# sleman2022/restsurant architecture

> Architecture diagram of the GitHub repository sleman2022/restsurant, generated by GitDiagram from its file tree, README and a sample of source files (last updated 2026-06-28). It is an AI-made overview: check details against the source.

- Interactive diagram: https://gitdiagram.com/sleman2022/restsurant
- Repository: https://github.com/sleman2022/restsurant

## Overview

1. **Repository shape**
   - This is a two-app setup: `restaurant_backend` is a Laravel API/backend, and `restaurant_frontend` is a Vue-based single-page admin UI.
   - The two halves are loosely coupled through HTTP APIs; the backend owns persistence and domain rules, while the frontend owns layout, routing, and user interaction.

2. **Backend architecture boundary**
   - The backend follows a classic Laravel layered structure: HTTP controllers, a service layer, Eloquent models, and API resources.
   - Main entry points are `routes/api.php` for machine-consumed endpoints and `routes/web.php` for any browser-facing Laravel routes.
   - Middleware and auth config indicate protected endpoints and request filtering are handled in the Laravel kernel.

3. **Backend domain model**
   - The domain is restaurant management with four main entities: `User`, `Menu`, `Category`, and `Item`.
   - `Category_Menu` is a pivot/join model, which suggests menus and categories are related many-to-many or otherwise linked through an intermediate table.
   - Migrations show the schema is intentionally split into separate tables for menu, category, item, pivot mapping, and user extensions.

4. **Backend application services**
   - Business logic is separated into interfaces and implementations under `app/Services`.
   - There are dedicated service contracts for categories, items, menus, and users, which keeps controllers thin and makes the domain logic easier to swap or test.
   - Controllers such as `AuthController`, `CategoriesController`, `ItemsController`, `MenusController`, and `UsersController` likely orchestrate requests and delegate to these services.

5. **Backend presentation/output layer**
   - Response shaping is handled by resource classes under `app/Http/Resources`.
   - Separate resources exist for list and detail views of categories and items, plus menu and user resources.
   - This means the API does not expose raw Eloquent models directly; it returns curated payloads for the frontend.

6. **Backend persistence and setup**
   - Data persistence is MySQL/PostgreSQL-style Laravel database migrations plus seeding.
   - The README explicitly instructs running `php artisan migrate:fresh --seed`, which means the app expects a fully rebuilt schema and seed data during setup.
   - Laravel Sanctum is present in config and migrations, indicating token-based API authentication is part of the backend boundary.

7. **Frontend application shell**
   - The frontend is a Vue SPA with a generated admin dashboard layout, built with Vue CLI/Webpack tooling.
   - `main.ts`, `router`, `store`, and `layout` form the core app shell; `Layout.vue` and the header/aside/toolbar components define the global frame.
   - The app uses a large theme asset set under `src/assets`, which is mostly presentation infrastructure rather than business logic.

8. **Frontend feature modules**
   - Feature screens are organized by domain: `categories`, `items`, `menus`, and `users`.
   - Each domain has page components, and some have modal dialogs for create flows such as `NewCategoryModal.vue`, `NewItemModal.vue`, and `NewMenuModal.vue`.
   - This points to CRUD-centric admin workflows rather than a consumer storefront.

9. **Frontend state, routing, and API integration**
   - Vue Router defines page navigation, while Vuex store modules manage application state such as auth, breadcrumbs, config, and body/UI state.
   - `ApiService` is the frontend’s main HTTP gateway to the backend API; `AuthModule` and `JwtService` suggest centralized auth/session handling on the client side.
   - `MockService` and the core data files indicate some template-provided mock/demo capability, but the primary architecture is API-driven.

10. **Shared UI/runtime infrastructure**
   - The frontend uses a component and plugin layer for common concerns like i18n, inline SVG, validation, charts, and theme behavior.
   - Much of `src/core` and `src/assets/ts` is framework/theme infrastructure inherited from the admin template, supporting layout state and reusable UI behaviors.
   - These pieces matter architecturally because they define how pages are composed, but they are not the domain logic itself.

11. **Primary data flow**
   - Typical flow is: user action in Vue page/modal → frontend store/API service → Laravel controller → service layer → Eloquent models/database → API resource → JSON response → Vue updates.
   - Authentication wraps this flow so protected screens can load only after the client has a valid token/session state and the backend authorizes the request.

