CodeCraft API

Modern Laravel 10 REST API built with enterprise-grade architecture and best practices for professional development platforms.

Technology Stack

• Laravel 10.48+ with modern PHP features
• PHP ^8.1 with strict typing and performance optimizations
• Laravel Sanctum for secure API authentication
• MySQL/PostgreSQL with optimized database design
• PHPUnit 10.5+ for comprehensive testing
• Laravel Pint for consistent code formatting

Installation & Setup

# Install dependencies
composer install

# Environment configuration
cp .env.example .env

# Generate application key
php artisan key:generate

# Database configuration in .env
# DB_CONNECTION=mysql
# DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
# DB_PORT=3306
# DB_DATABASE=CodeCraft
# DB_USERNAME=your_username
# DB_PASSWORD=your_password

# Run database migrations
php artisan migrate

# Seed database with sample data (optional)
php artisan db:seed

Development Commands

# Start development server
php artisan serve

# Alternative via composer
composer run dev

Testing Framework

# Run all tests
php artisan test

# Via composer scripts
composer run test

# Run specific test suites
composer run test:unit
composer run test:feature

# Run tests with coverage
composer run test:coverage

Code Quality

# Format code with Laravel Pint
composer run format

# Check code formatting
composer run format:check

# Static analysis with PHPStan
composer run analyse

# Run all quality checks
composer run quality

Additional Commands

# Fresh migration with seeding
composer run fresh

# Clear application caches
php artisan optimize:clear

# Generate IDE helper files
composer run ide-helper

# Database optimization
php artisan db:optimize

API Architecture

Authentication Endpoints

• POST /api/register - User registration with validation
• POST /api/login - Secure user authentication
• POST /api/logout - Token invalidation
• GET /api/user - Authenticated user profile
• POST /api/refresh - Token refresh mechanism

User Management

• GET /api/profile - User profile with preferences
• PUT /api/profile - Profile updates with validation
• POST /api/avatar - Avatar upload with image processing
• GET /api/settings - User application settings
• PUT /api/settings - Settings management

Platform Features

• GET /api/dashboard - Dashboard data and analytics
• GET /api/projects - User projects and workspaces
• POST /api/projects - Project creation and management
• GET /api/collaboration - Real-time collaboration endpoints
• WebSocket /ws - Real-time communication channel

Application Architecture

app/
├── Console/
│   ├── Commands/        # Custom Artisan commands
│   └── Kernel.php       # Command scheduling
├── Exceptions/
│   ├── Handler.php      # Global exception handling
│   └── Custom/          # Domain-specific exceptions
├── Http/
│   ├── Controllers/
│   │   ├── Api/         # API controllers with resources
│   │   └── Auth/        # Authentication controllers
│   ├── Middleware/      # Security and API middleware
│   ├── Requests/        # Form request validation
│   └── Resources/       # API resource transformers
├── Models/              # Eloquent models with relationships
├── Providers/           # Service providers and bindings
├── Services/            # Business logic and domain services
├── Repositories/        # Data access layer
└── Events/              # Domain events and listeners

Enterprise Features

Security & Performance

• Bearer Token Authentication: Stateless API security
• Rate Limiting: Configurable request throttling
• CORS Configuration: Cross-origin resource sharing
• Request Validation: Comprehensive input sanitization
• Database Optimization: Query optimization and indexing

Scalability & Monitoring

• Caching Strategy: Redis/Memcached integration
• Queue Processing: Background job processing
• Logging: Structured logging with multiple channels
• Health Checks: Application monitoring endpoints
• Performance Metrics: Built-in performance tracking

Development Experience

• API Documentation: OpenAPI/Swagger integration
• Code Standards: PSR-12 compliance with automated formatting
• Type Safety: Strict typing and static analysis
• Testing: Unit, feature, and integration test coverage
• CI/CD Ready: GitHub Actions and deployment automation

Database Design

Core Tables

• users: User accounts with role-based permissions
• projects: User projects and workspaces
• collaborations: Real-time collaboration sessions
• settings: User preferences and application configuration
• audit_logs: Comprehensive activity tracking

Performance Optimization

• Indexing Strategy: Optimized database indexes
• Query Optimization: Efficient Eloquent relationships
• Database Migrations: Version-controlled schema changes
• Seeding: Consistent development data

Deployment & DevOps

Production Requirements

• PHP ^8.1 with OPcache enabled
• Composer 2.0+ for dependency management
• MySQL 8.0+ or PostgreSQL 13+
• Redis for caching and sessions
• Supervisor for queue processing

Recommended Extensions

• BCMath: Arbitrary precision mathematics
• Ctype: Character type checking
• Fileinfo: File information detection
• JSON: JSON data interchange
• Mbstring: Multibyte string handling
• OpenSSL: Cryptographic functions
• PDO: Database abstraction layer
• Tokenizer: PHP tokenizer
• XML: XML manipulation

Container Support

• Docker: Multi-stage production builds
• Docker Compose: Development environment
• Kubernetes: Orchestration and scaling
• Health Checks: Container health monitoring