Laravel 5.4 For Beginners
Laravel 5.4 For Beginners
About the Book
Laravel 5.4 For Beginners is oriented to beginning and intermediate PHP programmers who want to learn the Laravel Framework. Over 900 pages of step by step content. In the book, we build a sample application that covers the following:
- One-click Facebook Registration
- Full Access Control
- Datagrid with column sorts, powered by Vue.js
- Image Management with Intervention Image Package
- Laravel Mix Asset Management
- Events
- Sending Email with Markdown
- A working Chat application with realtime updates
- Laravel Echo, Vue.js and Pusher
- Plus all the basics of application development
The sample app is written with simple, practical code that is explained in granular detail. You've probably heard a lot of great things about Laravel and they are all true. You will love working with Laravel!
Laravel 5.4 For Beginners is written and maintained by Bill Keck, an author with a passion for writing and PHP frameworks. His books and blogs are read by programmers all over the world. He strives to help programmers new to the Laravel framework understand it, with clear and full implementations, so that everyone can take advantage of the amazing Laravel PHP framework.
About the Author
Bundles that include this book
Table of Contents
-
Chapter 1: Introduction
- Introduction
- Features
- What Makes The Laravel Framework Special?
- Upsides
- Downsides
- Why I’m Writing This Book
- Artisan
- MySql
- Documentation
- Minimum PHP Skills
- W3 Schools
- Laracasts
- Minimum HTML and CSS skills
- Minimum Javascript Skills
- Minimum Node.js Experience
- Errata
- Contact Bill Keck
- Sample App on Github
- Summary
-
Chapter 2: The Development Environment
- Setting up the Dev Environment
- MAC or Windows?
- MAMP
- IDE
- Composer
- Minimum Version of PHP
- Node.js
- Homebrew
- Git
- Command Console
- Summary
-
Chapter 3: Installation of Laravel
- Composer install of Laravel
- Create Project in IDE
- Setup Local Host file:
- Vhost Entry
- httpd.conf
- MOD Rewrite
- Restart Apache
- Summary
-
Chapter 4: Let’s Get Started With Laravel
- Set Up The Repository
- Initial Commit
- Diving Into Workflow
- Setup the DB
- Application Structure
- Basic Stitching
- Routes
- The Style Problem
- Unit Testing
- Creating a Route
- Creating a Controller
- Artisan
- RESTful pattern
- Namespaces and Use Statements
- Index Method
- Views
- Blade
- Creating A Master Page
- CDN
- View Partials
- Full Code
- Summary
-
Chapter 5: User Registration And Login
- Controllers
- User Model
- Migrations
- Make Auth
- RegisterController
- Traits
- Gravatar
- Facades
- Pages Controller
- New Nav
- Auth Methods
- Auth Views
- passwords view folder
- email.blade.php view
- reset.blade.php
- Auth View Folder
- register.blade.php
- login.blade.php
- Change redirectTo Properties
- Summary
-
Chapter 6: Working with the RESTful Pattern
- Sweet Alert
- Usage
- Flash Messages
- Model
- Model Factory
- Route Resource
- RESTful Controller
- Errors List
- Errors Folder
- Store Method
- Die and Dump
- Index Method
- Pagination
- Create Button
- Slugs
- Changing the Store Method
- Create the Slug
- Changing the Create Method
- Add Auth Use Statement
- Change $fillable Property on Widget Model
- Basic Relationships
- Add Middleware to WidgetController
- Change Routes to Widget
- Modify index view
- New Factory method
- Show Method
- Accessors and Mutators
- Edit Method
- Update Method
- Destroy Method
- Automatic Route Model Binding
- Error Handling
- 404.blade.php
- Exceptions
- Summary
-
Chapter 7: Access Control
- OwnsRecord Trait
- Modify User Table Migration
- User $fillable
- Admin Middleware
- AllowIfAdmin
- isAdmin Method
- Admin Index
- NoActiveAccountException
- Modifying the LoginController
- LoginController
- Update Users Table
- Registration Form
- register.blade.php
- Users Migration
- Update User $fillable
- RegisterController
- Create Method
- Terms Of Service
- Privacy
- Summary
-
Chapter 8: Socialite - One Click Facebook Login
- Social Routes
- session.php
- Clear Cookies
- InvalidStateException
- Tip for nginx users.
