Getting started with Laravel 12, master the most popular PHP framework

This book is for anyone who wants to build their first applications in Laravel 12, this writing offers a step-by-step introduction to the framework, knowing the most relevant aspects of it and is focused above all on practice; it is assumed that the reader has knowledge and has developed PHP and related language technologies, such as JavaScript, HTML and CSS and even similar frameworks; Remember that to use any framework, you have to have the bases that support it, that is, its programming language.

Map

This book has a total of 22 chapters, it is recommended that you read in the order in which they are arranged and as we explain the components of the framework, go directly to the practice, replicate, test and modify the codes that we show in this book.

Chapter 1: The necessary software is explained, and its installation to develop in Laravel on Windows with Laragon or Laravel Herd or on MacOS Laravel Herd and MacOS and Linux with Laravel Sail and Docker.

Chapter 2: We will talk about Laravel, we will create a project, we will configure the database, we will know basic aspects of the framework.

Chapter 3: We will take the first steps with the routes and the views.

Chapter 4: We will know the use of migrations.

Chapter 5: We will get to know the MVC.

Chapter 6: We will create a simple CRUD app.

Chapter 7: We will know how to send flash type session messages.

Chapter 8: This chapter is oriented to learn the use of routes.

Chapter 9: In this chapter, we are going to create an authentication system and all that this entails for our application by installing Laravel Breeze, which also configures Tailwind.css in the project.

Chapter 10: In this chapter, we will learn about some common Eloquent operations.

Chapter 11: We are going to introduce the use of components in Laravel as a central element to create a modular application.

Chapter 12: We will learn to generate test data through classes using the seeder system that the framework incorporates.

Chapter 13: We will learn how to create a CRUD type Rest Api and auth with Sanctum, using SPA and token authentication.

Chapter 14: We are going to consume the Rest Api through a CRUD application in Vue 3 using axios requests and web components with Oruga UI.

Chapter 15: We are going to learn how to manage the cache, to save access data to improve application performance and avoid bottlenecks with the database.

Chapter 16: We are going to learn how to manage access policies to certain application modules through Gates and Policies.

Chapter 17: We will see how to handle polymorphism relationships to reuse models that have the same behavior.

Chapter 18: We will see how to manage the permissions and roles of a user to authorize certain parts of the application with a flexible scheme and widely used in web applications of all kinds using Spatie, in this chapter we will learn how to perform this integration and we will develop a module to manage this permissions.

Chapter 19: In this chapter, we will see how to manage configurations, environment variables, create help files, send emails and topics of this type that, as we mentioned previously, are fundamental in the development of web applications.

Chapter 20: In this chapter, we will learn about important packages in Laravel to generate excels, qrs, seo, PayPal, detect mobile navigation among others.

Chapter 21: We will learn how to create unit and integration tests in the Rest Api and the blog-type app using PHPUnit and Pest. (In Dev)

Chapter 22: We will talk about how you can push your Laravel application to production. (In Dev)

By the end of the book, you will have the knowledge to create any basic application with the framework and know more than just the basics of it.

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