Block 7 is COMPLETE. The concepts brought forward PRAGMATICALLY in block 6 are now FULLY explained, AND the repertoire of advanced techniques is COMPLETE.

What block 7 covered

• Chapter 57: state providers in detail, wrapping vs. replacing.
• Chapter 58: state processors in detail, the DELETE special case.
• Chapter 59: the promised ProjectSummary DTO example, COMPLETE.
• Chapter 60: a pure statistics resource WITHOUT a Doctrine entity.
• Chapter 61: a custom operation (/projects/{id}/archive).
• Chapter 62: Doctrine lifecycle events as an alternative to state processors.
• Chapter 63: query extensions as a MORE ELEGANT alternative to chapter 55.
• Chapter 64: HTTP caching with cacheHeaders.
• Chapter 65: automatically generated GraphQL, an overview.

Project state at the end of block 7

api/
└── src/
    ├── ApiResource/
    │   ├── Begruessung.php
    │   └── DashboardStatistics.php
    ├── Doctrine/
    │   └── OwnerFilterExtension.php
    ├── EventListener/
    │   └── ProjectUpdatedAtListener.php
    ├── State/
    │   ├── UserPasswordHasherProcessor.php
    │   ├── ProjectOwnerProcessor.php
    │   ├── ProjectSummaryProvider.php
    │   ├── DashboardStatisticsProvider.php
    │   └── ArchiveProjectProcessor.php
    ├── Security/Voter/ProjectVoter.php
    ├── Filter/MultiFieldSearchFilter.php
    └── Entity/ (Project, Task, Tag, User)

The API is now complete

With block 7, the API-SIDE part of this course ends in the NARROWER sense – block 8 (Mercure) adds real-time updates, BUT blocks 9-10 shift focus ENTIRELY to the React FRONTEND. A good moment for a LOOK BACK: from #[ApiResource] on an empty entity (chapter 9) to a FULLY secured, filtered, multi-language-capable API with custom actions.

What's coming in block 8

Block 8 (chapters 67-72, SHORTER than the previous blocks) introduces Mercure: real-time updates, SO a React frontend updates AUTOMATICALLY when ANOTHER user changes a project – WITHOUT polling, via Server-Sent Events.