Laravel Simple CRUD Generator

Need faster TDD in Laravel project? This is a simple CRUD generator complete with automated testing suite.

About this package

This package contains artisan make:crud commands to create a simple CRUD feature with test classes on our Laravel 5.5 (and later) application. This package is fairly simple, to boost test-driven development method on our laravel application.

With this package installed on local environment, we can use (e.g.) php artisan make:crud Vehicle command to generate some files :

• App\Vehicle.php eloquent model
• xxx_create_vehicles_table.php migration file
• VehicleController.php
• index.blade.php and forms.blade.php view file in resources/views/vehicles directory
• resources/lang/vehicle.php lang file
• VehicleFactory.php model factory file
• VehiclePolicy.php model policy file in app/Policies directory
• ManageVehiclesTest.php feature test class in tests/Feature directory
• VehicleTest.php unit test class in tests/Unit/Models directory
• VehiclePolicyTest.php unit test class in tests/Unit/Policies directory

It will update some file :

• Update routes/web.php to add vehicles resource route
• Update app/providers/AuthServiceProvider.php to add Vehicle model Policy class in $policies property

It will also create this file if it not exists :

• resources/lang/app.php lang file if it not exists
• tests/BrowserKitTest.php base Feature TestCase class if it not exists

Main purpose

The main purpose of this package is for faster Test-driven Development, it generates model CRUD scaffolds complete with Testing Classes which will use Laravel Browserkit Testing package and PHPUnit.

How to install

For Laravel 5.6 or later

# Get the package
$ composer require luthfi/simple-crud-generator --dev

The package will auto-discovered and ready to go.

For Laravel 5.5

To use this package on laravel 5.5, we need to add the package (with browserkit) within require-dev in composer.json file, like so :

    "require-dev": {

        "laravel/browser-kit-testing": "2.0.x-dev",
        "luthfi/simple-crud-generator": "^1.2"
    },

Then run composer update in terminal :

$ composer update

The package will auto-discovered.

For Laravel 5.4

# Bootstrap Form Field generator
$ composer require luthfi/formfield

# Get the package
$ composer require luthfi/simple-crud-generator:1.0.* --dev

Update config/app.php, add provider and aliases :

// providers
Luthfi\FormField\FormFieldServiceProvider::class,
Luthfi\CrudGenerator\ServiceProvider::class,

// aliases
'FormField' => Luthfi\FormField\FormFieldFacade::class,
'Form'      => Collective\Html\FormFacade::class,
'Html'      => Collective\Html\HtmlFacade::class,

How to use

Just type in terminal $ php artisan make:crud ModelName command, it will create simple Laravel CRUD files of given model name completed with tests.

For example we want to create CRUD for 'App\Vehicle' model.

$ php artisan make:crud-simple Vehicle

Vehicle resource route generated on routes/web.php.
Vehicle model generated.
Vehicle table migration generated.
VehicleController generated.
Vehicle index view file generated.
Vehicle form view file generated.
lang/app.php generated.
vehicle lang files generated.
Vehicle model factory generated.
Vehicle model policy generated.
AuthServiceProvider class has been updated.
BrowserKitTest generated.
ManageVehiclesTest generated.
VehicleTest (model) generated.
VehiclePolicyTest (model policy) generated.
CRUD files generated successfully!

Make sure we have set database credential on .env file, then :

$ php artisan migrate
$ php artisan serve

Then visit our application url: http://localhost:8000/vehicles.

Usage on Fresh Install Laravel

If you are using this package from from the fresh laravel project.

# This is example commands for Ubuntu users.
$ composer create-project laravel/laravel --prefer-dist project-directory
$ cd project-directory
$ vim .env # Edit your .env file to update database configuration

# Install the package
$ composer require luthfi/simple-crud-generator --dev

# Create auth scaffolds to get layout.app view, register and login feature
$ php artisan make:auth

$ php artisan make:crud Vehicle # Model name in singular
# I really suggest "git commit" your project right before run make:crud command

$ php artisan migrate
$ php artisan serve
# Visit your route http://127.0.0.1:8000
# Register as new user
# Visit your route http://127.0.0.1:8000/vehicles

Available Commands

# Create Full CRUD feature with tests
$ php artisan make:crud ModelName

# Create Full CRUD feature with tests and Bootstrap 3 views
$ php artisan make:crud ModelName --bs3

# Create Simple CRUD feature with tests
$ php artisan make:crud-simple ModelName

# Create Simple CRUD feature with tests and Bootstrap 3 views
$ php artisan make:crud-simple ModelName --bs3

# Create API CRUD feature with tests
$ php artisan make:crud-api ModelName

Model Attribute/column

The Model and table will only have 2 pre-definded attributes or columns : name and description on each generated model and database table. You can continue working on other column on the table.

Bootstrap 4 Views

The generated view files use Bootstrap 4 by default (for Laravel 5.6 and later).

Bootstrap 3 Views

We can also generates views that use Bootstrap 3 with --bs3 command option, eg for Laravel version 5.5.

For API

If we want to generate API Controller with feature tests, we use following command :

$ php artisan make:crud-api Vehicle

By default, we use Laravel Token Based Authentication, so we need to update our user model.

1. Add api_token column on our users_table_migration.
2. Add api_token as fillable property on User model.
3. Add api_token field on our UserFactory.

API Usage

The generated API is a REST API, using GET and POST verbs, with a URI of /api/modelname.

Example code for calling the generated API, using Guzzle:

//Read data a specific Vehicle record...
$uri = 'http://your-domain.com/api/vehicles/'.$vehicleID;
$headers = ['Authorization' => 'Bearer '.$apiToken];

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();
$res = $client->request('GET', $uri, ['headers' => $headers]);

//Create a new Vehicle record...
$uri = 'http://your-domain.com/api/vehicles';
$headers = ['Authorization' => 'Bearer '.$apiToken];
$payload = json_encode([
    'name' => 'Vehicle Name 1',
    'description' => 'Vehicle Description 1',
]);

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();
$res = $client->request('POST', $uri, ['body' => $payload, 'headers' => $headers]);

The generated functional tests will give you examples of how to adapt this code for other call types.

Config file

You can configure your own by publishing the config file:

$ php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Luthfi\CrudGenerator\ServiceProvider"

That will generate config/simple-crud.php file.

By default, this package have some configuration:

<?php

return [
    // The master view layout that generated views will extends
    'default_layout_view' => 'layouts.app',

    // The base test case class path for generated testing classes
    'base_test_path' => 'tests/BrowserKitTest.php',

    // The base test class full name
    'base_test_class' => 'Tests\BrowserKitTest',
];

Attention

• The package will creates the Model class file, the command will stop if the Model already exists.
• You need a resources/views/layouts/app.blade.php view file, simply create one with php artisan make:auth command. You can change this configuration via the config/simple-crud.php file.

Screenshots

Visit your application in new resource route : http://127.0.0.1:8000/vehicles

Generated testing suite

Next, let us try the generated testing suite. To use the generated testing classes, we can set the database environment using in-memory database SQLite. Open phpunit.xml. Add two lines below on the env :

<phpunit>
    <!-- ..... -->
    <php>
        <!-- ..... -->
        <env name="DB_CONNECTION" value="sqlite"/>
        <env name="DB_DATABASE" value=":memory:"/>
    </php>
</phpunit>

Then run PHPUnit

$ vendor/bin/phpunit

All tests should be passed.

Issue/Proposal

If you find any issue, or want to propose some idea to help this package better, please create an issue in this github repo.

License

This package is open-sourced software licensed under the MIT license.