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Laravel 5.3 For Beginners

Bill Keck

Laravel 5.3 for Beginners stands you up quickly Laravel, Elixir and Vue.js.  A step by step aproach to builiding a sample application with one-click Facebook registration, searchable and sortable datagrids, and charts implemented with Chart.js and Vue.js.  The book uses the latest version of Vue 2.  Over 700 pages of step by step instruction.  You will love the Laravel framework! 

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Laravel 5.3 For Beginners is oriented to beginning and intermediate PHP programmers who want to learn the Laravel Framework.  Over 700 pages of step by step content. In the book, we build a sample application that covers the following:

  • One-click Facebook Registration
  • Full Access Control
  • Datagrid with column sorts, powered by Vue.js
  • Image Management with Intervention Image Package
  • Chart.js integration with Vue 2
  • Elixir Asset Management

The sample app is written with simple, practical code that is explained in granular detail. You've probably heard a lot of great things about Laravel and they are all true.  You will love working with Laravel!

Laravel 5.3 For Beginners is written and maintained by Bill Keck, an author with a passion for writing and PHP frameworks.  His books and blogs are read by programmers all over the world.  He strives to help programmers new to the Laravel framework understand it, with clear and full implementations, so that everyone can take advantage of the amazing Laravel PHP framework.

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Bill Keck

Bill Keck is the author of 100 Patterns For Success, Laravel 5.4 For Beginners and other books on Laravel and PHP Frameworks.  He actively maintains the PHP Frameworks Blog and the Laravel Tips blog.

Contents

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction

  1. Introduction
  2. Features
  3. What Makes The Laravel Framework Special?
  4. Upsides
  5. Downsides
  6. Why I’m Writing This Book
  7. Artisan
  8. MySql
  9. Documentation
  10. Minimum PHP Skills
  11. W3 Schools
  12. Laracasts
  13. Minimum HTML and CSS skills
  14. Minimum Javascript Skills
  15. Minimum Node.js Experience
  16. Errata
  17. Contact Bill Keck
  18. Sample App on Github
  19. Summary

Chapter 2: The Development Environment

  1. Setting up the Dev Environment
  2. MAC or Windows?
  3. MAMP
  4. IDE
  5. Composer
  6. Minimum Version of PHP
  7. Node.js
  8. Homebrew
  9. Git
  10. Command Console
  11. Summary

Chapter 3: Installation of Laravel

  1. Composer install of Laravel
  2. Create Project in IDE
  3. Setup Local Host file:
  4. Vhost Entry
  5. httpd.conf
  6. MOD Rewrite
  7. Restart Apache
  8. Summary

Chapter 4: Let’s Get Started With Laravel

  1. Set Up The Repository
  2. Initial Commit
  3. Diving Into Workflow
  4. Setup the DB
  5. .env
  6. Application Structure
  7. Basic Stitching
  8. Routes
  9. The Style Problem
  10. Unit Testing
  11. Creating a Route
  12. Creating a Controller
  13. Artisan
  14. RESTful pattern
  15. Namespaces and Use Statements
  16. Index Method
  17. Views
  18. Blade
  19. Creating A Master Page
  20. CDN
  21. View Partials
  22. Full Code
  23. Summary

Chapter 5: User Registration And Login

  1. Controllers
  2. User Model
  3. Migrations
  4. Make Auth
  5. RegisterController
  6. Traits
  7. Gravatar
  8. Facades
  9. Pages Controller
  10. New Nav
  11. Auth Methods
  12. Auth Views
  13. passwords view folder
  14. email.blade.php view
  15. reset.blade.php
  16. Auth View Folder
  17. register.blade.php
  18. login.blade.php
  19. Change redirectTo Properties
  20. Summary

Chapter 6: Working with the RESTful Pattern

  1. Sweet Alert
  2. Usage
  3. Flash Messages
  4. Model
  5. Model Factory
  6. Route Resource
  7. RESTful Controller
  8. Errors List
  9. Store Method
  10. Die and Dump
  11. Index Method
  12. Pagination
  13. Create Button
  14. Slugs
  15. Changing the Store Method
  16. Create the Slug
  17. Changing the Create Method
  18. Add Auth Use Statement
  19. Change $fillable Property on Widget Model
  20. Basic Relationships
  21. Add Middleware to WidgetController
  22. Change Routes to Widget
  23. Modify index view
  24. New Factory method
  25. Show Method
  26. Accessors and Mutators
  27. Edit Method
  28. Update Method
  29. Destroy Method
  30. Error Handling
  31. 404.blade.php
  32. Exceptions
  33. Summary

