Quality Pipeline and First Observability for a Laravel Project
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Quality Pipeline and First Observability for a Laravel Project

After Git, Docker, PHP, Laravel, DDD-lite, and Octane, the student already knows how to write working code and understand the application lifecycle. But working code is not the same as change readiness, review readiness, or deployment readiness. If quality depends on whether the developer remembered to run tests, rebuild the frontend, or catch an issue during review, the project remains fragile. This course treats quality as an engineering pipeline. The student takes an existing Laravel/Filament/Octane project and gradually builds a feedback system around it: local Make commands, automatic formatting, static analysis, controlled Rector usage, testing strategy, coverage reports, parallel tests, GitHub Actions, pre-commit hooks, structured logs, healthchecks, and simple architecture guards. The main result is a shift in thinking. Works on my machine is no longer a readiness criterion. Readiness means the project can be checked with one clear command, the same checks can run in CI, important runtime signals are visible, and the remaining manual risks can be named honestly.

Laravel Laravel Quality Make Laravel Pint PHPStan Larastan Rector PHPUnit Test Coverage GitHub Actions Pre-commit Hooks Structured Logging Healthchecks Observability Architecture Guards
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Course outline

Published version: modules, lessons, and duration.

01

Initial Quality Inventory

  1. 1 What the Project Can Already Check
    80 min
  2. 2 `make qa` as a Single Checkpoint
    75 min
02

Why "Done" Requires a Definition

  1. 1 Cost of Defect and the Human Factor
    65 min
  2. 2 Definition of Done for a Laravel Task
    80 min
03

Local Quality Loop

  1. 1 Laravel Pint and Formatting Discipline
    75 min
  2. 2 PHPStan/Larastan Without Fear of Red Output
    90 min
  3. 3 Rector as Controlled Code Evolution
    90 min
04

Testing Safety Net

  1. 1 Unit, Feature, and Integration Tests Without Confusion
    100 min
  2. 2 Coverage Without Self-Deception
    90 min
  3. 3 Parallel Tests and Unstable Checks
    90 min
05

CI and Git Gates

  1. 1 A GitHub Actions Pipeline Similar to `make qa`
    95 min
  2. 2 Pre-commit Hooks as a Fast Local Filter
    80 min
  3. 3 PR Readiness Without Manual Magic
    75 min
06

Logs, Healthchecks, and First Runtime Signals

  1. 1 PSR-3 and Structured Logs Without Noise
    90 min
  2. 2 Healthcheck and Readiness
    90 min
  3. 3 Runtime Signals as a Bridge to Metrics
    75 min
07

Architectural Quality

  1. 1 Architecture Tests as Protection for Agreements
    70 min
  2. 2 Quality Rules Without Architectural Religion
    65 min
08

Final Quality System

  1. 1 Project Quality Dashboard
    75 min
  2. 2 Final Quality Pipeline Defense
    80 min