12. **Infrastructure and packaging**
   - Backend dependencies are managed with Composer and frontend dependencies with npm.
   - Backend runtime is PHP/Laravel; frontend runtime is Node/Vue.
   - The repo includes tests for Laravel and standard build configs for the Vue app, so the architecture is split not just by runtime but also by deployment boundary.

Main entry points: [`restaurant_frontend/src/router/index.ts`](https://github.com/sleman2022/restsurant/blob/main/restaurant_frontend/src/router/index.ts) (Router), [`restaurant_frontend/src/core/services/ApiService.ts`](https://github.com/sleman2022/restsurant/blob/main/restaurant_frontend/src/core/services/ApiService.ts) (API service), [`restaurant_backend/app/Http/Kernel.php`](https://github.com/sleman2022/restsurant/blob/main/restaurant_backend/app/Http/Kernel.php) (HTTP kernel), [`restaurant_frontend/src/main.ts`](https://github.com/sleman2022/restsurant/blob/main/restaurant_frontend/src/main.ts) (App entry)

## Diagram (Mermaid)

```mermaid
flowchart TD

subgraph group_backend["Backend"]
  node_backend_routes_api["API routes<br/>Laravel route map<br/>[api.php]"]
  node_backend_routes_web["Web routes<br/>Laravel route map<br/>[web.php]"]
  node_backend_kernel["HTTP kernel<br/>middleware/auth<br/>[Kernel.php]"]
  node_backend_controllers["Controllers"]
  node_backend_services["Services"]
  node_backend_models[("Models")]
  node_backend_resources["API resources<br/>response shaping"]
  node_backend_migrations["Migrations<br/>schema setup"]
  node_backend_sanctum["Sanctum<br/>token auth<br/>[sanctum.php]"]
end

subgraph group_frontend["Frontend"]
  node_frontend_main["App entry<br/>Vue bootstrap<br/>[main.ts]"]
  node_frontend_layout["Layout shell<br/>SPA frame<br/>[Layout.vue]"]
  node_frontend_router["Router<br/>[index.ts]"]
  node_frontend_store[("Store<br/>Vuex state<br/>[index.ts]")]
  node_frontend_api["API service<br/>HTTP gateway<br/>[ApiService.ts]"]
  node_frontend_jwt["JWT service<br/>session auth<br/>[JwtService.ts]"]
  node_frontend_auth_module["Auth module<br/>store module<br/>[AuthModule.ts]"]
  node_frontend_categories["Categories<br/>feature pages<br/>[categories.vue]"]
  node_frontend_items["Items<br/>feature pages<br/>[items.vue]"]
  node_frontend_menus["Menus<br/>feature pages<br/>[menus.vue]"]
  node_frontend_users["Users<br/>feature pages<br/>[users.vue]"]
end

node_backend_routes_api -->|"uses"| node_backend_kernel
node_backend_routes_web -->|"uses"| node_backend_kernel
node_backend_kernel -->|"dispatches"| node_backend_controllers
node_backend_controllers -->|"delegates"| node_backend_services
node_backend_services -->|"queries"| node_backend_models
node_backend_models -->|"schema"| node_backend_migrations
node_backend_services -->|"formats"| node_backend_resources
node_backend_resources -->|"returns"| node_backend_routes_api
node_backend_sanctum -->|"protects"| node_backend_kernel
node_frontend_main -->|"mounts"| node_frontend_layout
node_frontend_main -->|"registers"| node_frontend_router
node_frontend_main -->|"registers"| node_frontend_store
node_frontend_router -->|"navigates"| node_frontend_categories
node_frontend_router -->|"navigates"| node_frontend_items
node_frontend_router -->|"navigates"| node_frontend_menus
node_frontend_router -->|"navigates"| node_frontend_users
node_frontend_categories -->|"fetches"| node_frontend_api
node_frontend_items -->|"fetches"| node_frontend_api
node_frontend_menus -->|"fetches"| node_frontend_api
node_frontend_users -->|"fetches"| node_frontend_api
node_frontend_store -->|"includes"| node_frontend_auth_module
node_frontend_auth_module -->|"uses"| node_frontend_jwt
node_frontend_api -->|"calls"| node_backend_routes_api
node_frontend_jwt -->|"authenticates"| node_backend_sanctum

click node_backend_routes_api "https://github.com/sleman2022/restsurant/blob/main/restaurant_backend/routes/api.php"
click node_backend_routes_web "https://github.com/sleman2022/restsurant/blob/main/restaurant_backend/routes/web.php"
click node_backend_kernel "https://github.com/sleman2022/restsurant/blob/main/restaurant_backend/app/Http/Kernel.php"
click node_backend_controllers "https://github.com/sleman2022/restsurant/tree/main/restaurant_backend/app/Http/Controllers"
click node_backend_services "https://github.com/sleman2022/restsurant/tree/main/restaurant_backend/app/Services"
click node_backend_models "https://github.com/sleman2022/restsurant/tree/main/restaurant_backend/app/Models"
click node_backend_resources "https://github.com/sleman2022/restsurant/tree/main/restaurant_backend/app/Http/Resources"
click node_backend_migrations "https://github.com/sleman2022/restsurant/tree/main/restaurant_backend/database/migrations"
click node_backend_sanctum "https://github.com/sleman2022/restsurant/blob/main/restaurant_backend/config/sanctum.php"
click node_frontend_main "https://github.com/sleman2022/restsurant/blob/main/restaurant_frontend/src/main.ts"
click node_frontend_layout "https://github.com/sleman2022/restsurant/blob/main/restaurant_frontend/src/layout/Layout.vue"
click node_frontend_router "https://github.com/sleman2022/restsurant/blob/main/restaurant_frontend/src/router/index.ts"
click node_frontend_store "https://github.com/sleman2022/restsurant/blob/main/restaurant_frontend/src/store/index.ts"
click node_frontend_api "https://github.com/sleman2022/restsurant/blob/main/restaurant_frontend/src/core/services/ApiService.ts"
click node_frontend_jwt "https://github.com/sleman2022/restsurant/blob/main/restaurant_frontend/src/core/services/JwtService.ts"
click node_frontend_auth_module "https://github.com/sleman2022/restsurant/blob/main/restaurant_frontend/src/store/modules/AuthModule.ts"
click node_frontend_categories "https://github.com/sleman2022/restsurant/blob/main/restaurant_frontend/src/categories/categories.vue"
click node_frontend_items "https://github.com/sleman2022/restsurant/blob/main/restaurant_frontend/src/items/items.vue"
click node_frontend_menus "https://github.com/sleman2022/restsurant/blob/main/restaurant_frontend/src/menus/menus.vue"
click node_frontend_users "https://github.com/sleman2022/restsurant/blob/main/restaurant_frontend/src/users/users.vue"

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classDef toneBlue fill:#dbeafe,stroke:#2563eb,stroke-width:1.5px,color:#172554
classDef toneAmber fill:#fef3c7,stroke:#d97706,stroke-width:1.5px,color:#78350f
classDef toneMint fill:#dcfce7,stroke:#16a34a,stroke-width:1.5px,color:#14532d
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class node_backend_routes_api,node_backend_routes_web,node_backend_kernel,node_backend_controllers,node_backend_services,node_backend_models,node_backend_resources,node_backend_migrations,node_backend_sanctum toneBlue
class node_frontend_main,node_frontend_layout,node_frontend_router,node_frontend_store,node_frontend_api,node_frontend_jwt,node_frontend_auth_module,node_frontend_categories,node_frontend_items,node_frontend_menus,node_frontend_users toneAmber
```

