SlimPHP package which adds a bunch of Laravel-esque Facades, Traits and helpers

TLDR: Here’s the package: Affinity4/SlimFacades

Why did I do this?

So, I use Laravel professionally, but when I’m just trying out a new package, or messing around with a concept I generally reach for Slim first.

Anyways, I was trying to learn more about how Laravel wires up its Facades so easily, and I decided to try do the same in Slim. A few days later and I added Macroable, Conditionable, ForwardsCalls, Tappable, tap(), response(), dd(), Pipeline, and Hub (you find this in the Laravel docs) and Dumpable (which will be in Laravel 11)

I learned a bunch about Laravel.

1. The tap helper is awesome, and I have not used it enough!
2. Pipelines are a great way to clean up your controllers and make them easier to unit test
3. The Proxy Pattern is a great thing to have in your back pocket…check out the ForwardsCalls in the README. If you’ve ever wished you could inherit a final class in PHP, this pattern could be for you!

Hope you try it…hope you like it!