- Set up Facebook App
- Step 1
- Step 2
- Step 3
- Step 4
- Step 5
- Step 6
- Step 7
- Step 8
- Step 9
- Step 10
- Step 11
- Integrating Socialite
- Exceptions
- A Big Heads Up
- AuthController
- Tip For Staying Current
- ManagesSocial.php
- Putting It All Together
- Database Transactions
- Summary
-
Chapter 9: Profile, Settings and Admin Dash
- Profile
- determine-profile-route and show-profile Routes
- Add Profile to Nav
- Profile Views
- Show View - Profile
- Index View - Profile
- Edit View - Profile
- Users For Admin
- UserController.php
- UserRequest
- User Model changes
- HasModelTrait
- Index View
- Show View
- Edit View
- Navigation to Users & Profiles
- Settings
- Settings Routes
- SettingsController
- Create Settings View Folder
- Edit View For Settings
- Add Settings To Nav
- Admin Page
- Add Facebook sign in buttons to Login and Register Views
- View Composers
- View Share
- Summary
-
Chapter 10: Working With Images
- Create imgs, marketing-images, and thumbnails folder.
- Create Image Request
- Show Method
- Add Display Methods to MarketingImage Model
- ShowsImages trait.
- show view
- Edit view
- Edit Method
- Edit Image Request
- Update method
- Destroy Method
- Index method
- index view
- Add Marketing Images To Nav
- Carousel
- Pages Index View
- Update slider.blade.php
- image_weight
- Modify MarketingImageController
- CreateImageRequest and EditImageRequest
- Marketing Image Create and edit Views
- MarketingImage Show View
- PagesController Index Method
- grid.blade.php
- MarketingImageController Index Method
- marketing-image index.blade.php
- Summary
-
Chapter 11 Introducing Mix and Vue.js
- Node
- NPM
- Running NPM Install
- Compiling Multiple Assets
- Versioning
- Vue.js
- Vue Basics
- Summary
-
Chapter 12: Data Grids with Vue.js
- Datagrid
- Api Route
- ApiController
- Implementing A Contract
- main.scss
- WidgetGrid.vue
- MarketingImage Data Grid
- API route
- marketingImageData method on Api Controller
- MarketingImageQuery.php
- MarketingImageGrid.vue
- npm run dev
- MarketingImageController.php
- marketing-image/index.blade.php
- Summary
-
Chapter 13: Events, Mail, and Architecture.
- Email Confirmation On Registration
- config/mail.php
- Passing Data to the Email
- Markdown Email
- Custom Themes
- Events
- Registering the Event
- Naming Events
- event:generate
- ShouldQueue
- Application Structure
- The Service Container
- Automatic Injection
- Method Injection
- Constructor Injection
- Service Providers
- Aliases
- Facades In Realtime
- Summary
-
Chapter 14 Chat with Laravel Echo, Vue, and Pusher
- Vue.js Nested Components
- Chat
- Routes
- Chat Controller
- Message Migration
- Message Model
- Eager Loading
- Query Scopes
- Messages Method On User Model
- Messages Factory
- Chat Front End
- Chat Index
- components.js
- app.js
- ChatList.vue
- ChatMessage.vue
- Installing Moment.js
- ChatCreate.vue
- Pusher
- Laravel Echo
- Console Command
- Summary
-
Chapter 15: Custom Validators and Vue. js Dependent Dropdown
- Setting Up The Lesson
- Category Model
- Category Migration
- Category Controller
- Category Views
- category/create.blade.php
- category/edit.blade.php
- category/index.blade.php
- category/show.blade.php
- CategoryGrid
- components.js
- Add categoryData method to ApiController.php
- CategoryQuery.php
- Category Factory
- Subcategory
- Subcategory Model
- Subcategory Migration
- Subcategory Controller
- Subcategory Views
- subcategory/create.blade.php
- subcategory/edit.blade.php
- subcategory/index.blade.php
- subcategory/show.blade.php
- SubcategoryGrid.vue
- components.js
- ApiController
- SubcategoryQuery.php
- Seed data
- Route
- Lesson Model
- Lesson.php
- Lesson Migration
- LessonController
- LessonController.php
- Lesson Views
- lesson/create
- lesson/edit.blade.php
- lesson/index.blade.php
- lesson/show.blade.php
- LessonGrid.vue
- components.js
- ApiController
- Api Route for Lesson Model
- LessonQuery
- Custom Validation
- Lesson Create Request
- Validator Service Provider
- Multiple Custom Validation Rules
- Left Join
- LessonQuery.php Revised
- LessonGrid.vue Revised
- Lesson Show Revised
- Dependent Dropdown
- LessonCreateCategory.vue
- lesson/edit.blade.php
- LessonEditCategory.vue
- Summary
The Leanpub 60-day 100% Happiness Guarantee
Within 60 days of purchase you can get a 100% refund on any Leanpub purchase, in two clicks.