## Components

### Backend

Laravel API, domain services, persistence, and response shaping

- [API routes](https://github.com/sleman2022/restsurant/blob/main/restaurant_backend/routes/api.php): Laravel route map · Machine-facing endpoint definitions · `restaurant_backend/routes/api.php`
- [Web routes](https://github.com/sleman2022/restsurant/blob/main/restaurant_backend/routes/web.php): Laravel route map · Browser-facing Laravel routes · `restaurant_backend/routes/web.php`
- [HTTP kernel](https://github.com/sleman2022/restsurant/blob/main/restaurant_backend/app/Http/Kernel.php): middleware/auth · Request pipeline, middleware, and auth filtering · `restaurant_backend/app/Http/Kernel.php`
- [Controllers](https://github.com/sleman2022/restsurant/tree/main/restaurant_backend/app/Http/Controllers): HTTP controllers · Auth and CRUD request orchestration · `restaurant_backend/app/Http/Controllers`
- [Services](https://github.com/sleman2022/restsurant/tree/main/restaurant_backend/app/Services): domain services · Business logic contracts and implementations · `restaurant_backend/app/Services`
- [Models](https://github.com/sleman2022/restsurant/tree/main/restaurant_backend/app/Models): Eloquent models · User, Menu, Category, Item, and pivot domain entities · `restaurant_backend/app/Models`
- [API resources](https://github.com/sleman2022/restsurant/tree/main/restaurant_backend/app/Http/Resources): response shaping · Curated list and detail payloads for the API · `restaurant_backend/app/Http/Resources`
- [Migrations](https://github.com/sleman2022/restsurant/tree/main/restaurant_backend/database/migrations): schema setup · Tables for users, menus, categories, items, and pivot mapping · `restaurant_backend/database/migrations`
- [Sanctum](https://github.com/sleman2022/restsurant/blob/main/restaurant_backend/config/sanctum.php): token auth · Token-based API authentication boundary · `restaurant_backend/config/sanctum.php`

