Week 20/2022

content/tips/consider-creating-helpers-for-model-factories.md

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+title: 'Consider creating helpers for model factories'
+tweet_id: '1527688619753779200'
+thread_slug: weekly-thread-2022-20
+author_username: archtechx
+images:
+    - 'https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FTL7hJEVIAAkVsa.jpg'
+created_at: 2022-05-20T16:32:04+00:00
+slug: consider-creating-helpers-for-model-factories
+---
+If your app has only a few models, consider creating helper functions for model factories
+
+Helpers have perfect IDE support and can make your tests a lot cleaner
+
+Pairs especially well with @pestphp 💅

content/tips/orderbyraw-is-very-useful-for-complex-sorting-in-eloquent.md

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+title: 'orderByRaw() is very useful for complex sorting in Eloquent'
+tweet_id: '1527688616838803456'
+thread_slug: weekly-thread-2022-20
+author_username: mattkingshott
+images:
+    - 'https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FS-AaRbWAAA5Xfl.jpg'
+created_at: 2022-05-20T16:32:03+00:00
+slug: orderbyraw-is-very-useful-for-complex-sorting-in-eloquent
+---
+🔥 #Laravel Tip: Make use of ‘orderByRaw’ when you need to sort records in a more complex manner than simply A-Z or Z-A. Here’s an example where I sort ‘roles’ based on their level of importance (rather than their alphabetical order).

content/tips/partial-indexes-are-useful-for-enforcing-rules-that-only-apply-conditionally.md

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+title: 'Partial indexes are useful for enforcing rules that only apply conditionally'
+tweet_id: '1527688613932044289'
+thread_slug: weekly-thread-2022-20
+author_username: tobias_petry
+images:
+    - 'https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FTCG2anXoAIB0U2.jpg'
+created_at: 2022-05-20T16:32:03+00:00
+slug: partial-indexes-are-useful-for-enforcing-rules-that-only-apply-conditionally
+---
+⚡️ Database Tip
+
+Sometimes you want to make columns unique but you can't because e.g. there are still soft-deleted rows in the table witht the same value. By only including relevant rows (partial index) you can still enforce uniqueness, and you can even simulate it for MySQL!

content/tips/you-can-unpack-arrays-in-conditions.md

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+title: 'You can unpack arrays in conditions'
+tweet_id: '1527688611008679936'
+thread_slug: weekly-thread-2022-20
+author_username: SteveTheBauman
+images:
+    - 'https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FSvAVOOWIAIMa5Y.jpg'
+created_at: 2022-05-20T16:32:02+00:00
+slug: you-can-unpack-arrays-in-conditions
+---
+Today I learned you can unpack conditionally in PHP, pretty neat! 👌