Importing data into a Laravel app from CSV may be accomplished in many ways... here's how I do it!

In the previous article we created the CSVUpload, gathered the column mapping, and split the data into individual CSVRow records. At this point we are ready to implement the business-specific rules for integrating the data into our application.

If you've made it this far, you already know that we've imported data from a CSV file, mapped the columns into our application's domain, split the data into individual rows, and set up a Laravel Pipeline to ingest the information.

At Zaengle we have built a number of web-based software applications over the past 12 years. Some have been transient, only serving a specific purpose for a window of time, while others have persisted for years on end. We've learned a number of key lessons while building and maintaining these long-term applications and we wanted to share them with you.

Working content model first has major benefits for content authors and development teams alike. Here's the how and why of using a content model first process for your next web project.