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Scaffy Core is the framework-agnostic core of the Scaffy code generation system. It handles the business logic for generating model scaffolding based on your database schema, following a clean Hexagonal Architecture design.

✨ Features

• 🔌 Completely decoupled from any PHP framework (Laravel, Symfony, etc.)
• 💡 Provides clean ports for database and framework adapters
• 🧱 Reusable across Laravel, CLI tools, or other integrations
• 🧮 Generates model definitions from your actual database metadata

📦 Requirements

• PHP 8.1+
• Composer

🧰 Installation

composer require gnu/scaffy-core

You can now import and use Gnu\Scaffy\Core components in your project.

🧠 Hexagonal Architecture

Scaffy Core sits at the center of a hexagonal architecture:

+-------------------------+
|    Framework Adapters   |  ← e.g. Laravel, CLI, Symfony, CodeIgniter...
+-------------------------+
           ↑
           |
           ↓
+-------------------------+
|       Scaffy Core       |
|  - Business logic       |
|  - FrameworkPort        |
+-------------------------+
           ↑
           |
           ↓
+-------------------------+
|     Database Adapters   |  ← e.g. PostgreSQL, SQL Server, MySql...
+-------------------------+

🔧 Usage

Scaffy Core defines the core contracts and logic. To use it:

1. Create an adapter implementing FrameworkPort
2. Create DB-specific implementations of DatabasePort
3. Inject and use them however you want (Laravel, CLI, custom)

Example usage in a Laravel adapter:

$scaffy = new ScaffyService($databasePort);
$scaffy->generate($schema);

🧱 Components

• Helpers — Utility functions for file and string handling
• Ports\FrameworkPort — Interface for framework-side adapters

🧪 Example

use Gnu\Scaffy\Core\Helpers\IOHelper;

$path = IOHelper::findRootDirectory('/app/Models');

✅ Goals

• Maintain strict separation between business logic and frameworks
• Promote testability and flexibility across environments
• Encourage modular adapter/plugin design
• Development of Laravel APIs over exising databases.

📄 License

MIT © gnujesus