Week 27/2022

content/tips/you-can-use-the-boolean-date-string-methods-on-the-request-object-instead-of-manually-type-casting-request-parameters.md

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+title: 'You can use the boolean() / date() / string() methods on the Request object instead of manually type-casting request parameters'
+tweet_id: '1545466006096687110'
+thread_slug: weekly-thread-2022-27
+author_username: ryangjchandler
+images:
+    - 'https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FWhgKQPXwAELDpV.jpg'
+created_at: 2022-07-08T17:53:03+00:00
+slug: you-can-use-the-boolean-date-string-methods-on-the-request-object-instead-of-manually-type-casting-request-parameters
+---
+⚡️ Instead of explicitly type-casting or wrapping request parameters, you can use some of Laravel's utility methods on the Request object. It comes with a boolean() helper, date() helper and a string() / str() helper!

content/tips/you-can-validate-json-columns-at-database-level.md

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+title: 'You can validate JSON columns at database level'
+tweet_id: '1545466000790892544'
+thread_slug: weekly-thread-2022-27
+author_username: tobias_petry
+images:
+    - 'https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FW-NXH9X0AE4uSd.jpg'
+created_at: 2022-07-08T17:53:02+00:00
+slug: you-can-validate-json-columns-at-database-level
+---
+⚡️ Database Tip
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+Extending a traditional database schema with NoSQL-like JSON columns can make the schema more understandable. But you should also ensure these JSON documents conform to an expected schema!
+
+https://sqlfordevs.io/json-schema-validation