Laravel Companion: A Guide to Helpers, Collections And More

Laravel Companion is a practical guide for developers looking to deepen their understanding of Laravel's built-in tools and features. Covering an extensive range of helper functions, the powerful Collection class, and lesser-known but essential utilities like facades, macros, and fluent classes, this book offers clear explanations and real-world examples that make even advanced concepts approachable. Whether you're just getting started or want to enhance your day-to-day Laravel workflow, this concise reference will help you write cleaner, more efficient code and get the most out of the Laravel framework.

Laravel Companion: A Guide to Helpers, Collections And More

Whether you're new to Laravel or a seasoned developer, Laravel Companion is your go-to guide for unlocking the full potential of the framework. Packed with real-world examples and concise explanations, this book dives deep into Laravel's helper functions, the robust Collection class, and other underutilized features that can streamline your workflow and supercharge your development process.

Instead of wading through documentation or source code, this companion puts the most useful tools right at your fingertips—so you can spend less time searching and more time building. Each section is organized for quick reference, making this book an ideal desk-side resource for daily Laravel development.

Inside, you'll learn how to:

  • Use Laravel's string and array helper functions to write cleaner, more expressive code
  • Harness the full power of Collections with over 60 methods explained
  • Work with useful tools like message bags, facades, macros, and the fluent interface
  • Override default helpers to fit your application's unique needs
  • Write more readable, reusable, and maintainable Laravel code

Whether you're debugging routes or building production-ready features, Laravel Companion is the resource that helps you code faster, smarter, and with more confidence.

Details

Page Count
278
Publish Date
2016-08-25

eBook

Purchase Price
$9.99
Purchase Link
https://leanpub.com/laravelcompa...

Table of Contents

1. String Helper Functions

2. Array Helper Functions

3. Application and User Flow Helper Functions

4. Configuration, Environment, Security and Logging Helper Functions

5. URL Generation Helper Functions

6. Miscellaneous Helper Functions

7. Overriding the Default Helper Functions

8. Basic Usage - Collections as Arrays

9. Collections: The Public API

10. Collections: The Static API

11. Message Bags

12. Fluent

13. Macros

14. Facades