Tweaking of code, along with deleting cached view files have got tests working locally again

app/Http/Controllers/ArticlesController.php

@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 namespace App\Http\Controllers;
 
 use App\Article;
-use Illuminate\Http\Response;
 use Jonnybarnes\IndieWeb\Numbers;
 
 class ArticlesController extends Controller
@@ -16,11 +15,11 @@ class ArticlesController extends Controller
     public function showAllArticles($year = null, $month = null)
     {
         $articles = Article::where('published', '1')
-                    ->date($year, $month)
-                    ->orderBy('updated_at', 'desc')
-                    ->simplePaginate(5);
+                        ->date($year, $month)
+                        ->orderBy('updated_at', 'desc')
+                        ->simplePaginate(5);
 
-        return view('multipost', ['data' => $articles]);
+        return view('articles', compact('articles'));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -35,7 +34,7 @@ class ArticlesController extends Controller
             throw new \Exception;
         }
 
-        return view('singlepost', ['article' => $article]);
+        return view('article', compact('article'));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -62,8 +61,9 @@ class ArticlesController extends Controller
     {
         $articles = Article::where('published', '1')->orderBy('updated_at', 'desc')->get();
         $buildDate = $articles->first()->updated_at->toRssString();
-        $contents = (string) view('rss', ['articles' => $articles, 'buildDate' => $buildDate]);
 
-        return (new Response($contents, '200'))->header('Content-Type', 'application/rss+xml');
+        return response()
+                    ->view('rss', compact('articles', 'buildDate'), 200)
+                    ->header('Content-Type', 'application/rss+xml');
     }
 }

app/Http/Controllers/ContactsController.php

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ class ContactsController extends Controller
                 '/assets/profile-images/default-image';
         }
 
-        return view('contacts', ['contacts' => $contacts]);
+        return view('contacts', compact('contacts'));
     }
 
     /**

app/Http/Controllers/NotesController.php

@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ class NotesController extends Controller
 
         $homepage = ($request->path() == '/');
 
-        return view('allnotes', ['notes' => $notes, 'homepage' => $homepage]);
+        return view('notes', compact('notes', 'homepage'));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -161,12 +161,7 @@ class NotesController extends Controller
         }
         $note->photoURLs = $photoURLs;
 
-        return view('singlenote', [
-            'note' => $note,
-            'replies' => $replies,
-            'reposts' => $reposts,
-            'likes' => $likes,
-        ]);
+        return view('note', compact('note', 'replies', 'reposts', 'likes'));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -201,7 +196,7 @@ class NotesController extends Controller
             $note->human_time = $note->updated_at->diffForHumans();
         }
 
-        return view('taggednotes', ['notes' => $notes, 'tag' => $tag]);
+        return view('taggednotes', compact('notes', 'tag'));
     }
 
     /**