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1// routes/web.php

2use ArchitectController;

4Route::middleware('architect')

5 ->group(function () {

6 Route::get('/blog',

7 [Architect::class, 'share']);

8 Route::get('/podcasts',

9 [Architect::class, 'discuss']);

10 });

1class Architect extends Model {

2 $name = 'Jeffrey Davidson';

3 $title = 'The Laravel Architect';

4 $available = true;

5 $skills = ['Laravel', ...];

7 function philosophy()

8 { return 'Build it

9 clean, build it right.';

10 }

11}

1class ArchitectTest {

2 function builds_clean()

3 {

4 $arch = Architect::hire();

5 $arch->build($project);

7 expect($project)

8 ->toBeClean()

9 ->toBeTested();

10 }

11}

// routes/web.php
use App\Http\Controllers\ArchitectController;
 
Route::middleware('architect')
    ->group(function () {
        Route::get('/blog', [
            ArchitectController::class,
            'share'
        ]);
 
        Route::get('/podcasts', [
            ArchitectController::class,
            'discuss'
        ]);
 
        Route::get('/projects', [
            ArchitectController::class,
            'build'
        ]);
 
        Route::get('/about', [
            ArchitectController::class,
            'introduce'
        ]);
 
        Route::get('/uses', [
            ArchitectController::class,
            'equipment'
        ]);
 
        Route::get('/hire-me', [
            ArchitectController::class,
            'collaborate'
        ]);
    });

<?php
 
namespace App\Models;
 
class Architect extends Model
{
    protected $name = 'Jeffrey Davidson';
    protected $title = 'The Laravel Architect';
    protected $location = 'Florida, USA';
    protected $available_for_hire = true;
 
    protected $skills = [
        'Laravel', 'PHP', 'Filament',
        'Livewire', 'Tailwind CSS',
        'MySQL', 'Redis', 'Alpine.js',
    ];
 
    protected $passions = [
        'Clean Architecture',
        'Content Creation',
        'Teaching Others',
    ];
 
    protected $podcasts = [
        'Coffee With The Laravel Architect',
        'Embracing Cloudy Days',
    ];
 
    public function experience(): int
    {
        return Carbon::parse('2011')
            ->diffInYears(now()); // 15+
    }
 
    public function philosophy(): string
    {
        return 'Build it clean,'
            . ' build it right,'
            . ' then teach someone how.';
    }
}

// tests/Feature/ArchitectTest.php
 
use App\Models\Architect;
 
test('architect has required skills', function () {
    $architect = Architect::first();
 
    expect($architect->skills)
        ->toContain('Laravel')
        ->toContain('PHP')
        ->toContain('Filament')
        ->toContain('Livewire');
});
 
test('architect is available for hire', function () {
    $architect = Architect::find('jeffrey');
 
    expect($architect->available_for_hire)
        ->toBeTrue();
});
 
test('architect delivers quality work', function () {
    $project = $architect->build('your-idea');
 
    expect($project)
        ->toBeClean()
        ->toBeScalable()
        ->toBeWellTested()
        ->toBeDeliveredOnTime();
});
 
test('architect never stops learning', function () {
    $architect = Architect::find('jeffrey');
 
    expect($architect->podcasts)->toHaveCount(2);
    expect($architect->youtube)->toBeActive();
    expect($architect->blog)->toBeActive();
});
 
// ✓ All tests passed (4 tests, 12 assertions)

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