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How does adopting Modular Architecture and Domain-Driven Design (DDD) benefit large Laravel applications?

December 3, 2025

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Modular Architecture and DDD break large Laravel apps into focused domains (e.g., User, Order, Payment modules), enabling team independence, easier testing, and scalable maintenance while preventing the "big ball of mud" monolith.​

Modular structure isolates features into self-contained modules with their own models/services, reducing coupling and enabling parallel team development. DDD adds bounded contexts and rich domain models for complex business logic, making code match real-world domains. Benefits include faster onboarding, isolated deployments, better testing coverage, and simpler refactoring as the app grows to enterprise scale.

Code

// Modular structure: app/Modules/Order/
Order/
├── Models/Order.php
├── Services/OrderService.php
├── Http/Controllers/OrderController.php
└── routes.php

// Domain Service example (DDD)
class OrderService {
    public function createOrder(OrderData $data): Order {
        $order = Order::create($data->toArray());
        $this->applyDiscount($order);
        $this->emitOrderCreated($order);
        return $order;
    }
}

// Module registration (composer.json autoload or service provider)
'psr-4': {
    'App\\Modules\\Order\\': 'app/Modules/Order/'
}


// Bounded Context example
class OrderRepository {
    public function findByTenant(int $tenantId): Collection {
        return Order::where('tenant_id', $tenantId)->get();
    }
}
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