title: Best Practices for Laravel 4 Helpers and Basic Functions?
body: <p>I'm trying to understand the best place to put a global function in Laravel 4. For example, date formatting. I don't think making a facade is worth it as facades are too modular. I've read articles about creating a library folder and storing classes there but that also seems like a lot for a simple function. Shouldn't a 'tool' like this be available in Blade templates?</p>
  
  <p>What are the best practices for something like this and how do I make it available to Blade templates?</p>