Whip Monstrous Code Into Shape: Consider a Guest User Class

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Your Teacher | Jeffrey Way

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Hi, I'm Jeffrey. I'm the creator of Laracasts and spend most of my days building the site and thinking of new ways to teach confusing concepts. I live in Orlando, Florida with my wife and two kids.

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Published on Sep 6th, 2016

Have you ever found yourself in the situation where you're constantly checking, within your views, to see if a user is signed in before proceeding? "If the user is signed in, and if they are subscribed, then...." It gets annoying, doesn't it? Hmm - what alternatives do we have here?

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