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rtablada/inspector-gadget
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A web-component inspired data flow library for Laravel views.

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Inspector Gadget
================

[](#inspector-gadget)

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Inspector Gadget is a [web-component](https://css-tricks.com/modular-future-web-components/) and [Ember.js](http://emberjs.com) inspired library for improving data-flow, maintainability, and template reusability.

Gadgets, in inspector gadget allow for template partials or even plain strings to be rendered in a smart, explicit fashion while reducing weight and overloaded controllers or domain layers.

Install
-------

[](#install)

Via Composer

```
$ composer require rtablada/inspector-gadget
```

In the `app.php` config file, add `'Rtablada\InspectorGadget\GadgetServiceProvider',` to the `providers` array.

Then publish the configuration file with `php artisan vendor:publish` to publish the `config/inspector-gadget.php` file.

**Note**

You can optionally install install the `Rtablada\InspectorGadget\Facades\Gadget'` to the facades array as `Gadget` to use gadget facades in your views.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

### Gadget Classes

[](#gadget-classes)

Gadgets are just plain PHP objects with a `render` method. The string returned by the `render` function will be sent back to your views. Since the gadgets are resolved using the application container, you can dependency inject like any other class in your application.

```
class ExampleGadget
{
    public function render()
    {
        return 'this string will be returned';
    }
}
```

### Making Gadgets with the GadgetFactory

[](#making-gadgets-with-the-gadgetfactory)

In you views, you can render gadgets using the `make` function on the `gadgetFactory` variable that is available in your views. The `make` function accepts a string argument for the gadget class that you want to render in your view.

```
$gadgetFactory->make('ExampleGadget'); // returns 'this string will be returned'
```

### Passing Arguments to Gadgets

[](#passing-arguments-to-gadgets)

To allow greater flexibility, you can pass arguments to the `render` function in your gadget.

```
// app/Gadgets/ArgumentGadget.php
class ArgumentGadget
{
    public function render($str)
    {
        return $str . ' from gadget';
    }
}

// view.php
$gadgetFactory->make('ArgumentGadget', 'test'); // returns 'test from gadget'
```

### Shortcuts

[](#shortcuts)

If you have registered the `Gadget` facade, then you can have the following in your views:

```
Gadget::make('ExampleGadget');
```

If you're using blade templates, there is a `@gadget` helper that calls `$gadgetFactory->make()`

```
@gadget('ExampleGadget')
```

### Better Data Flow

[](#better-data-flow)

Consider the following controller action:

```
public function show($id)
{
    $post = $this->post->find($id);
    $relevantPosts = $this->suggestionEngine->relevantPosts($post);
    $comments = $this->comment->allForPost($post);

    $user = $this->auth->user();

    $userHistory = $this->historyCache->historyForUser($user);
    // etc.

    return view('post.show', compact('post', 'relevantPosts', 'comments', 'user', 'userHistory', '...'));
}
```

And the accompanying view:

```

        History

        Things You Might Like

```

This can be cleaned up using gadgets:

```
// Controller
public function show($id)
{
    $post = $this->post->find($id);
    $user = $this->auth->user();

    return view('post.show', compact('post', 'user'));
}
```

```
// View

        History
        @gadget('UserPostHistory', $user)

        Things You Might Like
        @gadget('RelevantPosts', $post)

```

Configuring
-----------

[](#configuring)

### Default Namespace

[](#default-namespace)

To shorten the need for full class names in your `Gadget::make` calls, Inspector Gadget has a `namespace` configuration option in the `config/inspector-gadget.php` file. This is used as a default namespace to look up gadgets. If a class is not found in your configured default namespace, then Inspector Gadget will attempt to load from the full class name.

### Aliases

[](#aliases)

To further shorthand and ease, you can register aliases in the `aliases` array in the `config/inspector-gadget.php` file. This allows for gadgets to be aliased without poluting the app container.

Testing
-------

[](#testing)

```
$ phpunit
```

Contributing
------------

[](#contributing)

Please see [CONTRIBUTING](CONTRIBUTING.md) for details.

Security
--------

[](#security)

If you discover any security related issues, please email  instead of using the issue tracker.

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

- [Ryan Tablada](https://github.com/rtablada)
- [All Contributors](../../contributors)

License
-------

[](#license)

The MIT License (MIT). Please see [License File](LICENSE.md) for more information.

###  Health Score

30

—

LowBetter than 65% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity19

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity61

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~105 days

Total

3

Last Release

3870d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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