TDD Laravel - Lets Build Personal Budget Website

Learn to display all transactions in a Laravel app using TDD, starting with a feature test and building the factory, migrations, route, and index controller.

Learn to build a Laravel transactions view with TDD and scaffolding, display date, description, and amount, and run tests against an in-memory database.

In this Laravel TDD lesson, build transaction categories by creating a category model and migration, linking sections to categories, and wiring category_id via factories, with targeted tests guiding fixes.

Learn to filter transactions by category using a slug with implicit model binding, add a slug column and get_route_key_name, and update routes and controllers for category-filtered results.

Learn to save time in Laravel tests by creating a global test helper 'create' that wraps factory calls, autoloading it via composer, and simplifying test setup for transactions and attributes.

Master test-driven development in a Laravel personal budget app by building create transactions flow, adding a by category scope, updating the controller and store method, routes, and mass assignment handling.

Validate input data before creating transactions, enforcing required description, category, and amount with robust tests and database constraints; guard routes so users only see their own transactions.

Enforce access control by requiring authentication for the transactions page, redirect guests to the logging page, and apply a user-scoped global query so only the current user's transactions display.

Build a Laravel create transactions view with migrations, category seeding, and a blade form using csrf, old input, and validation feedback; auto-assign the current user via a model event.

Enhance the UI with a responsive navigation bar featuring a hamburger button, a branding image from config, and links to create transactions and view sections, plus a white banner panel.

Learn to write and run Laravel tests to update a transaction section, scaffold test, define a put route, implement the update method, and validate redirects and updated section description view.

Explore test-driven updates of transactions in Laravel by validating description, amount, and category, reusing the create form via a shared Blade partial, and implementing an update view with routing.

Implement delete transactions for sections in a Laravel app with tests, route fixes, and a destroy method; add a remove button, form with delete, and paginated section lists.

Enable category and month filtering for the transaction list by adding a top header category dropdown and a month select, wired to the view and tested for current month behavior.

Create and run a test to display all categories, implement the categories index and view with pagination, and restrict the list to the currently logged-in user.

Learn to restrict category lists to authenticated users and to the current user, implement the Laravel categories store route, and validate creation with tests.

Learn to build the categories view in a Laravel TDD budget app by validating category data, refreshing migrations, and creating a form to add and manage categories.

Learn test-driven development in Laravel as you implement updating categories: add routes and controller logic, adjust model binding and validation, and build update category view for a budget site.

Refactor routes in the Laravel budget app to a resource controller and update category slugs. Add tests for deleting categories and improve category and section navigation in the UI.

Build a TDD Laravel budgets feature that models budgets by category with a budget date, displays current month budgets and balances, and adds tests, factory, migration, and controller scaffolding.

Implement budgets in a Laravel project by enforcing authentication with middleware, creating budgets with category, amount, and date, and validating redirects to the login page through feature tests.

Create and update budgets view demonstrates building the budgets form using partials, adding budget date and category dropdowns, and wiring months and categories through the budgets controller and routes.

Learn how to optimize Laravel queries using the debug bar, switching from lazy to eager loading, and loading related categories and transactions to reduce queries and improve performance.