README

Software architecture library for the Laravel Framework.

Introduction

Architect provides an expressive way to organize and generate boilerplate classes that will hold your application's business logic. The goal of this package is to implement a component-oriented back-end architecture. By using decoupled components, you may reuse parts of your code accross multiple services (Controllers and various API endpoints).

Architect will create tests for each classes it generates, encouraging a Test-Driven Development approach within your team.

Installation

Composer

First, add the Architect package to your dependencies:

composer require angle/architect

Run The Architect Installer

To finish the installation process and configure the package, use the architect:install Artisan command:

php artisan architect:install

Generating Sprints

To create a sprint, use the make:sprint Artisan command:

php artisan make:sprint "Create new user"

The new sprint will be placed in your sprints directory (you can set it either during installation, either by editing config/architect.php). Each sprint file name contains a timestamp which allows Laravel to determine the order of the sprints.

Sprint Structure

A sprint class contains one method: run. This method is used to generate new features, tasks, and tests for each of these.

Within this method you may use the Architect code Blueprint to expressively create new classes.

<?php

use Angle\Architect\Sprint;
use Angle\Architect\Code\Blueprint;
use Angle\Architect\Facades\Architect;

class CreateNewUserSprint extends Sprint
{
    /**
     * Runs the sprint.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function run()
    {
        Architect::feature('Create new user', function (Blueprint $code) {
            $code->task('validate request')->expect('request')->return('is valid');
            $code->task('save user')->expect('request')->return('user');
            $code->task('send email to administrators')->expect('user');
        });
    }
}

Running Sprints

To run all of your sprints, execute the sprint Artisan command:

php artisan sprint

Pretending To Run Sprints

You can safely test your sprint by running the sprint Artisan command with the --pretend option:

php artisan sprint --pretend

Forcing Sprints To Overwrite Existing Files

You can force the overwriting of existing files by running the sprint Artisan command with the --force option:

php artisan sprint --force

Rolling Back Sprints

Just like you do with Laravel Migrations, you can rollback sprints. This will remove any file generated by the last batch. Note: you can also append the --pretend option in order to preview changes.

php artisan sprint:rollback