Technical Evaluation

Architecture fit: The package remains a Statamic addon for Laravel applications that need event/calendar content. v0.8.0 moves route and template ownership out of the addon and into the host application, which is a healthier Statamic-aligned architecture but increases app-level integration responsibility.
Integration feasibility: Feasible for teams already comfortable with Statamic routes, Antlers templates, and publishing package assets. New adopters should install the examples package and wire routes/templates explicitly. Upgrades require a planned migration because /calendar and the statamic-calendar/index / statamic-calendar/show templates are no longer shipped.
Technical risk: Medium. The release contains breaking changes: removed route, removed built-in views, and an ignored routes config key. The tags fix is valuable but changes failure behavior: invalid tags values now throw InvalidArgumentException instead of silently disabling the filter.
Key questions:
- Do any existing routes or collections reference /calendar, statamic-calendar/index, or statamic-calendar/show?
- Is there a published config/statamic-calendar.php with a routes key that must be removed?
- Are tags values in content guaranteed to be valid slugs or terms?
- Which Statamic/Laravel versions are supported by the package, and does the current app match?
- Will the team adopt statamic-calendar-examples as a starting point or maintain custom templates?

Integration Approach

Stack fit: Fits Laravel + Statamic sites that need event listing/detail pages and term-based filtering. The addon now assumes the application owns routing and presentation, so teams should treat it as a content/query package rather than a turnkey calendar frontend.
Migration path:
1. Inventory all routes, collections, and templates using /calendar, statamic-calendar/index, or statamic-calendar/show.
2. Publish examples with php artisan vendor:publish --tag=statamic-calendar-examples.
3. Create app-owned routes, e.g. Route::statamic('calendar', 'events/index'), and point existing collections/routes at app templates.
4. Keep previously published statamic-calendar-views templates if they are already in use; they remain compatible.
5. Remove the routes key from any published config/statamic-calendar.php.
6. Validate tags content and test query-builder and single-term filtering behavior.
Compatibility: Existing published statamic-calendar-views templates keep working, which lowers template migration risk. Custom templates and routes need explicit review. The examples package is the recommended reference for new templates.
Sequencing: Upgrade in staging first. Audit routes/templates/config, publish examples, migrate route definitions, remove obsolete config, validate tag data, run regression tests for listing/detail pages and term filters, then deploy with a rollback plan.

Maintenance: The app team now owns calendar routes and templates, increasing local maintenance but reducing hidden package behavior. Document route/template ownership and template customization standards.
Support: The upgrade notes are clear, but support burden will shift to application teams for route/template issues. Provide an internal migration checklist and examples-package reference.
Scaling: No major scaling concern is indicated. The tags filtering fix should improve correctness for term-bound listings. However, stricter validation may expose bad content data at runtime.
Failure modes:
- 404s if /calendar is not re-registered.
- Missing-template errors if collections/routes still reference removed statamic-calendar/* templates.
- InvalidArgumentException when tags values are neither slugs nor terms.
- Confusion if a stale routes config key remains, since it is no longer read.
Ramp-up: Low-to-medium for Statamic developers; medium for teams relying on the addon’s previous turnkey route/views. Budget time for route/template migration, content validation, and staging regression testing before production upgrade.