Laravel: Middleware Development Training Course

Introduction

Laravel and PHP Overview

• Modularity, routing, configuration management, and Object-Relational Mapping (ORM)
• Composer and Artisan for dependency management and command-line operations

Preparing the Development Environment for Government

• Installing Composer to manage project dependencies
• Installing Vagrant to set up a consistent development environment
• Installing GitHub Shell for version control and collaboration
• Installing Postman for API testing and documentation

RESTful APIs and Laravel for Government

• Creating components for modular application design
• Implementing RESTful API models to ensure data integrity and scalability
• Designing a database structure that aligns with government data standards
• Using database seeding to populate initial data sets
• Browsing records to facilitate data retrieval and analysis
• Reading records for detailed information access
• Editing records to maintain up-to-date information
• Adding records to expand the dataset as needed
• Deleting records to ensure data accuracy and compliance
• Transforming API data to meet specific reporting requirements
• Managing subresources for complex data relationships
• Returning nested data to provide comprehensive views
• Returning sideloaded data to optimize performance and reduce API calls
• Paginating API results to handle large datasets efficiently

API Errors and Exceptions for Government

• Generating a missing record error to ensure robust error handling
• Returning validation errors to maintain data integrity
• Processing errors to enhance user experience and system reliability

Middleware Handler for Government

• Building a middleware for logging to track API usage and security incidents
• Building a middleware for rate limiting to prevent abuse and ensure fair resource allocation

Authentication for Government

• Working with token authentication to secure API access
• Using OAuth for creating tokens to facilitate secure and scalable user management

API Testing and Troubleshooting for Government

• Setting up Postman for comprehensive API testing and documentation
• Using endpoint testing to ensure the reliability and performance of government APIs

Summary and Conclusion