See full terms
80% Royalties. Earn $16 on a $20 book.
We pay 80% royalties. That's not a typo: you earn $16 on a $20 sale. If we sell 5000 non-refunded copies of your book or course for $20, you'll earn $80,000.
(Yes, some authors have already earned much more than that on Leanpub.)
In fact, authors have earned$12,307,240writing, publishing and selling on Leanpub.
Learn more about writing on Leanpub
Free Updates. DRM Free.
If you buy a Leanpub book, you get free updates for as long as the author updates the book! Many authors use Leanpub to publish their books in-progress, while they are writing them. All readers get free updates, regardless of when they bought the book or how much they paid (including free).
Most Leanpub books are available in PDF (for computers) and EPUB (for phones, tablets and Kindle). The formats that a book includes are shown at the top right corner of this page.
Finally, Leanpub books don't have any DRM copy-protection nonsense, so you can easily read them on any supported device.
Learn more about Leanpub's ebook formats and where to read them
Top Books
- #1
OpenIntro Statistics
David Diez, Christopher Barr, Mine Cetinkaya-Rundel, and OpenIntroA complete foundation for Statistics, also serving as a foundation for Data Science.
Leanpub revenue supports OpenIntro (US-based nonprofit) so we can provide free desk copies to teachers interested in using OpenIntro Statistics in the classroom and expand the project to support free textbooks in other subjects.
More resources: openintro.org.
- #2
Personal Finance
Jason AndersonThis textbook provides an in-depth analysis on personal finance that is both practical and straightforward in its approach. It has been written in such a way that the readers can gain knowledge without getting overwhelmed by the technical terms. Suitable for both beginners and advanced learners.
- #3
Getting to Know IntelliJ IDEA
Trisha Gee and Helen ScottIf we treat our IDE as a text editor, we are doing ourselves a disservice. Using a combination of tutorials and a questions-and-answers approach, Getting to Know IntelliJ IDEA will help you find ways to use IntelliJ IDEA that enable you to work comfortably and productively as a professional developer.
- #4
C++20 - The Complete Guide
Nicolai M. JosuttisAll new language and library features of C++20 (for those who know previous C++ versions).
The book presents all new language and library features of C++20. Learn how this impacts day-to-day programming, to benefit in practice, to combine new features, and to avoid all new traps.
Buy early, pay less, free updates.
Other books:
- #5
Mastering STM32 - Second Edition
Carmine NovielloWith more than 1200 microcontrollers, STM32 is probably the most complete ARM Cortex-M platform on the market. This book aims to be the most complete guide around introducing the reader to this exciting MCU portfolio from ST Microelectronics and its official CubeHAL and STM32CubeIDE development environment.
- #6
R Programming for Data Science
Roger D. PengThis book brings the fundamentals of R programming to you, using the same material developed as part of the industry-leading Johns Hopkins Data Science Specialization. The skills taught in this book will lay the foundation for you to begin your journey learning data science. Printed copies of this book are available through Lulu.
- #7
Machine Learning Q and AI
Sebastian Raschka, PhDHave you recently completed a machine learning or deep learning course and wondered what to learn next? With 30 questions and answers on key concepts in machine learning and AI, this book provides bite-sized bits of knowledge for your journey to becoming a machine learning expert.
