I shall define this only once

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1. I shall say define this only once
   

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2. About me
   
   
   Freek Van der Herten
   
   
   Developer at SPATIE
   
   
   @freekmurze
   
   
   freek.dev
   
   
   mailcoach.app
   
   
   ohdear.app
   
   
   fl
   areapp.io
   

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3. Open source
   
   
   ± 300 packages on Packagist
   
   
   ± 360 000 000 downloads total
   
   
   ± 20 000 000 downloads a month
   

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4. spatie.be/open-source
   

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5. spatie.be/open-source/postcards
   

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6. Let’s talk about
   Laravel Data
   

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7. At Spatie
   
   
   Big projects
   
   
   Complex data, lots of properties and relations
   
   
   A lot data structures de
   fi
   ned multiple times for di
   ff
   erent
   purposes
   
   
   Form requests, API resources, TypeScript de
   fi
   nitions
   

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8. Laravel Data
   
   
   An easy to use Laravel package
   
   
   Create powerful data objects
   
   
   A single de
   fi
   nition that can be used for multiple purposes
   
   
   Created by Ruben Van Assche
   
   
   250K downloads
   

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9. This talk
   
   
   A simple example
   
   
   Real world usage in Flare
   

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10. Let’s code
    

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11. In closing
    

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12. Laravel Data
    
    
    Rich data objects
    
    
    De
    fi
    ne a data structure only once
    
    
    Can replace API resources, Form Requests, …
    
    
    Generating TypeScript de
    fi
    nitions
    
    
    

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13. Laravel Data
    
    
    Optional properties
    
    
    Lazy loading of properties
    
    
    Create data from incoming requests, JSON and objects
    
    
    In
    fi
    nitely con
    fi
    gurable
    
    
    … and a whole lot more
    

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14. spatie.be/docs/laravel-data
    

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15. Laravel Data
    
    
    For everything
    
    
    For only small parts
    
    
    Don’t just discard the Laravel defaults
    
    
    Do what is best for your team and project
    
    
    

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16. One more thing
    

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17. Laracon Promo
    
    
    20% discount on all spatie products, no coupon needed
    
    
    spatie.be/products
    
    
    Products: Ray, Mailcoach, Laravel Comments, MediaLibrary Pro
    
    
    Courses: Testing Laravel, Laravel Package Training, Laravel
    Beyond Crud, Writing Readable Laravel, Laravel Event
    Sourcing
    
    
    

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18. Thank you!
    
    
    freek.dev
    
    
    mailcoach.app
    
    
    spatie.be
    
    
    ohdear.app
    
    
    fl
    areapp.io
    

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