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Laravel 5.x Cookbook
Laravel 5.x Cookbook

Laravel 5.x Cookbook: A recipe-based book to help you efficiently create amazing PHP-based applications with Laravel 5.x

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Chapter 2. Using Composer Packages

In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:

  • Working with the composer install command and avoiding the Composer update
  • Downloading and installing Guzzle using Composer
  • Making a provider
  • Using the Facade pattern
  • Using private packages

Introduction

We will cover some of the day-to-day workflows of setting up Laravel to use composer and many of the packages that exist out there for us to easily use in our PHP applications.

Working with Composer install command and avoiding Composer update

Composer is an amazing tool in PHP which allows us to pull in libraries from https://packagist.org/ and even our own private repositories. We will cover how to install a library and note some steps to save time.

Getting ready

We covered installing Composer on your Mac in Chapter 1, Setting Up and Installing Laravel, though you can use it inside Homestead if you need to.

How to do it...

Perform the following steps to install Guzzle using Composer:

  1. In this example, we will use Composer to install Guzzle (a powerful PHP HTTP client). Make sure you are in your App directory, and in this example, I will be on my local computer and not in Homestead just to make the file processing go faster:
    >composer require "guzzlehttp/guzzle":"^6.1"
    

    This will take a minute or less to run.

  2. And that is it!

How it works...

First, let me say this is a good example of a short tip, which is better than a long one. Maybe other instructions...

Making a provider

In the previous section, we used composer to pull in Guzzle, so we're ready to use it in our project. However, we'd rather not have to instantiate the Guzzle client manually every time we invoke it—hardcoding URLs and authentication and settings with each use. A service provider can help to centralize some of this configuration, and later, we will use service providers to help swap in a mock implementation for testing purposes.

Providers can also help us to avoid writing code that directly calls to a service, which is often a very helpful practice. For example, we may make BillingProvider that can use either Swipe or BrightTree as a billing service. BillingProvider allows us to easily switch between different implementations of the billing service.

Getting ready

Follow the steps in the Working with Composer install command and avoiding composer update section to pull in Guzzle, and start up your terminal.

How to do it...

The following steps will help you in...

Using the Facade pattern

Using the preceding work, let's take it one step further in how easy it is to use this Client in our code.

Getting ready

Install Guzzle and set up the provider just as we did previously, and you are ready for this next recipe.

How to do it...

  1. Make a folder called Facades in your app folder.
  2. Then add a file called APIClient.php and make it look like this:
    How to do it...
  3. Then scroll way down to the Façade section of this file, where we can register the Facade in our config/app.php file like this:
    How to do it...
  4. Now, let's see it working in a test by adding the method called seeing_our_facade_work to our test:
    How to do it...
  5. Now run the test:
    How to do it...

How it works...

So, the amount of work is all it takes to make your Provider just as easy to use as View, File, Storage, and all the other Facades that come from Laravel that make it easy and enjoyable to use.

Also, we can change the test to show it being just as easily swapped out. We will cover this in the testing chapter.

See also

  • Laracasts and another great video from...

Using private packages

Sometimes, you need to use a private repository on GitHub or another location. I will cover here how to set this up in your composer.

Getting ready

We need a private repo, so if you have it and its composer.json is set up properly, you will be set from there.

How to do it...

  1. First, go to GitHub and navigate to SettingsPersonal access tokens:
    How to do it...
  2. At the command line, type this:
    >composer config –g github-oauth.github.com THE_TOKEN_FROM_ABOVE.

  3. Then, edit composer.json so that there are two new sections:
    How to do it...
  4. Then, let's tell the composer to install this:
    >rm –rf composer.lock vendor
    >composer install
    

How it works...

Alright, let's talk about these steps. The first one is to make sure we are setting up our Homestead or Mac for easy access to the private repository. This is really key as well if you are doing 2FA on your GitHub account (which you should be doing). Step 2 wraps this up by adding it to your ~/.composer configuration.

In the...

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Key benefits

  • Leverage the amazing new features of Laravel 5.x to create cutting-edge responsive PHP applications.
  • Create apps with interoperability features and extend these features to your existing applications as well.
  • Over 60 recipes that combine tried and tested Laravel tips for getting your app working.

Description

Laravel is a prominent member of a new generation of web frameworks. It is one of the most popular PHP frameworks and is also free and an open source. Laravel 5 is a substantial upgrade with a lot of new toys, at the same time retaining the features that made Laravel wildly successful. It comes with plenty of architectural as well as design-based changes. The book is a blend of numerous recipes that will give you all the necessary tips you need to build an application. It starts with basic installation and configuration tasks and will get you up-and-running in no time. You will learn to create and customize your PHP app and tweak and re-design your existing apps for better performance. You will learn to implement practical recipes to utilize Laravel’s modular structure, the latest method injection, route caching, and interfacing techniques to create responsive modern-day PHP apps that stand on their own against other apps. Efficient testing and deploying techniques will make you more confident with your Laravel skills as you move ahead with this book. Towards the end of the book, you will understand a number of add-ons and new features essential to finalize your application to make it ready for subscriptions. You will be empowered to get your application out to the world.

Who is this book for?

The ideal target audience for this book is PHP developers who have some basic PHP programming knowledge. No previous experience with Laravel is required for this book.

What you will learn

  • Optimize Your Gulp and Elixir Workflow
  • Use Travis to run tests with every push
  • Build and test your view-based route in PHPUnit
  • Explore workflows for migrations and seeding
  • Implement Angular in your Laravel applications
  • Set up a user authentication system
  • Integrate the new Billing library and Stripe in your Laravel application
  • Use the Artisan command-line tool
  • Test your App in Production with Behat
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Table of Contents

11 Chapters
1. Setting Up and Installing Laravel Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
2. Using Composer Packages Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
3. Routing Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
4. Building Views and Adding Style Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
5. Working with Data Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
6. Adding Angular to Your App Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
7. Authentication, Security, and Subscriptions Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
8. Testing and Debugging Your Application Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
9. Adding Advanced Features to Your App Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
10. Deploying Your App Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
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Word of advice: if you're writing a programming book, make your screenshots using a WHITE background on your IDE.
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I'd be able to give it more stars if I could read the code examples. Unfortunately they have been take from screenshots of a code editor with a dark profile, so some code is indistinguishable from the background.The content may be great, but in terms of print and presentation, is not as good as the O'Reilly 'Cookbook' series.
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The code printed is very small for a number of snippets with white text merged into black background.. Whose idea black ?..REALLY not readable. .
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I guess it was my fault really. I was looking for a good book for beginners but made a wrong purchase. The author is a programmer and not a teacher . Most of the content made assumptions that you were an advanced user of Laravel. The only concession wa the first chapter where you were introduced to the basic setup., and even for half of that chapter the reader is sent away somewhere or the other to get how-to information. I could have saved my money and downloaded free tutorials instead...which I eventually did . From the second chapter to the end the author was completely immersed in displaying his brilliance at programming and on his brilliant project he is working on in this Cookbook. It is a distressing book . I'd possibly eventually use it as a door stop. It is that heavy !
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