jengo/base
jengo/base is the foundational package of the Jengo ecosystem. It provides the essential CLI tooling, architectural blueprints, and runtime utilities required to accelerate CodeIgniter 4 development.
What's Inside
| Section | Description |
|---|---|
| Core Architecture | The Blueprint UI layout system installed when you bootstrap a Jengo application. |
| Dependency Injection | PSR-11 container, recursive constructor autowiring, method injection, and #[Bind] caching. |
| Helpers & Utilities | Global helper functions: page(), str(), arr(), vite_tags(), sqids_hash(), model_of() and environment checks. |
| Entities & Validation | BaseEntity with Sqids ID obfuscation and ValidatedData DTOs. |
| Core Libraries | The fluent Str, Arr, and PackageManager libraries. |
| Pest Testing Suite | Fluent database test runner (PestDatabaseBuilder) and DatabaseTestCase. |
| Commands & CLI | Consolidated CLI Master/Variant system, jengo:dev console, generators, and diagnostics. |
| Data Mappings | The bidirectional mapping engine between arrays, third-party entities, DTOs, and Jengo entities. |
Core Architecture
When you bootstrap a Jengo application, jengo/base establishes a robust UI and backend architecture known as the Blueprint.
The Blueprint UI
The Blueprint is a Tailwind-styled, responsive layout system that serves as the starting point for your application.
app/Views/layouts/base.layout.php: The HTML skeleton containing the<head>, meta tags, fonts, and base structure.app/Views/layouts/app.layout.php: The main application shell extendingbase, featuring a responsive navigation bar and a standard content area.app/Views/layouts/partials/: Contains modular fragments likeheader.layout.partial.php(for Vite tag injection) and footers.