Laravel 5.7 From Scratch

Series Episodes

1. Introduction (2)
   1. The Laravel Sell

      2m 32s

      Presumably, if you're watching this series, you've already made the decision to embrace all that Laravel has to offer. However, if you're still on the fence, give me just a moment to sell you on why I believe Laravel is the best framework choice in the PHP world.
   2. Initial Setup Requirements

      7m 32s

      Like any modern PHP framework, you'll need to install a few prerequisites to prepare for Laravel. Don't worry: this is a one-time job. Stick with me, and we'll get through it quickly. We'll first install Composer, make it available system-wide, and then pull in the Laravel installer. This small tool will allow us to run a simple command (laravel new app) to instantly generate a fresh Laravel project.
2. The Basics (11)
   1. Basic Routing

      5m 46s

      When learning a new framework, one of your first tasks is to determine how routing is handled. Or in other words, when I visit a particular URL in the browser, how does my framework route that URL to the necessary logic? Let's review the basics in this episode.
   2. Blade Layout Files

      7m 26s

      When constructing your views, you're not limited to basic PHP. Instead, you can use Blade: Laravel's powerful templating engine. We'll talk about Blade more in the future, but for now, let's leverage it to create a layout file to reduce duplication and complexity.
   3. Sending Data to Your Views

      6m 50s

      You'll often need to pass data to your views. Perhaps it's a collection from the database, or maybe a flash message to confirm a particular user action. Let's review how easy this is to do.
   4. Controllers 101

      4m 11s

      So far, we've handled all route logic through a closure in our routes/web.php file. This is an excellent choice in some cases; however, I think you'll find that the majority of your projects will require a bit more structure. Let's learn how to migrate from route closures to dedicated controllers.
   5. Databases and Migrations

      13m 34s

      Let's move on to the fun part: connecting to our database. This lesson will introduce a number of new concepts, so pay close attention. We'll first review environment files. This is where we can store important keys, passwords, and configuration settings. Next, we'll discuss Laravel migrations: what they are, and why you should use them.
   6. Eloquent, Namespacing, and MVC

      11m 57s

      Now that we understand how to create a new database table using a migration class, let's now query that data with Eloquent. As part of this, we'll do a quick recap of basic namespacing and MVC workflow.
   7. Directory Structure Review

      12m 41s

      If you don't mind, let's take ten minutes to quickly review the directory structure that you'll encounter with each new Laravel install. While some of these concepts are currently a bit above our pay grade, it's important that we at least have a basic understanding of what each directory is responsible for.
   8. Form Handling and CSRF Protection

      12m 27s

      In this lesson, we'll review a basic workflow for submitting form data to our server. In the process, however, we'll be forced to address a new concept: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery). CSRF refers to an attack that secretly forces a user to unwittingly execute an action on a web application in which they're currently authenticated.
   9. Routing Conventions Worth Following

      11m 38s

      You'll find that many Laravel applications follow a common convention when it comes to routing. In this lesson, we'll review resourceful routing, extended controller generation, and recommendations for how to organize your controllers.
   10. Faking PATCH and DELETE Requests

       10m 07s

       Browsers don't yet understand PATCH and DELETE request types for your forms. To get around this limitation, we'll use a bit of trickery to instruct Laravel which HTTP verb to assume.
   11. Form Delete Requests

       5m 23s

       Let's review the homework solution from the previous lesson. To delete an existing project, we'll need to create a second form that sends a DELETE request to the necessary endpoint.
3. Beyond the Basics (7)
   1. Cleaner Controllers and Mass Assignment Concerns

      14m 28s

      It's important that you set aside time to review and improve the code you've written. With that in mind, let's return to our ProjectsController class and review how we might improve and simplify the code. In doing so, this will give us the chance to discuss route model binding and mass assignment vulnerabilities.
   2. Two Layers of Validation

      11m 41s

      When it comes to user-provided data, always take an approach of "guilty until proven innocent." With that in mind, we'll add two layers of validation: client-side and server-side. This will give us maximum assurance that we're receiving the correctly formatted input. Anything else will be rejected entirely.
   3. Your First Eloquent Relationships

      8m 23s

      Eloquent ships with a handful of relationship methods to make the process of performing complex SQL queries as simple as calling a method. Let's extend the feature-set of our website to allow for custom per-project tasks. This will give us the opportunity to review two relationships: hasMany() and belongsTo().
   4. Form Action Considerations

      8m 06s

      It's important to set aside an appropriate amount of time to consider your form endpoints. In this lesson, we'll review two common conventions you'll encounter in the wild.
   5. Create New Project Tasks

      9m 57s

      To add new tasks to our project page, we'll need to construct another form. This will give us the chance to once again discuss URI naming conventions, as well as basic encapsulation techniques.
   6. Better Encapsulation

      8m 09s

      Let's talk about encapsulation a bit more. "Encapsulation" refers to the act of hiding values and state inside of a class. So with that in mind, let's review our controller and review in which areas we might improve encapsulation and flexibility.
   7. When in Doubt

