Arrow is a Python library providing enhanced date and time manipulation capabilities, serving as a drop-in replacement for datetime with improved usability. It offers timezone-aware objects, human-readable time deltas, flexible parsing/formatting, and time span generation. The architecture centers around an immutable Arrow class with factory methods for creation, supplemented by dedicated modules for parsing, formatting, localization, and utilities. The library follows Python best practices with type hints, comprehensive testing, and clear separation of concerns. Its locale system supports over 60 languages for internationalized date representation.
This repository is a Laravel package that provides comprehensive geographical data (countries, states, cities, timezones, currencies, languages) and IP geolocation functionality. It implements a facade-based interface (`World::countries()`) and RESTful API endpoints (`/api/countries`, etc.) for accessing the data, which is stored in JSON files and seeded into database tables via Artisan commands. The package includes localization support for over 20 languages, configurable modules, caching mechanisms, and middleware for automatic locale and geolocation handling. The architecture follows Laravel conventions with service providers, controllers, models, migrations, and seeders, while employing an Action pattern to separate query logic, transformation, and business rules.
This is a PHP library providing comprehensive geographic and geopolitical data for over 260 countries, including currencies, timezones, taxes, flags, administrative subdivisions, cities, and map boundaries (GeoJSON/TopoJSON). The package is designed for applications that need offline access to richly structured country data, such as form validation, e-commerce tax calculation, map rendering, and localization. The core architecture leverages a lazy hydration pattern to load expensive data on demand, a custom extended Laravel Collection with case-insensitive and magic property access, and a configurable cache layer (PSR-16). Data is stored as thousands of static JSON files organized by type and country code, sourced from Natural Earth, mledoze, timezonedb, and other public datasets. Update scripts exist but are not automated, and the data snapshot has some stale entries (e.g., obsolete currency codes). The package shows solid engineering for its niche but has minimal test coverage and no automated data freshness checks.