App::error, Accept:application/json, and app.debug = false

Application crashed? Client only accepts application/json? Unless your Laravel 4 application is in debug mode, you're out of luck: the client receives text/html!

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Pudgy controllers? Try the Route diet!

Nestled between user and controller, the routing layer is a perfect home for common filtering and access-control oriented code. But you have to know your framework's routing capabilities to exploit this location. In this article, I share a users' group presentation on the supple Laravel 4 Route facade.

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