      5m 29s

      Extra Credit! When in doubt, create a new controller and return to REST. This is a technique that I've reached for countless times over the years. Let's discuss what I mean by this, and what it might look like in our current demo.
4. Core Concepts (6)
   1. Core Concepts: Service Container and Auto-Resolution

      15m 25s

      It's important that we take time to review the core concepts behind the Laravel framework. First up is two scary, but vitally important terms: service container and auto-resolution. Together, these two create the perfect one-two punch for your dependency resolving needs.
   2. Core Concepts: Service Providers

      15m 31s

      Now that you have a better understanding of Laravel's service container, we can move on to our second core concept: service providers. These classes are responsible for registering and bootstrapping a component with the Laravel framework.
   3. Core Concepts: Configuration and Environments

      11m 45s

      Our next core concept focuses on configuration. Luckily, Laravel makes environment-specific settings (development, testing, production, etc.) a breeze to setup and reference.
   4. A Full Registration System in Seconds

      5m 40s

      Laravel includes a robust registration and authentication system out of the box. Run a single Artisan command, and, bam, you're ready to go!
   5. Core Concepts: Middleware

      9m 28s

      Our next core concept is middleware. Think of middleware like layers of an onion. As a request enters your application, it travels through these layers, one by one. Each layer (or middleware) has the opportunity to perform some kind of operation. It can cache a piece of data, it can redirect the user, or it can even adjust the response.
   6. You May Only View Your Projects

      10m 07s

      Now that you understand authentication and middleware, we can apply this new learning to our "projects" demo. At the moment, you can view and modify any project in the database. In real life, of course, your access should be limited to only the projects that you own. Let's begin fixing that in this episode.
5. Intermediate Laravel (12)
   1. Authorization Essentials

      15m 21s

      Laravel includes a powerful Gate component for authorizing your users. Wouldn't it be nice if your authorization logic read like a readable sentence? Well, we can do that very easily!
   2. Simpler Debugging With Laravel Telescope

      12m 26s

      Laravel Telescope is a first-party package to assist with debugging and monitoring your application. For anything other than quick throwaway projects, I highly recommend that you pull this in.
   3. Don't Forget Readability

      8m 08s

      Before we move on to eventing, let's take another quick stroll through our main ProjectsController to review readability. Are there any places where we can make the code more clear?
   4. Mailables

      9m 38s

      We spoke briefly about sending email with Laravel in a previous episode, but let's dedicate this full lesson to the topic. In addition to the basic workflow for generating Laravel mailables, we'll also discuss two methods for reviewing these emails: Telescope and Mailtrap.io.
   5. Model Hooks and Seesaws

      5m 39s

      Over the next few lessons, we'll review various approaches for organizing your code. Consider the "send an email when a project is created" portion of the code. We could trigger this logic in multiple ways: through the controller, as an Eloquent model hook, as a custom event, etc. Let's begin reviewing these approaches while discussing the pros and cons of each.
   6. Custom Events and Listeners

      13m 04s

      Let's now review the third choice for refactoring our code: custom events. As you'll see, this particular refactor does come with small complexity cost up front; however, particularly when dealing with actions that include multiple side effects, this can be a useful technique for your toolbelt.
   7. User Notifications

      13m 41s

      You already know how to send basic emails. Next, let's move on to Laravel notifications. Using Laracasts as an example, imagine that we must notify a user when their subscription renewal charge has failed to process. While, yes, we can send them an email, what if we also want to notify them through a text message or their dashboard in the web app? Sure, no problem. This is all quite easy with Laravel.
   8. Laravel and the Front-end

      16m 53s

      Let's take a break from PHP, and switch over to our recommended front-end workflow within a Laravel app. We'll do a crash-course on webpack, Laravel Mix, compiling CSS, and debugging your Vue components.
   9. Collection Essentials

      13m 25s

      We should take some time to review Laravel collections. You'll receive and reach for these constantly as you construct your app. Not only will Eloquent queries return collection instances, but you can also create your own custom collections with ease. Let's review the 80% essentials in this episode.
   10. Sessions and Flash Messaging

       14m 13s

       Because the web is stateless, we can use sessions as a mechanism for recording important user information from page to page. In this lesson, we'll review the basic sessions API and flash messaging. Finally, for extra credit, we'll review how to make Composer autoload a helpers.php file that contains useful helper functions for our application.
   11. Laravel Testing Crash Course

       22m 15s

       Let's finish up this series with a crash-course in testing Laravel applications with TDD. Using the example of "teams," we'll review two different forms of testing: feature and unit.
   12. The Next Steps

       1m 51s

       All good things must come to an end, including "Laravel From Scratch." Though we've covered a massive amount of material in this series, naturally, there's a great deal more to review. That's why your next step should be Build a Laravel App With TDD. In this series, we'll take the skills you've learned, and put them to good use constructing a real-world application from scratch.