Added helper method

README.md

@@ -104,10 +104,18 @@ class GetFile extends Task
 }
 ```
 
+Blade template:
+
 ```blade
 cat {{ $options() }} {{ $path }}
 ```
 
+You can create a new instance of the Task using the static `make()` method:
+
+```php
+GetFile::make('/etc/hosts')->dispatch();
+```
+
 ## Task options
 
 You may specify a timeout. By default, the timeout is based on the `task-runner.default_timeout` config value.

src/Task.php

@@ -156,11 +156,21 @@ public function pending(): PendingTask
         return new PendingTask($this);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns a new PendingTask with this task.
+     *
+     * @return \ProtoneMedia\LaravelTaskRunner\PendingTask
+     */
+    public static function make(...$arguments): PendingTask
+    {
+        return (new static(...$arguments))->pending();
+    }
+
     /**
      * Helper methods to create a new PendingTask.
      */
     public static function __callStatic($name, $arguments)
     {
-        return app(static::class)->pending()->{$name}(...$arguments);
+        return (new static)->pending()->{$name}(...$arguments);
     }
 }

tests/CustomTask.php

@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@ class CustomTask extends Task
 
     public $someData = 'foo';
 
+    public function __construct($someData = 'foo')
+    {
+        $this->someData = $someData;
+    }
+
     public function someMethod()
     {
         return 'bar';

tests/TaskTest.php

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\View;
 use Mockery;
 use ProtoneMedia\LaravelTaskRunner\Connection;
+use ProtoneMedia\LaravelTaskRunner\PendingTask;
 
 it('can generate defaults based on the class name and configuration', function () {
     $task = new DemoTask;
@@ -60,6 +61,13 @@
     expect($task->getScript())->toBe('baz foo bar');
 });
 
+it('has a helper method to create the task fluently', function () {
+    $task = CustomTask::make('otherData');
+
+    expect($task)->toBeInstanceOf(PendingTask::class);
+    expect($task->task->someData)->toBe('otherData');
+});
+
 it('can create a pending task with a static method', function () {
     $pendingTask = DemoTask::inBackground();
     expect($pendingTask->task)->toBeInstanceOf(DemoTask::class);