Laravel
Laravel 4 From Scratch
Each year, the Laracasts "Laravel From Scratch" series is refreshed to reflect the latest iteration of the framework. This is the 2014 edition, which uses version 4.0 of the framework.
So you're brand new to this whole MVC framework thing. That's okay; we've all been there! This series was tailor-made for you, and will get you up to speed in no time. Follow along, step by step!
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We instead recommend: Laravel 5.7 From Scratch
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Installation
Run Time 3:22 FreeNaturally, before we can begin learning about Laravel and the MVC pattern, we first need to install the framework. We'll tackle that in this lesson.
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M-V-Huh?
Run Time 11:18 FreeNow that we have a fresh installation of Laravel, let's have a look around our new project, and discuss the benefits of the MVC architecture.
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Models
Run Time 7:11 FreeWe've already discussed the basics of views and controllers, but how do models fit into this whole thing?
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Database Access
Run Time 4:13 FreeNow that we have a modest understanding of the MVC pattern, let's next learn how to connect our Laravel app to a MySQL database.
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Eloquent Basics
Run Time 7:23 FreeNow that we've reviewed the
DBclass, let's next move on to Laravel's ORM, called Eloquent. I think you'll love it! -
Blade Basics
Run Time 7:16 FreeYou'll love Laravel's templating engine, called Blade. In this lesson, we'll review the basics of Blade, while we build a simple layout for displaying users.
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Master Pages
Run Time 4:26 FreeMaster pages offer an elegant way to DRY up our views, so to speak. Clearly, copying and pasting HTML from view to view is a bad idea! Let's fix that in this lesson.
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From Closures to Controllers
Run Time 4:19 FreeRouting to closures is helpful for quick projects, however, as soon as you build an app of any size or substance, you'll likely want to switch to controllers. Let's do that in this lesson.
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Resourceful Routing
Run Time 5:34 FreeNow that we've reviewed explicit routing, let's learn a bit more about the RESTful style of development, and how Laravel fits in.
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Forms
Run Time 5:32 FreeLet's move on to Laravel's form handling capabilities.
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Record Creation
Run Time 2:26 FreeIt's now time to accept the form's POST data, and translate that into a new record in our database. Luckily Eloquent makes this a cinch!
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Validation
Run Time 8:28 FreeClearly, we must implement some form of validation for protection. Let's tackle that in this episode.
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Refactoring
Run Time 7:00 FreeIt's better if we instead inject our
Userobject through the controller's constructor. Let's tackle that in this lesson, and learn about some alternative ways of validating a user. -
Preparing Your Database
Run Time 6:15 FreeLaravel makes use of what we call migrations to handle table creation and manipulation. You're going to love it! Think of it as version control for your database.
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Authentication
Run Time 10:26 FreeNow that we have users table, how might we go about adding an authentication layer to our application?
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Goodbye
Run Time 23 FreeWell that does it for this introduction to Laravel. But, as you can imagine, there is so, so much more to learn. Luckily, you'll find page after page of education on this very site. See you around!
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