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Tips for getting a grasp on Laravel MVC?

I went through the TDD Birdboard series and most of the Laravel 6 from scratch. I'm still asking a lot of questions and having issues debugging while trying to add to the Birdboard app.

Can someone suggest a series, tutorial or another reference to get a good grasp on this?

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beyond's avatar

What do you really wanna build and which part do you need help with?

ajsmith_codes's avatar

@beyond I have been working on adding an edit page for the tasks in the Birdboard app. I was successful in adding the view and pulling the existing task data. However, I can't seem to get the updated date to post.

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STEREOH
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Practice is, in my opinion and in your situation, the best way to go.

Try making a simple app ( ie: blog ) without following any course at all.

You are going to hit bumps, when it happens, take a brief moment to think, tinker , and if you can't find a solution, try googling your problem ( learning to search on google is an important skill ) or to find a solution in this forum.

Finally more specifically to the birdboard app. Since it's a TDD project you can try "Build a forum with TDD" wich is a bit older but very in-depth course (102 lessons) to keep learning on top of that.

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Thanks, @stereoh. I appreciate the response. I tried doing the old Build a Forum, but I found I had to look up all the test syntax since he is using an older version that mine doesn't recognize. However, I did find a great series to watch on a different site: https://coderstape.com/series/6-test-driven-laravel

So far it's really helping me understand TDD and MVC.

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