Routes Best Practices

Keep your route files clean and focused on mapping requests to controllers. Routes should never contain business logic, validation, or database operations.

Anti-Pattern: Business Logic in Routes

// BAD: Business logic directly in routes
Route::post('/order/{order}/cancel', function (Order $order) {
    if ($order->status !== 'pending') {
        return response()->json(['error' => 'Cannot cancel'], 400);
    }

    $order->status = 'cancelled';
    $order->cancelled_at = now();
    $order->save();

    Mail::to($order->user)->send(new OrderCancelled($order));