Ddd Generator Bundle Laravel Package

Product Decisions This Supports

• Accelerate DDD Adoption: Reduces manual boilerplate for Domain-Driven Design (DDD) patterns (entities, commands, tests) by 60–80%, enabling faster iteration on domain logic. Ideal for teams transitioning from MVC to DDD or scaling existing DDD projects.
• Standardize Code Generation: Enforces consistent DDD patterns (e.g., repository injection, test traits) across microservices or monoliths, reducing technical debt from ad-hoc implementations.
• Developer Productivity: Cuts entity/command/test creation time from 15–30 minutes to <2 minutes per artifact, freeing engineers for high-value work (e.g., business logic refinement).
• Onboarding Efficiency: Lowers the barrier for junior developers to contribute to DDD layers by providing scaffolding for common patterns (e.g., givenEntityIsCreated() in tests).
• Roadmap Alignment: Supports a modular architecture roadmap by generating domain-agnostic components (e.g., Authorization/Domain/User) that can be extracted into standalone services.
• Build vs. Buy: Buy—avoids reinventing DDD generators (e.g., custom Artisan commands) while offering extensibility for custom templates/makers. Justification: Low maintenance burden (Symfony/Laravel ecosystem), no vendor lock-in.
• Use Cases:
  • Greenfield Projects: Kickstart DDD layers with pre-configured entities, commands, and tests.
  • Refactoring: Migrate legacy MVC code to DDD by generating domain models incrementally.
  • Microservices: Generate domain-specific artifacts (e.g., Order/Domain/Order) for bounded contexts.
  • Testing: Automate test scaffolding (e.g., UserTest with givenEntityIsCreated()).

When to Consider This Package

• Adopt When:

  • Your team is committed to DDD and needs to reduce boilerplate for entities, commands, or tests.
  • You’re using Laravel 9+ (Symfony 6 compatibility) or Symfony 5.4+ (core dependency).
  • You want to standardize DDD patterns across a codebase with >5 domains/microservices.
  • Your project has >3 developers contributing to domain logic, and onboarding velocity is a bottleneck.
  • You’re migrating from MVC to DDD and need a scaffold to avoid "big bang" refactoring.

• Look Elsewhere If:

  • You’re not using DDD: The package’s value is niche; generic code generators (e.g., Laravel’s built-in make:model) may suffice.
  • Your team prefers manual implementation: Developers prioritize customization over convention (e.g., hand-written test cases).
  • You’re on Laravel <8.0 or PHP <8.0: Symfony 6/PHP 8.1 requirements may introduce friction.
  • You need non-DDD features: For CRUD scaffolding, use Laravel’s make:controller or Inertia.js.
  • Your project has highly custom DDD requirements: The package’s templates may need extensive overrides (e.g., unique event handling).
  • You’re using alternative DDD frameworks (e.g., Spatie’s Laravel DDD, Cycle ORM’s DDD tools).

How to Pitch It (Stakeholders)

For Executives/Business Leaders

*"This package automates 70% of the repetitive work in building Domain-Driven Design components—entities, commands, and tests—so our team can focus on delivering business value faster. For example, creating a new User entity and its tests used to take 20 minutes; now it takes 90 seconds. This directly impacts:

• Faster feature delivery: Reduce domain-layer development time by 60%.
• Lower onboarding costs: New hires can contribute to DDD layers immediately with standardized templates.
• Scalable architecture: Enables clean separation of domains, critical for our microservices roadmap.
• Consistency: Eliminates ‘works on my machine’ issues from ad-hoc DDD implementations. The cost? Minimal—just a Composer install and 15 minutes of training. We’re not locking into a vendor; this is a lightweight tool built on open-source Symfony/Laravel components."*

For Engineering Leaders

*"This solves two critical pain points:

1. DDD Boilerplate: Teams spend 10–15 hours/week writing repetitive entity/command/test code. This package cuts that to <2 hours/week, freeing time for complex logic.
2. Inconsistency: Without this, we risk fragmented DDD implementations across services. The package enforces a single source of truth for patterns like repository injection and test traits. Key benefits:

• Extensible: Need custom generators? Extend the DddEntityMaker abstract class in 10 minutes.
• Future-proof: Symfony 6 support aligns with Laravel 9+, and the package’s low dependency footprint means no surprises.
• Testable: Generated tests include givenEntityIsCreated() and command handler traits, reducing flaky tests. Risks: Minimal—it’s a dev dependency with no runtime impact. We can pilot it in one microservice first (e.g., Order) before rolling out."*

For Developers

*"If you’re tired of writing the same DDD code over and over, this is for you. Here’s what it does:

• php artisan make:ddd-entity User → Generates:
  • Entity class (User.php) with UUID, timestamps, and soft deletes.
  • Repository interface (UserRepositoryInterface.php).
  • Command (CreateUserCommand.php) + handler with repository injection.
  • Test class (UserTest.php) with givenEntityIsCreated() and assertion helpers.
• Customizable: Override templates in resources/skeleton/ddd/ or extend DddEntityMaker for your team’s patterns.
• Symfony 6 Ready: Works with Laravel 9+ out of the box. Try it:

composer require becklyn/ddd-generator-bundle --dev
php artisan make:ddd-entity Post --domain=Blog

No more copy-pasting entity stubs or writing the same test setup. Just focus on the fun part: business logic."*