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Pragmatic DDD with Laravel

AI will love your code

Master Domain-Driven Design, CQRS, and Hexagonal Architecture with practical Laravel examples.

Pragmatic DDD with Laravel Book Cover

Why DDD Matters

Most Laravel applications start simple but become unmaintainable spaghetti as they grow. Business logic scattered across controllers, models, and services. Changes in one place break things elsewhere.

Domain-Driven Design gives you patterns to organize complexity—and AI tools can understand and extend well-structured code.

What You'll Learn

DDD Building Blocks

Entities, Value Objects, Aggregates, Repositories—implement them properly in Laravel without over-engineering.

CQRS Pattern

Separate reads from writes. Commands, Queries, and Handlers that scale and test beautifully.

Hexagonal Architecture

Ports and Adapters that keep your domain pure. Swap databases, APIs, or frameworks without rewriting business logic.

AI-READY CODE

Why AI Will Love Your Code

Well-structured DDD code isn't just for humans. AI coding assistants understand and extend clean architectures better than spaghetti code.

Clear boundaries = precise AI modifications
Consistent patterns = predictable suggestions
Explicit rules = fewer hallucinations

// AI understands this structure:

final class Booking extends AggregateRoot

{

/** @var BookingItem[] */

private array $items = [];

public function addItem(Product $product, int $quantity): void

{

if ($this->status !== BookingStatus::Pending) {

throw new CannotModifyConfirmedBooking();

}

$this->items[] = new BookingItem($product, $quantity);

}

public function confirm(): void

{

if ($this->totalAmount()->isLessThan($this->minimumSpend)) {

throw new MinimumSpendNotReached();

}

$this->status = BookingStatus::Confirmed;

}

}

38 Chapters of Practical DDD

From fundamentals to advanced patterns. Real code, real examples, real Laravel.

PART I-II

Foundations

Why DDD, the three pillars, folder structure, entities, value objects, aggregates.

PART III-IV

Application Layer

Commands, queries, handlers, DTOs, repositories, domain events, external integrations.

PART V-VI

Testing & Contexts

Unit testing, integration testing, bounded contexts, context mapping, external systems.

PART VII-IX

Advanced & AI

Event sourcing, CQRS deep dive, projections, real-world patterns, AI-assisted development.

38

Chapters

15+

Diagrams

100+

Code Examples

4

Appendices

Who Is This Book For?

If you build Laravel applications and want them to scale without becoming unmaintainable, this book is for you.

Laravel Developers

Move beyond MVC. Learn patterns that handle complexity without fighting the framework.

Tech Leads

Establish architecture patterns your team can follow. Make code reviews easier with clear boundaries.

AI-Forward Teams

Structure code so AI assistants can help effectively. Reduce hallucinations with explicit patterns.

What Readers Say

Early feedback from Laravel developers and architects.

"The AI argument completely reframes the 'too much boilerplate' objection. If AI writes the boilerplate, who cares?"
C

Carlos

Junior Laravel Developer

"This is the first DDD book I've read that feels like it was written by someone who ships on Fridays."
L

Laura

Tech Lead, 8 years experience

"For Laravel teams wanting structure beyond MVC, this fills a real gap. Best Laravel DDD guide available."
M

Miguel

DDD Architect, 15 years experience

"Best compromise for Laravel shops. The domain layer is truly framework-agnostic."
A

Andres

Clean Architecture Advocate

"The code examples are production-grade. Real PHP 8.2+ code, not pseudocode. Finally validates modern DDD in PHP."
P

Patricia

Senior PHP Developer, 12 years

7.7

Average Rating

From 5 early reviewers

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