- #8
Stats One
William Foote - #9
The Rails 7 Way
Obie Fernandez, Lucas Dohmen, and Tom Henrik AadlandThe Rails™ 7 Way is the comprehensive, authoritative reference guide for professionals delivering production-quality code using modern Ruby on Rails. It illuminates the entire Rails 7 API, its most powerful idioms, design approaches, and libraries. Building on the previous editions, this edition has been heavily refactored and updated.
- #10
Gradual Modularization for Ruby and Rails
Stephan HagemannGet yourself a new tool to manage your Rails application and your growing engineering organization! Prevent the ball-of-mud (and fix it!). Go for microservices or SOA if it makes sense not just because you don't have any other tool. Do all this through a low-overhead tool: packages. Enable better conversations to make practical changes today.
Top Bundles
- #1
Software Architecture
2 Books
"Software Architecture for Developers" is a practical and pragmatic guide to modern, lightweight software architecture, specifically aimed at developers. You'll learn:The essence of software architecture.Why the software architecture role should include coding, coaching and collaboration.The things that you really need to think about before... - #2
CCIE Service Provider Ultimate Study Bundle
2 Books
Piotr Jablonski, Lukasz Bromirski, and Nick Russo have joined forces to deliver the only CCIE Service Provider training resource you'll ever need. This bundle contains a detailed and challenging collection of workbook labs, plus an extensively detailed technical reference guide. All of us have earned the CCIE Service Provider certification... - #3
1500 QUIZ COMMENTATI (3 libri)
3 Books
Tre libri dei QUIZ MMG Commentati al prezzo di DUE! I QUIZ dei concorsi ufficiali di Medicina Generale relativi agli anni: 2000-2001-2003-2012-2013-2014-2015-2016-2017-2018-2019-2020-2021 +100 inediti Raccolti in unico bundle per aiutarvi nello studio e nella preparazione al concorso. All'interno di ogni libro i quiz sono stati suddivisi per... - #4
Pattern-Oriented Memory Forensics and Malware Detection
2 Books
This training bundle for security engineers and researchers, malware and memory forensics analysts includes two accelerated training courses for Windows memory dump analysis using WinDbg. It is also useful for technical support and escalation engineers who analyze memory dumps from complex software environments and need to check for possible... - #5
Practical FP in Scala + Functional event-driven architecture
2 Books
Practical FP in Scala (A hands-on approach) & Functional event-driven architecture, aka FEDA, (Powered by Scala 3), together as a bundle! The content of PFP in Scala is a requirement to understand FEDA so why not take advantage of this bundle!? - #6
Modern C++ Collection
3 Books
Get All about Modern C++C++ Standard Library, including C++20Concurrency with Modern C++, including C++20C++20Each book has about 200 complete code examples. Updates are included. When I update one of the books, you immediately get the updated bundle. You can expect significant updates to each new C++ standard (C++23, C++26, .. ) and also... - #7
Linux Administration Complet
4 Books
Ce lot comprend les quatre volumes du Guide Linux Administration :Linux Administration, Volume 1, Administration fondamentale : Guide pratique de préparation aux examens de certification LPIC 1, Linux Essentials, RHCSA et LFCS. Administration fondamentale. Introduction à Linux. Le Shell. Traitement du texte. Arborescence de fichiers. Sécurité... - #9
Development and Deployment of Multiplayer Online Games, Part ARCH. Architecture (Vol. I-III)
3 Books
What's the Big Idea? The idea behind this book is to summarize the body of knowledge that already exists on multiplayer games but is not available in one single place.And quite a fewof the issues discussed within this series (planned as three nine volumes ~300 pages each), while known in the industry, have not been published at all (except for... - #10
Growing Agile: The Complete Coach's Guide
7 Books
Growing Agile: Coach's Guide Series This bundle provides a collection of training and workshop plans for a variety of agile topics. The series is aimed at agile coaches, trainers and ScrumMasters who often find themselves needing to help teams understand agile concepts. Each book in the series provides the plans, slides, handouts and activity...
