Laravel Ecosystem and Tools Flashcards
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What is the Laravel ecosystem?
The Laravel ecosystem is a collection of packages, tools, and services that enhance Laravel application development.
Like WordPress’s plugin and theme ecosystem, Laravel’s ecosystem includes tools like Nova and packages like spatie/laravel-permission. Freelancers use these to extend apps, while enterprise architects integrate them for scalable solutions, aligning with your WordPress and PHP experience.
What is Composer in the Laravel ecosystem?
Composer is Laravel’s dependency manager, used to install packages like composer require spatie/laravel-backup.
Similar to WordPress’s plugin installer, Composer manages libraries. Your familiarity with array_merge() suggests ease with dependencies. Freelancers add packages, while enterprise architects ensure version control, per your Laravel Fundamentals deck.
What is Laravel Nova?
Laravel Nova is a premium admin panel for managing application resources, installed with composer require laravel/nova.
Like WordPress’s admin dashboard, Nova provides a UI for CRUD operations. Freelancers build admin interfaces, while enterprise architects customize panels, per your WordPress plugin development skills.
How do you install Laravel Nova?
Purchase a license, add the repository to composer.json, and run composer require laravel/nova, then php artisan nova:install.
Sets up an admin panel, like installing a WordPress admin plugin. Freelancers configure Nova, while enterprise architects integrate with auth systems, per your Authentication and Authorization deck.
What is Laravel Horizon?
Laravel Horizon is a queue monitoring tool, installed with composer require laravel/horizon.
Like WordPress’s WP-Cron monitoring, Horizon manages background jobs. Freelancers optimize queues, while enterprise architects scale job processing, per your Performance Optimization deck.
How do you install Laravel Horizon?
Run composer require laravel/horizon, publish assets with php artisan horizon:install, and configure config/horizon.php.
Enables queue dashboards, like WordPress’s cron plugins. Freelancers set up Horizon, while enterprise architects monitor distributed queues, per your Deployment and DevOps deck.
What is Laravel Telescope?
Laravel Telescope is a debugging tool for monitoring requests, queries, and logs, installed with composer require laravel/telescope.
Like WordPress’s Query Monitor, Telescope tracks performance. Freelancers debug apps, while enterprise architects integrate with monitoring systems, per your debugging experience.
How do you install Laravel Telescope?
Run composer require laravel/telescope, then php artisan telescope:install and migrate.
Sets up a debug dashboard, like WordPress’s debug plugins. Freelancers install Telescope, while enterprise architects secure it in production, per your Performance Optimization deck.
What is the spatie/laravel-permission package?
spatie/laravel-permission adds role-based permissions, installed with composer require spatie/laravel-permission.
Like WordPress’s user roles, it manages access. Freelancers assign roles, while enterprise architects define complex permissions, per your Authentication and Authorization deck.
How do you use spatie/laravel-permission?
Assign roles with $user->assignRole(‘admin’) and check with $user->hasRole(‘admin’).
Controls access, like WordPress’s current_user_can(). Freelancers implement permissions, while enterprise architects enforce policies, per your authorization skills.
What is the spatie/laravel-backup package?
spatie/laravel-backup automates database and file backups, installed with composer require spatie/laravel-backup.
Like WordPress’s backup plugins (e.g., UpdraftPlus), it protects data. Freelancers schedule backups, while enterprise architects integrate with cloud storage, per your LAMP Security deck.
How do you configure spatie/laravel-backup?
Run php artisan vendor:publish –provider=”Spatie\Backup\BackupServiceProvider” and edit config/backup.php.
Sets up backups, like WordPress’s backup settings. Freelancers configure destinations, while enterprise architects automate backups, per your MySQL and Linux decks.
What is Laravel Forge?
Laravel Forge is a server management tool for deploying Laravel apps to cloud providers.
Like WordPress’s managed hosting (e.g., WP Engine), Forge simplifies server setup. Freelancers deploy client apps, while enterprise architects manage infrastructure, per your Deployment and DevOps deck.
How do you deploy a Laravel app with Forge?
Connect a Git repository, configure a server, and trigger deployment via Forge’s dashboard.
Automates deployment, like WordPress’s hosting dashboards. Freelancers streamline deployments, while enterprise architects customize server configs, per your LAMP Deployment deck.
What is Laravel Vapor?
Laravel Vapor is a serverless deployment platform for Laravel on AWS Lambda.
Like WordPress’s serverless plugins, Vapor scales apps cost-effectively. Freelancers use Vapor for modern apps, while enterprise architects leverage serverless for scalability, per your enterprise architecture goals.
How do you deploy with Laravel Vapor?
Install composer require laravel/vapor, configure vapor.yml, and run vapor deploy production.
Deploys to AWS, like WordPress’s cloud hosting. Freelancers manage deployments, while enterprise architects optimize serverless, per your DevOps experience.
What is Laravel Envoyer?
Laravel Envoyer is a zero-downtime deployment tool for Laravel applications.
Like WordPress’s staging-to-production tools, Envoyer ensures seamless updates. Freelancers reduce downtime, while enterprise architects automate deployments, per your LAMP Deployment deck.
How do you use Laravel Envoyer for deployment?
Connect a Git repository, configure a project, and deploy via Envoyer’s dashboard.
Manages deployments, like WordPress’s update workflows. Freelancers deploy apps, while enterprise architects ensure zero-downtime, per your deployment skills.
What is Laravel Dusk?
Laravel Dusk is a browser automation tool for testing, installed with composer require laravel/dusk.
Like WordPress’s testing plugins, Dusk simulates user interactions. Freelancers test UIs, while enterprise architects automate testing, per your debugging deck.
How do you run Laravel Dusk tests?
Run php artisan dusk after creating tests in tests/Browser.
Executes browser tests, like WordPress’s PHPUnit tests. Freelancers verify functionality, while enterprise architects integrate with CI/CD, per your DevOps deck.
What is Laravel Cashier?
Laravel Cashier manages subscription billing, installed with composer require laravel/cashier.
Like WordPress’s WooCommerce subscriptions, Cashier handles payments (e.g., Stripe). Freelancers add billing, while enterprise architects scale payment systems, per your API development skills.
How do you configure Laravel Cashier?
Publish config with php artisan vendor:publish –tag=”cashier-migrations”, add Stripe keys in .env, and migrate.
Sets up billing, like WordPress’s payment plugins. Freelancers configure payments, while enterprise architects secure transactions, per your security deck.
What is Laravel Scout?
Laravel Scout provides full-text search, installed with composer require laravel/scout.
Like WordPress’s search plugins, Scout integrates with Algolia. Freelancers add search, while enterprise architects scale search infrastructure, per your database interaction experience.
How do you use Laravel Scout for search?
Add Searchable trait to a model, like class Post extends Model { use Searchable; }, and configure config/scout.php.
Enables searching, like WordPress’s WP_Query search. Freelancers implement search, while enterprise architects optimize indexing, per your Eloquent ORM deck.