### Frontend

Vue SPA shell, state, routing, and admin features

- [App entry](https://github.com/sleman2022/restsurant/blob/main/restaurant_frontend/src/main.ts): Vue bootstrap · Client bootstrapping and app startup · `restaurant_frontend/src/main.ts`
- [Layout shell](https://github.com/sleman2022/restsurant/blob/main/restaurant_frontend/src/layout/Layout.vue): SPA frame · Global layout, header, aside, toolbar, and framing · `restaurant_frontend/src/layout/Layout.vue`
- [Router](https://github.com/sleman2022/restsurant/blob/main/restaurant_frontend/src/router/index.ts): Vue router · Client-side page navigation · `restaurant_frontend/src/router/index.ts`
- [Store](https://github.com/sleman2022/restsurant/blob/main/restaurant_frontend/src/store/index.ts): Vuex state · Auth, breadcrumbs, config, and UI state · `restaurant_frontend/src/store/index.ts`
- [API service](https://github.com/sleman2022/restsurant/blob/main/restaurant_frontend/src/core/services/ApiService.ts): HTTP gateway · Main client-side bridge to backend endpoints · `restaurant_frontend/src/core/services/ApiService.ts`
- [JWT service](https://github.com/sleman2022/restsurant/blob/main/restaurant_frontend/src/core/services/JwtService.ts): session auth · Client token handling for protected screens · `restaurant_frontend/src/core/services/JwtService.ts`
- [Auth module](https://github.com/sleman2022/restsurant/blob/main/restaurant_frontend/src/store/modules/AuthModule.ts): store module · Client auth/session state management · `restaurant_frontend/src/store/modules/AuthModule.ts`
- [Categories](https://github.com/sleman2022/restsurant/blob/main/restaurant_frontend/src/categories/categories.vue): feature pages · CRUD screens for categories · `restaurant_frontend/src/categories/categories.vue`
- [Items](https://github.com/sleman2022/restsurant/blob/main/restaurant_frontend/src/items/items.vue): feature pages · CRUD screens for menu items · `restaurant_frontend/src/items/items.vue`
- [Menus](https://github.com/sleman2022/restsurant/blob/main/restaurant_frontend/src/menus/menus.vue): feature pages · CRUD screens for menus · `restaurant_frontend/src/menus/menus.vue`
- [Users](https://github.com/sleman2022/restsurant/blob/main/restaurant_frontend/src/users/users.vue): feature pages · User management screens · `restaurant_frontend/src/users/users.vue`

## Connections

- API routes → HTTP kernel: uses · API requests enter the Laravel pipeline
- Web routes → HTTP kernel: uses · Web requests also pass through middleware
- HTTP kernel → Controllers: dispatches · Filtered requests reach controllers
- Controllers → Services: delegates · Controllers keep business logic in services
- Services → Models: queries · Services read and mutate domain entities
- Models → Migrations: schema · Models are backed by the migrated database schema
- Services → API resources: formats · Service results are shaped for API output
- API resources → API routes: returns · Resources are emitted through API endpoints
- Sanctum → HTTP kernel: protects · Token auth is enforced in request handling
- App entry → Layout shell: mounts · App startup renders the global shell
- App entry → Router: registers · Routing is wired during bootstrap
- App entry → Store: registers · State management is wired during bootstrap
- Router → Categories: navigates · Routes open domain screens
- Router → Items: navigates · Routes open domain screens
- Router → Menus: navigates · Routes open domain screens
- Router → Users: navigates · Routes open domain screens
- Categories → API service: fetches · Feature screens call the API gateway
- Items → API service: fetches · Feature screens call the API gateway
- Menus → API service: fetches · Feature screens call the API gateway
- Users → API service: fetches · Feature screens call the API gateway
- Store → Auth module: includes · Auth state lives in the store
- Auth module → JWT service: uses · Client auth module relies on token storage
- API service → API routes: calls · The SPA talks to backend JSON endpoints
- JWT service → Sanctum: authenticates · Client token flow matches backend auth