Laravel from Scratch "Contacts App" part 1

Set up a new Laravel project from scratch, install Breeze, configure the .env database, run migrations, and start building a contacts app with controllers and models.

Create a person model with a migration and factory, add soft deletes, and migrate the people table; seed seven records using the factory and create.

Create your first Laravel controller with Artisan, bind a model to routes, and configure a resource route group for a contacts app, showcasing index view and basic CRUD setup.

Implement create, read, update, delete for a person resource in a Laravel app, including index with table, routes for create, store, edit, update, destroy, with route model binding and validation.

Create a new business model and its migration with soft deletes. Add a nullable business_id to the people table to link businesses to people, then set up a factory.

Define a one-to-many relationship between business and person in Laravel, using hasMany and belongsTo, test with tinker, and display related business name in people list with a null-safe operator.

Learn how to relate people to businesses in a Laravel contacts app by adding a business select to create and edit forms, storing and updating a business_id.

Discover how to optimize Laravel queries with eager loading, reduce database calls, and implement default eager loading for businesses alongside building basic CRUD for contacts.

Create a custom request to clean up controllers by moving validation into a reusable business request. It covers authorization, shared rules for store and update, and fillable mass assignment.

Explore how deleting a business affects related people, using the null safe operator and with trashed to show trashed related data and deleted_at timestamps in Laravel.