Laravel 5.1 App Architecture

							<?php namespace App\Console\Commands;

							class Hello extends Command
							{
								protected $signature = 'demo:hello';
								public function handle()
								{
									$this->info(sprintf(
										'Number of arguments: %d',
										count($this->argument())
									));
								}
							}
						

							<?php namespace App\Console;

							class Kernel extends ConsoleKernel
							{
								// This array registers custom commands with Laravel.

								protected $commands = [
									...
									\App\Console\Commands\Hello::class,
								];
							}
						

							<?php namespace App\Jobs;
							use Illuminate\Contracts\Queue\ShouldQueue;

							class CheckOrders extends Job implemkents ShouldQueue
							{
								public __construct($data_to_work_on) {
									$this->data_to_work_on = $data_to_work_on;
								}

								public function handle(AnyProvider $provider, ...)
								{
									// Do its stuff
								}
							}
						

							// Register a closure to run when the Order model is updated.

							\App\Order::updated(function(\App\Order $order) {
								// Do stuff given order
							});
						

							// What the eloquent "updated" event registration actually does.

							Event::listen(
								'eloquent.updated: App\Order', // Event name
								function(\App\Order $order) {
									// Do stuff given order
								}
							);
						

							<?php namespace App\Providers;

							class EventServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
							{
								protected $listen = [
									'eloquent.updated: App\Order' => [
										// Custom listener class to do stuff
										'App\Listener\OrderUpdated',
									],
									...
								];
							}
						

							<?php namespace App\Providers;

							class EventServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
							{
								protected $listen = [
									'App\Events\OrderComplete' => [
										// Custom listener class to do stuff
										'App\Listener\OrderComplete',
									],
									...
								];
							}
						

							\App\Order::updated(function(\App\Order $order) {
								// Order has changed status to COMPLETE.
								if (
									$order->getOriginal()['status'] != 'COMPLETE'
									&& $order->status == 'COMPLETE'
								) {
									Event::fire(new App\Events\OrderComplete($order));
								}
							});
						

							# crontab
							# send outstanding emails every five minutes
							*/5 * * * * php artisan demo:send_emails
							# send payment reminders at 8am daily
							0 8 * * * php artisan demo:send_payment_reminders
							# etc
						

							# Call scheduler every minute
							* * * * * php artisan schedule:run >/dev/null 2>&1
						

							<?php namespace App\Console;

							class Kernel extends ConsoleKernel
							{
								protected function schedule(Schedule $schedule)
								{
									$schedule->command('demo:send_payment_reminders')
										->dailyAt('8:00');

									// etc for other jobs
								}
							}