Laravel for Beginner Guide: Mastering the Fundamentals

Expose your local Laravel development to the internet using ngrok, forwarding localhost to an online subdomain so clients can access demos without hosting.

Explore styling with Bootstrap to build a Laravel app using container, header, navbar, and feature sections across the home and about pages.

Configure the Laravel project to connect to a MySQL database via the .env file, create the rafael_underscore_news database, and run artisan migrate to build tables.

Master database schema management in Laravel with migrations: create tables using blueprints, run and rollback migrations with artisan, and reset or refresh to rebuild fresh data.

Learn how to seed a laravel application by creating and running seeders, populating the database with sample data into tables like news with title and body.

Explore using the Faker library to seed a Laravel app, configure composer.json, and generate realistic titles, paragraphs, and other data with factories and seeders.

Master the basics of Laravel by building a crud app with a news controller, implementing index, store, update, and destroy methods, and wiring forms and routes.

Learn to fetch all news in a Laravel app by implementing NewsController index that uses the query builder to retrieve news from database and pass them to the welcome view.

Create a news form in Laravel by building a news controller with index and create views, wiring a store route to save title and body using Bootstrap.

Learn how to implement the store news feature in a Laravel news controller, validate title and body, and insert data with a redirect.

Learn to fetch news using the Laravel query builder by id, check the database, and render the news title and body on the show page.

Demonstrate creating an edit form for news items by defining a public function editor in controller, routing to /news/{id}/edit, wiring edit button, and enabling editing of title and content.

Learn how to implement a Laravel update news feature by updating the controller, handling request data, and updating title and body for a specific news item via route and ID.

Learn how to implement delete functionality for news items in Laravel, including the destroy method, controller actions, delete button, and redirecting to the news index.

Master pagination in a Laravel news index by using the query builder and the paginated function with Bootstrap 5 links, including next and previous controls in the index view.

Build a search feature in Laravel by creating a form input with a placeholder, posting requests to the index controller, and filtering news by title.

Create a register feature in Laravel by building a register form, implementing a register method in a controller, validating name, email, and password, and saving to the users table.

Learn how to implement a login form using email and password, validate credentials, and manage authentication with session handling and redirects.

Configure a post form and logout controller to enforce authentication, redirect users after logout, and coordinate login and register flows for access control.

Use route middleware to protect routes by requiring user authentication and redirect unauthenticated users to the login page. Control access for actions like create, edit, and delete, including senior access.

Implement the remember me feature by adding a checkbox to the login form, storing a remember token, and persisting user authentication across sessions.

Learn to set up sending emails in Laravel by configuring test SMTP credentials, building a mail class with envelope and view, and testing via a test route and inbox.