Chapter 7: Access Control

  1. OwnsRecord Trait
  2. Modify User Table Migration
  3. User $fillable
  4. Admin Middleware
  5. AllowIfAdmin
  6. isAdmin Method
  7. Admin Index
  8. NoActiveAccountException
  9. Modifying the LoginController
  10. LoginController
  11. Update Users Table
  12. Registration Form
  13. register.blade.php
  14. Users Migration
  15. Update User $fillable
  16. RegisterController
  17. Create Method
  18. Terms Of Service
  19. Privacy
  20. Summary

Chapter 8: Socialite - One Click Facebook Login

  1. Facebook
  2. Social Routes
  3. session.php
  4. InvalidStateException
  5. Set up Facebook App
  6. Step 1
  7. Step 2
  8. Step 3
  9. Step 4
  10. Step 5
  11. Step 6
  12. Step 7
  13. Step 8
  14. Step 9
  15. Step 10
  16. Step 11
  17. Integrating Socialite
  18. A Big Heads Up
  19. AuthController
  20. Tip For Staying Current
  21. ManagesSocial.php
  22. Putting It All Together
  23. Database Transactions
  24. Summary

Chapter 9: Profile, Settings and Admin Dash

  1. Profile
  2. my-profile and show-profile Routes
  3. Add Profile to Nav
  4. Profile Views
  5. Show View - Profile
  6. Index View - Profile
  7. Edit View - Profile
  8. Users For Admin
  9. UserController.php
  10. UserRequest
  11. User Model changes
  12. HasModelTrait
  13. Index View
  14. Show View
  15. Edit View
  16. Navigation to Users & Profiles
  17. Settings
  18. Settings Routes
  19. SettingsController
  20. Create Settings View Folder
  21. Edit View For Settings
  22. Add Settings To Nav
  23. Admin Page
  24. Add Facebook sign in buttons to Login and Register Views
  25. Summary

Chapter 10: Working With Images

  1. Create imgs, marketing-images, and thumbnails folder.
  2. Create Image Request
  3. Show Method
  4. Add Display Methods to MarketingImage Model
  5. ShowsImages trait.
  6. show view
  7. Edit view
  8. Edit Method
  9. Edit Image Request
  10. Update method
  11. Destroy Method
  12. Index method
  13. index view
  14. Add Marketing Images To Nav
  15. Carousel
  16. Pages Index View
  17. Update slider.blade.php
  18. image_weight
  19. Modify MarketingImageController
  20. CreateImageRequest and EditImageRequest
  21. Marketing Image Create and edit Views
  22. MarketingImage Show View
  23. PagesController Index Method
  24. grid.blade.php
  25. MarketingImageController Index Method
  26. marketing-image index.blade.php
  27. Summary

Chapter 11 Introducing Elixir and Vue.js

  1. npm install
  2. Versioning
  3. Vue.js
  4. Vue Basics
  5. Summary

Chapter 12: Data Grids with Vue.js

  1. Datagrid
  2. Api Route
  3. ApiController
  4. Implementing A Contract
  5. main.scss
  6. WidgetGrid.vue
  7. MarketingImage Data Grid
  8. API route
  9. marketingImageData method on Api Controller
  10. MarketingImageQuery.php
  11. MarketingImageGrid.vue
  12. Gulp
  13. MarketingImageController.php
  14. marketing-image/index.blade.php
  15. Summary

Chapter 13: Introducing Foundation Maker

  1. What is Foundation Maker?
  2. Vue.js 2.0.1
  3. Fresh Install of Laravel
  4. make:assets
  5. make:auth
  6. Api Controller
  7. The New GridQuery Class
  8. Comments
  9. Summary

Chapter 14: Foundation Maker Advanced Use

  1. make:parent-child
  2. make:child-of
  3. make:crud
  4. make:views
  5. make:templates
  6. Managing Templates
  7. Custom Tokens
  8. Token List
  9. Stepping Backwards
  10. Workflow For Adding Code
  11. Migration
  12. make:social-app
  13. Controllers
  14. Exceptions
  15. Auth Traits
  16. Middleware
  17. Requests
  18. Queries
  19. Traits
  20. Models
  21. Config
  22. Migrations
  23. Assets
  24. Views
  25. Routes
  26. Env
  27. Create Facebook App
  28. Summary

Chapter 15: Charts with Vue.js

  1. Building a Chart with Chart.js and Vue.js
  2. Chart.js CDN Call
  3. Add Chart Component Call to app.js
  4. Gulp
  5. Add Api Route for Chart
  6. Add userChartData method to ApiController:
  7. BuildsCharts
  8. FormatsOneYear.php
  9. FormatsOneWeek.php
  10. FormatsThirtyDays
  11. FormatsThreeMonths.php
  12. FormatsCustomDates.php
  13. SetsTables.php
  14. Summary

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