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Setting up Laravel Project
Authentication (Login/Register)
CRUD Operations
REST API Development
Laravel Migrations, Models, and Relationships
Laravel Blade Templates
Working with Eloquent ORM
Deploying a Laravel Application

1. Setting Up a Laravel Project

To get started with Laravel, you need to have Composer installed on your machine.

Install Composer: If you haven't already, download Composer and install it globally.
Create a Laravel Project: Run the following command to create a new Laravel project.
```
composer create-project --prefer-dist laravel/laravel my-laravel-app
```
This will create a new Laravel application in the my-laravel-app directory.
Navigate to your project directory:
```
cd my-laravel-app
```
Run Laravel Development Server:
```
php artisan serve
```
By default, the application will be accessible at http://localhost:8000.

2. Authentication (Login/Register)

Laravel comes with built-in authentication using Laravel Breeze, Jetstream, or UI for older versions.

Install Breeze for Authentication:

Install Laravel Breeze:
```
composer require laravel/breeze --dev
```
Install Breeze Scaffolding:
```
php artisan breeze:install
```
Install NPM dependencies:
```
npm install && npm run dev
```
Migrate the Database (Creates tables for users):
```
php artisan migrate
```

This will provide the basic authentication views for login, registration, password reset, and email verification.

3. CRUD Operations

CRUD stands for Create, Read, Update, and Delete operations, which are fundamental operations for interacting with a database.

Create a Model, Controller, and Migration

Generate Model and Migration:
```
php artisan make:model Post -m
```
This will create a Post model and a migration file.

Edit the Migration File to define the table structure in database/migrations/{timestamp}_create_posts_table.php:

public function up()
{
    Schema::create('posts', function (Blueprint $table) {
        $table->id();
        $table->string('title');
        $table->text('content');
        $table->timestamps();
    });
}

Run the Migration:
```
php artisan migrate
```

Create Controller for Post CRUD:

php artisan make:controller PostController

Define Methods in the Controller (app/Http/Controllers/PostController.php):

use App\Models\Post;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;

class PostController extends Controller
{
    // Show all posts
    public function index()
    {
        $posts = Post::all();
        return view('posts.index', compact('posts'));
    }

    // Show form to create a new post
    public function create()
    {
        return view('posts.create');
    }

    // Store new post in database
    public function store(Request $request)
    {
        $request->validate([
            'title' => 'required|max:255',
            'content' => 'required',
        ]);

        Post::create($request->all());

        return redirect()->route('posts.index');
    }

    // Show a specific post
    public function show($id)
    {
        $post = Post::findOrFail($id);
        return view('posts.show', compact('post'));
    }

    // Show form to edit a post
    public function edit($id)
    {
        $post = Post::findOrFail($id);
        return view('posts.edit', compact('post'));
    }

    // Update post in the database
    public function update(Request $request, $id)
    {
        $request->validate([
            'title' => 'required|max:255',
            'content' => 'required',
        ]);

        $post = Post::findOrFail($id);
        $post->update($request->all());

        return redirect()->route('posts.index');
    }

    // Delete a post
    public function destroy($id)
    {
        Post::findOrFail($id)->delete();
        return redirect()->route('posts.index');
    }
}

Define Routes in routes/web.php:

use App\Http\Controllers\PostController;

Route::resource('posts', PostController::class);

Create Views for the posts (create, index, edit, show) in resources/views/posts/. Here is an example for index (resources/views/posts/index.blade.php):

<h1>All Posts</h1>
<a href="{{ route('posts.create') }}">Create Post</a>
<ul>
    @foreach ($posts as $post)
        <li>
            <a href="{{ route('posts.show', $post->id) }}">{{ $post->title }}</a>
            <a href="{{ route('posts.edit', $post->id) }}">Edit</a>
            <form action="{{ route('posts.destroy', $post->id) }}" method="POST">
                @csrf
                @method('DELETE')
                <button type="submit">Delete</button>
            </form>
        </li>
    @endforeach
</ul>

4. Working with Eloquent ORM

Eloquent is Laravel's built-in ORM (Object-Relational Mapping) tool that makes interacting with your database simple.

Basic Queries:

Create a new record:

$post = new Post;
$post->title = 'My First Post';
$post->content = 'This is the content of the post.';
$post->save();

Retrieve all records:
```
$posts = Post::all();
```
Find a record by ID:
```
$post = Post::find(1);
```

Update a record:

$post = Post::find(1);
$post->title = 'Updated Title';
$post->save();

Delete a record:

$post = Post::find(1);
$post->delete();

5. Laravel Blade Templates

Laravel Blade is a powerful templating engine that allows you to use clean, readable syntax in your views.

Basic Blade Syntax:

Display Variables:
```
<h1>{{ $post->title }}</h1>
```

Control Structures:

@if ($user)
    <p>Hello, {{ $user->name }}!</p>
@else
    <p>Guest</p>
@endif

Looping:

@foreach ($posts as $post)
    <p>{{ $post->title }}</p>
@endforeach

6. Deploying Laravel Application

Once you've developed your Laravel application, you can deploy it to a server. Here's how:

Prepare your server (e.g., shared hosting, VPS, or cloud server).
Install Composer on your server.
Clone your project from Git (if applicable).
Install dependencies:
```
composer install
```
Set Environment Variables (.env file):
- Set up database, mail, and other environment configurations.
Run Migrations:
```
php artisan migrate --force
```

Optimize Laravel for production:

php artisan config:cache
php artisan route:cache

Set Permissions for storage and cache directories:
```
chmod -R 775 storage bootstrap/cache
```
Serve Application via web server (e.g., Apache, Nginx).

Souy Soeng