Question : what is the best practice in using this package

[ezekel]

Hi @yajra

I just want to ask what is the prepared way to use your package, I have already installed this version yajra/laravel-datatables-oracle:"~9.0" to my local.

when I use this package I code like before like this your examples https://datatables.yajrabox.com/eloquent/basic

but I saw this also https://yajrabox.com/docs/laravel-datatables/master/quick-starter on how to use your package

which one will you recommend to the proper way of using your package?

Thank you in advance.

[yajra]

@ezekel,

It depends on your build. If you prefer to write your own js then https://datatables.yajrabox.com/eloquent/basic if the way to go.

But personally, almost all my projects now uses the service class approach https://yajrabox.com/docs/laravel-datatables/master/quick-starter. This gives me full control on the columns, buttons and others scripts that should be conditionally added for the user on more of a laravel fluent way. For example, when using dataTables editor, there are user who are not allowed to create, update or remove a record. I can easily achieve it using the following code:

Button:makeIfCan('users.create', 'create')->editor('editor'),
Button:makeIfCan('users.update', 'update')->editor('editor'),
Button:makeIfCan('users.delete', 'remove')->editor('editor'),

If i need to export the table via server-side, I can just add this button:

Button:make('csv'),
Button:make('excel'),

Another tip: to make the common task reusable, I extracted them to its own class. This way, I can have a default styling too via php.

Button:makeIfCan('users.create', 'create')->editor('editor')->className('btn btn-success')->formTitle('New Record')...etc,
// becomes
CreateButton::makeIfCan('users.create'),