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I created a new Spark Laravel application day; however, I notice the Requests folder is missing. This doesn't appear to be a change discussed in the changes from 5.2 to 5.3. Am I missing something?
It isn't missing. This was done to simplify the initial install so it isn't overwhelming. I do remember it being discussed/mentioned previously around the 5.3 release however I can't tell you where. Probably in the Laracasts 5.3 series.
It is however mentioned in the docs.
It just isn't there until you make a Request class. For example:
php artisan make:request StoreArticle
Now you will see the 'app/Http/Requests' directory.
Oh ok...I wasn't sure because it wasn't mentioned in the update video but they did cover the routes folder. Thanks for the clarification.
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