Laravel Spark: Less Pain in Your SaaS

The development of Software as a Service applications has always been a hassle for developers, forcing them to search for packages or write original solutions for authentication, subscriptions, billing and other features that are a part of the backbone of SaaS applications. Laravel Spark provides this infrastructure from one command, allowing developers to utilize common SaaS conventions while focusing on their application’s core.

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1. Laravel Spark Less Pain in Your SaaS
2. Adam Perkins Senior Web Developer and Technical Analyst Office of Institutional Research Wayne State University adam@adam-perkins.com @adammpkins
3. What is Spark? A foundation for Laravel SaaS applications which provides: Subscription Plans Invoices Coupons Payments/Billing Teams Two-factor User Authentication
4. Before we dive in… Spark is currently in its alpha release. The API is not in its final state and will likely change. As always, RTFM.
5. What we’ll cover. Installation Configuration Architecture Invoices Coupons Teams & Roles Subscription Plans Two-factor Authentication
6. Installation $ spark install …after you install the installer, of course $ composer global require "laravel/spark-installer=~1.0"
7. Configuration Add your keys to your .env file • Stripe - billing • Authy - two-factor authentication
8. Configuration Homestead users should re-run the migrations from homestead ssh/vagrant ssh
9. Architecture What files did the Spark installation add? database/migrations/DATE_create_teams_table.php resoources/assets/js/spark/components.js app/Providers/SparkServiceProvider.php resources/views/home.blade.php resources/assets/js/app.js app/Team.php terms.md
10. Architecture What else did the Spark installation change? Added Team, Two-Factor Authentication and Cashier fields to migrations Updated the User model to be Billable and TwoFactorAuthenticable Added Stripe/Cashier fields to the User model Changed default views
11. Architecture Most customization is done in SparkServiceProvider, where you will find the following customization functions in addition to the features we will cover.
12. Architecture customizeRegistration() Add custom validation rules and modify the user creation process.
13. Architecture customizeProfileUpdates() Add custom validation rules and modify the profile update process.
14. Architecture customizeSettingsTabs() Allows you to remove and re-order tabs or to create custom tabs.
15. Invoices $invoiceWith in app/Providers/SparkServiceProvider.php Customizes your invoices. Enter your contact information or company contact information and it will be reflected on your invoice PDFs.
16. Coupons Coupon codes work out of the box by handing them directly to Stripe. Simply pass the code as a parameter to the registration page url. http://app.dev/register?coupon=CouponCode
17. Coupons For temporary site-wide promotional coupons, add the following in the SparkServiceProvider in the customizeSpark() method. Spark::Promotion(‘couponCode’);
18. Teams & Roles Enable your users to utilize teams by importing the CanJoinTeams trait in your User model.
19. Teams & Roles Once teams are enabled, you’ll have access to some handy methods: $user->hasTeams() $user->currentTeam() $user->ownsTeam($team) $user->teamRole($team)
20. Teams & Roles Roles are defined in the SparkServiceProvider in customizeRoles() Each role should have a key and a label Again, you can check for roles using $user->teamRole()
21. Teams & Roles
22. Let’s explore Teams.
23. Subscription Plans Make sure you have added your stripe key and secret Add your plan to your Stripe account Add the plans to SparkServiceProvider
24. Subscription Plans Once you have added your plans to the SparkServiceProvider, you can check the user’s plan with Auth::user()->getStripePlan();
25. Let’s explore Subscription Plans.
26. Two-Factor Authentication Just works once you have provided your Authy key. Users simply need to provide your application with a phone number and country code to start two-factor authentication. To disable, simply add the following to your SparkServiceProvider: protected $twoFactorAuth = false;
27. Adam Perkins Senior Web Developer and Technical Analyst Office of Institutional Research Wayne State University adam@adam-perkins.com @adammpkins