Create new web projects really fast. By giving Pipe Dream a minimum of input in form of a sketch/entity list it will predict your application schema and feed it into a set of pipes. These pipes will generate all the files needed to get started really quick.
composer require --dev pipe-dream/laravelThats it, now open your browser and go to /pipe-dream and start designing.
If you havent already, watch the 2 minute video.
- List your models and tables in the sketch window. Note the schema is created in real-time and is being displayed on the right side of the screen.
- Here are some pointers on the sketch syntax
// use PascalCase for models
Garage
location
capacity
// Separate your entities into chunks
Car
color
user_id // foreign key
// use snake_case model1_model2 to setup a ManyToMany relationship
car_garage
// use button to add a default user system
User
name
email
email_verified_at
password
remember_token
// use snake_case to create a table
password_resets
email
token- Review the list of files that are going to be created.
- Commit the files to disk.
- You are now ready to migrate and seed. Go ahead and check out the API (at
/api), that contains placeholder values
This package is still very much in development. Below is a rough plan for the future.
- The main goal of the alpha is to act as a proof of concept specifically for Laravel applications.
- Bug fixes will continiue until the alpha is stable.
- New features will be added only if the work required is reasonable.
- Complex new features or non critical bug fixes might be postponed to the Beta version.
- Most of the Javascript will be extracted to its own repository ( pipe-dream/core ) in order to easily enable support for multiple FileFactories in separate repos (Maybe ExpressFileFactory, DjangoFileFactory or others). This repo (pipe-dream/laravel) will then extend that core with logic, rules, data etc specific only for Laravel.
- Backend and frontend interfaces/API specifications are supplied to make it clear what other implementations need to conform to.
- When the beta is stable we will bump it up to v1.0.0
Help us out by simply trying this package. Feel free to post issues if you have a question, find a bug, have some idea for improvement or if you just want to share your experience. PRs are more than welcome, you dont need to be a pro. Start by looking at this Trello board listing all the stuff that needs to get done.
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