the dominant choice for PHP backends. More Laravel applications are in production than any other PHP framework. Hiring is straightforward, community support is comprehensive, and the framework is actively maintained.

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