This document serves as a comprehensive reference guide for the Protevus Platform, providing an overview of its core components, APIs, and features. It is designed to assist developers in understanding and utilizing the platform effectively.
## Table of Contents
1. [Introduction](#introduction)
2. [Foundation](#foundation)
- [Application](#application)
- [Configuration](#configuration)
- [Caching](#caching)
- [Exceptions](#exceptions)
3. [HTTP](#http)
- [Routing](#routing)
- [Middleware](#middleware)
- [Controllers](#controllers)
- [Requests](#requests)
- [Responses](#responses)
4. [Views](#views)
- [View Engine](#view-engine)
- [View Rendering](#view-rendering)
- [Blade Templating](#blade-templating)
5. [Database](#database)
- [Query Builder](#query-builder)
- [Eloquent ORM](#eloquent-orm)
- [Migrations](#migrations)
6. [Authentication and Authorization](#authentication-and-authorization)
10. [Community and Resources](#community-and-resources)
- [Documentation](#documentation)
- [Community Forums](#community-forums)
- [GitHub Repository](#github-repository)
## Introduction
The Protevus Platform is an open-source application server platform for the Dart programming language, inspired by the Laravel framework. It provides a familiar and Laravel-compatible API, allowing developers to leverage their existing Laravel knowledge and experience in the Dart ecosystem.
## Foundation
### Application
The `Application` class is the entry point for the Protevus Platform. It manages the application lifecycle, configuration, and dependency injection.
### Configuration
The `Configuration` class provides access to the application's configuration settings, allowing developers to retrieve and modify configuration values.
### Caching
The Protevus Platform includes a caching system that supports various caching strategies, such as in-memory caching, distributed caching, and file-based caching.
### Exceptions
The platform provides a robust exception handling mechanism, allowing developers to handle and render exceptions in a consistent and customizable manner.
## HTTP
### Routing
The Protevus Platform includes a routing system that maps incoming HTTP requests to the appropriate controllers or middleware based on the requested URL and HTTP method.
### Middleware
Middleware components can be used to filter, modify, or handle incoming requests and outgoing responses, providing a modular and extensible way to implement cross-cutting concerns.
### Controllers
Controllers are responsible for handling incoming requests, executing business logic, and generating responses.
### Requests
The `Request` class represents an incoming HTTP request and provides access to request data, headers, and other relevant information.
### Responses
The `Response` class represents an outgoing HTTP response and provides methods for setting status codes, headers, and response bodies.
## Views
### View Engine
The Protevus Platform includes a powerful view engine for rendering server-side templates, inspired by the Blade templating engine from Laravel.
### View Rendering
Developers can render views and pass data to them, enabling the generation of dynamic content for web pages or other output formats.
### Blade Templating
The Blade templating engine provides a concise and expressive syntax for defining views, including support for template inheritance, control structures, and custom directives.
## Database
### Query Builder
The Protevus Platform includes a query builder that provides a fluent interface for constructing and executing database queries, abstracting away the underlying database system.
### Eloquent ORM
The Eloquent ORM (Object-Relational Mapping) layer provides a powerful and expressive way to interact with databases using an object-oriented approach.
### Migrations
Database migrations allow developers to version control their database schema and easily deploy schema changes across different environments.
## Authentication and Authorization
### Authentication
The Protevus Platform provides a comprehensive authentication system, including support for various authentication providers, password hashing, and session management.
### Authorization
The authorization system allows developers to define and enforce permissions and access controls for their applications, ensuring secure and granular access to resources and features.
## Events and Queues
### Event Broadcasting
The Protevus Platform includes an event broadcasting system that enables real-time communication and decoupled system components through the publication and subscription of events.
### Queue Management
The queue management system allows developers to offload time-consuming or resource-intensive tasks to a queue, enabling asynchronous processing and improving application responsiveness.
## Testing
### Unit Testing
The Protevus Platform supports unit testing, allowing developers to test individual units of code, such as classes, functions, or methods, in isolation.
### Integration Testing
Integration tests are designed to test the interaction and integration between different components or modules within the Protevus Platform.
### Browser Testing
The platform provides tools and utilities for conducting browser-based testing, enabling end-to-end testing of web applications and user interfaces.
## Deployment
### Environment Configuration
The Protevus Platform supports configuring different environments (e.g., development, staging, production) with separate configuration settings, enabling seamless deployment across various environments.
### Deployment Strategies
The platform provides guidance and best practices for deploying applications to production environments, including strategies for load balancing, scaling, and continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines.
## Community and Resources
### Documentation
The official documentation for the Protevus Platform is available online and covers a wide range of topics, from installation and configuration to advanced usage and troubleshooting.
### Community Forums
The Protevus Platform has an active community forum where developers can ask questions, share ideas, and engage with other members of the community.
### GitHub Repository
The source code for the Protevus Platform is hosted on GitHub, where developers can contribute to the project, report issues, and submit pull requests.
This reference material serves as a comprehensive guide to the Protevus Platform, covering its core components, APIs, and features. It is designed to assist developers in understanding and utilizing the platform effectively, providing an overview of the various modules and their functionalities, as well as information on testing, deployment, and community resources.
