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How to name your methods, variables, classes and more in Laravel

An explanation of the S.O.L.I.D. principles, and how to use them in your PHP scripts.

The Observer design pattern is very common, and luckily is a very easy concept to understand.

The adapter design pattern is an easy to understand design pattern. Here is a guide (using PHP to help) to explain it all.

The decorator pattern explained

A simple to understand explanation and examples for the strategy design pattern (using PHP)

The Chain of Responsibility design pattern is gaining in popularity, since being part of the PSR-15 standard (HTTP Request Middleware). Here is a quick overview of it. It let's you chain actions, and often gives them the ability to stop the chain.

A simple to understand description of the Composite design pattern, using PHP.

An introduction and easy to understand explanation of the Specification pattern, described using PHP.

An easy to understand description of the Repository Pattern in PHP, including generic examples and examples specific to Laravel.

Why you should start using the built in SPL exceptions, and not just throwing around the plain old Exception()

A simple to understand introduction to the popular template method pattern.

Here is a collection of Laravel tips and tricks that you may or may not be aware of.