Be part of JetBrains PHPverse 2026 on June 9 – a free online event bringing PHP devs worldwide together.

Browse all series

Laravel Nova Mastery

The latest first-party offering from the creators of Laravel is finally here. Laravel Nova is a gorgeous backend tool for configuring and administering your various database tables.

In this series, Marcel Pociot will demonstrate how to get up and running with Nova as quickly as possible. From the basic installation steps, all the way up to generating metrics and custom themes, this is your one-stop shop for Nova mastery. Ready to get started?

Updated Series Available

You are viewing an archived course. We instead recommend that you watch Laravel Nova Mastery.

View Updated Series

Progress

Series Info

Episodes
15
Run Time
2h 22m
Difficulty
Intermediate
Last Updated
Nov 7, 2018
Version
Latest
Play Series

Series Episodes

  1. Episodes (15)

    1. Introduction

      Before we dive into the features of Nova, let's review a quick outline of this course, and which features Nova provides out of the box.

    2. Installing Nova

      In this lesson, we'll review how to install and setup Nova within a new Laravel application.

    3. Defining Resources

      Now that you've installed Nova, let's learn how you can define and register your own custom resources so that you can manage them in your Nova application.

    4. Resource Fields

      In this next episode, we'll take a look at the various resource fields that Nova provides. We can add WYSIWYG editors, Datetime fields, Boolean fields and much more to our resources.

    5. Resource Relationships

      In this next screencast, we'll take a look at how you can use Laravel Nova to manage your resource relationships. It doesn't matter whether you have a BelongsTo, HasMany or BelongsToMany relationship; Laravel Nova makes configuring and using your model relations a cinch!

    6. Resource Validation

      Your resources now contain various fields, but they lack one important feature: validation. In this next screencast, we'll add the necessary validation rules to our resources to prevent invalid input.

    7. Resource Authorization

      In practically every admin panel, you'll eventually need to specify different forms of authorization. For example, an administrator can perform tasks that a regular user is not allowed to do. In this episode, we will find out how to specify who can access which parts of your resources.

    8. Searching

      With built-in search capabilities in Nova, let's dig into how you can enable or disable searching for your resources, how you can use Laravel Scout to enable fuzzy-search, and how to modify the output of the search results.

    9. Filters and Lenses

      In this next episode, we'll learn how to customize the listing of your resources by using custom filters and "lenses" in Laravel Nova.

    10. Defining Actions

      Laravel Nova ships with countless customization options for you to take advantage of. One of these options is called "Actions". Let's see how we can attach an action to our resources in order to perform custom tasks with.

    11. Defining Metrics

      One thing that comes to mind, when you think of adminstration panels is metrics: being able to quickly calculate and review key statistics in your application. Laravel Nova makes the process of adding and configuring metrics as easy as possible. Let's review how it works.

    12. Create a Custom Tool

      Sometimes, your application may require a custom page inside of Nova. Doing so will provide a place for you to have complete control over what is displayed and what you can do. Let's dig into the creation of a custom tool to achieve this.

    13. Create a Custom Card

      With the addition of metrics in Laravel Nova, we've already reviewed what a "card" in Nova looks like. In this next episode, we'll create our own custom card that contains a digital clock. Once created, we can attach it to the dashboard and our resource page.

    14. Create a Custom Field

      In this next screencast, we'll review how to create custom fields to use in your resources. For example, perhaps you want to create a custom color-picker, a tag input field, or something completely different. Laravel Nova provides you the tools you need to prepare any of these sorts of fields.

    15. Custom Themes

      With our Nova application ready to go, let's learn how you can modify the look and feel of Nova by modifying the package views and creating your own custom Nova theme.

Continue Learning

Learn Laravel Forge thumbnail

Learn Laravel Forge

With Matt Stauffer

In this series, long-time Laravel Forge advocate Matt Stauffer will teach you how to become a Forge power user. Of course, you'll learn how to provision servers in seconds, but you'll also learn about zero-downtime deployments, processes, queues, securing sites with SSL, database backups, networks, and more!Each episode is bite-sized, so feel free to jump around to the topic that interests you most. Let's go!

  • 23 Episodes
Vue State Management thumbnail

Vue State Management

With Sabatino Masala

State management is at the heart of every Vue application, but exactly how you manage that state can sometimes be...confusing. So let's explore your options! We'll start with the basics, like props and events, before moving on to provide/inject, custom composables, and Pinia. Along the way, we'll tackle practical, real-world scenarios. By the end, you'll know exactly which approach to use and when, so your apps stay clean, organized, and fun to work on.

  • 13 Episodes
Running Clock thumbnail

Running Clock

With Simon Vrachliotis

Welcome to "Running Clock," my new interview series where I fire off questions to top developers about their favorite tools, frameworks, and coding obsessions. The catch? We only have five minutes to get through all of my questions...and the clock is ticking!

  • 11 Episodes
Supercharged Search with Typesense thumbnail

Supercharged Search with Typesense

With Jeffrey Way

Typesense is a wildly fast, open-source search engine that doesn't require a PhD to configure and query. Its API just makes sense. Even better, it integrates seamlessly with Laravel, thanks to the official Typesense PHP client and Laravel Scout.I spent months researching and preparing this course so that you can update your app with powerful Typesense-backed search in record time. Let's go!

  • 22 Episodes
Programming Terms Explained thumbnail

Programming Terms Explained

With Jeremy McPeak

In this series, we'll do things just a little bit differently. Let's take a step back from our code editors and instead review some fundamental technology and software development terms. I'm willing to bet that there are certain bedrock terms that you somehow accidentally skipped over and never learned properly.Let's fix that! Each episode below will focus on a single topic, condensed to the essentials, and animated to perfection for your enjoyment.

  • 12 Episodes