I shall say define this only once

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

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Let’s talk about Laravel Data

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

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

This talk A simple example Real world usage in Flare

Let’s code

In closing

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

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

One more thing

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