Junior Code Review: Laravel API Controller - 8 Tips for Improvement

In this video, I will go through one Laravel API Controller and suggest some improvements. Would you add anything else? 00:00 Intro 00:54 Reformat for Readability 02:16 Get Auth User ID 02:50 2 DB Queries into 1 04:07 Form Request validated 05:17 Variable Naming 05:53 If-else to Try-catch 07:05 Route Model Binding 08:09 Early Returns Related video: Danger of Using $request-all(), and How to Protect Playlist of more code reviews: - - - - - Support the channel by checking out my products: - My Laravel courses membership: - Laravel QuickAdminPanel: - Livewire Kit Components: - - - - - Other places to follow: - My weekly Laravel newsletter: - My personal Twitter: