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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?

Intermediate
Difficulty

15 episodes

2:22:51 hrs

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Episode 1 Run Time 2:23

Introduction
Free

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.
Episode 2 Run Time 6:26

Installing Nova
Free

In this lesson, we'll review how to install and setup Nova within a new Laravel application.
Episode 3 Run Time 6:36

Defining Resources
Free

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.
Episode 4 Run Time 10:04

Resource Fields
Free

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.
Episode 5 Run Time 9:57

Resource Relationships
Free

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!
Episode 6 Run Time 4:37

Resource Validation
Free

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.
Episode 7 Run Time 9:45

Resource Authorization
Free

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.
Episode 8 Run Time 6:20

Searching
Free

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.
Episode 9 Run Time 8:27

Filters and Lenses
Free

In this next episode, we'll learn how to customize the listing of your resources by using custom filters and "lenses" in Laravel Nova.
Episode 10 Run Time 14:10

Defining Actions
Free

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.
Episode 11 Run Time 21:48

Defining Metrics
Free

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.
Episode 12 Run Time 15:22

Create a Custom Tool
Free

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.
Episode 13 Run Time 11:07

Create a Custom Card
Free

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.
Episode 14 Run Time 9:47

Create a Custom Field
Free

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.
Episode 15 Run Time 6:02

Custom Themes
Free

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.

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