🔥 This week's code tips for Laravel developers
A weekly thread 🧵
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If your app has only a few models, consider creating helper functions for model factories
Helpers have perfect IDE support and can make your tests a lot cleaner
Pairs especially well with @pestphp 💅
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🔥 #Laravel Tip: Make use of ‘orderByRaw’ when you need to sort records in a more complex manner than simply A-Z or Z-A. Here’s an example where I sort ‘roles’ based on their level of importance (rather than their alphabetical order).
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⚡️ Database Tip
Sometimes you want to make columns unique but you can't because e.g. there are still soft-deleted rows in the table witht the same value. By only including relevant rows (partial index) you can still enforce uniqueness, and you can even simulate it for MySQL!
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Today I learned you can unpack conditionally in PHP, pretty neat! 👌
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