When you're working with a REST API, it's very important to guarantee that the data you're receiving match some defined rules and will not break the system. How do we do this? Meet Laravel's request validation tool. 

Do you write unit tests for your code? If you don't, you should. Unit tests are a fast, inexpensive, and efficient tool that helps guarantee code quality.

When we're programming, most of us think about solving the problem that lies ahead. But instead of asking, "How do I create code that works?" we should be asking, "How do I solve problems in the most efficient and elegant way, consuming as little processing capacity as possible?"