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RealWorld

This project is a production-ready CakePHP codebase that implements the RealWorld API specification, demonstrating how to build a complete blogging platform backend. It serves as an educational reference and a practical starting point for developers building similar applications with CakePHP. ## Key Features - **Full CRUD Operations** — Complete Create, Read, Update, and Delete functionality for users, articles, comments, and tags. - **JWT Authentication** — Secure user authentication using JSON Web Tokens with middleware integration. - **Advanced Patterns** — Implementation of services, actions, and renderers following CakePHP best practices. - **Database Relationships** — Complex relationships between users, articles, comments, tags, favorites, and follows. - **API Specification Compliance** — Adheres to the RealWorld spec, ensuring compatibility with any frontend that follows the same standard. - **Database Migrations & Seeding** — Includes schema migrations and seed data for quick setup and testing. ## Philosophy The project emphasizes clean, maintainable code that follows CakePHP conventions while providing a real-world example of how to structure a modern API-driven application.