Strong understanding of PHP (8.1/8.2)
Expertise in Laravel (v9 or v10):
Routing
Eloquent ORM
Blade templating
Service Providers
Middleware
Job Queues
Event Broadcasting
๐ Database & Backend
Experience with MySQL or PostgreSQL
Writing optimized SQL queries and database migrations
Understanding of relationships, indexing, transactions
๐จ Frontend (Basic to Intermediate)
HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript (Vanilla or with Alpine.js)
Blade templates
Experience with Livewire, Inertia.js, or Vue.js (optional but valuable)
Knowledge of Vite and asset compilation
๐ APIs & Integration
RESTful API development & consumption
Third-party API integration (e.g., Stripe, Firebase, etc.)
Laravel Passport / Sanctum for authentication
๐งช Testing
PHPUnit for backend tests
Feature and unit testing best practices
โ๏ธ DevOps & Tools
Version control: Git
Experience with Composer, Artisan, and npm/yarn
Working with Docker (optional but desirable)
Deployment: Forge, Envoyer, DigitalOcean, AWS, or other servers