Building Manifests ​

A manifest is a file that describes the structure of your application. It is used by the arch:build command to create the files and folders of your application. By default the manifest is written in YAML and is located at .arch/manifest.yaml within your project directory or repository.

Example ​

Let's say you want to create a blog application. You will need a Post model and a Comment model. The Post model will have a hasMany relationship with the Comment model and the Comment model will have a belongsTo relationship with the Post model.

Manifest ​

arch: 1.0.0
definitions:
  models:
    Post:
      columns:
        title: string
        content: longText
      relationships:
        hasMany: Comment
    Comment:
      columns:
        body: longText
      relationships:
        belongsTo: Post

The above manifest will generate the files and folders needed to create the blog application. The arch:build command will create the following files and folders:

Output ​

Created:

- app/Models/Comment.php
- app/Models/Post.php
- database/factories/CommentFactory.php
- database/factories/PostFactory.php
- database/migrations/2023_01_01_000000_create_posts_table.php
- database/migrations/2023_01_01_000001_create_comments_table.php
- database/seeders/CommentSeeder.php
- database/seeders/PostSeeder.php
- tests/Unit/Models/CommentTest.php
- tests/Unit/Models/PostTest.php

And that's it! You can now start working on your application. Happy coding!