Laravel: Up & Running

A comprehensive guide to the Laravel PHP framework, suitable for developers at various levels of experience. Whether you're a seasoned PHP developer new to Laravel, a novice looking to deepen your understanding, or an experienced user wanting to learn new techniques, this book provides valuable insights and practical knowledge.

The book covers a broad range of topics essential for mastering Laravel:

1. Introduction to Laravel: Understanding the history and benefits of using Laravel and PHP frameworks.
2. Setting Up the Environment: Preparing a development environment suitable for Laravel.
3. Core Concepts: Detailed exploration of routing, controllers, Blade templating, and Laravel’s ORM, Eloquent.
4. Frontend and Backend Integration: Using Laravel's tools for frontend development, including Vite and pagination.
5. User Data Handling: Techniques for collecting, validating, and transforming user data.
6. Command-line Tools: Utilizing Laravel’s Artisan and Tinker for efficient development.
7. Authentication and Middleware: Implementing and customizing user authentication, authorization, and middleware.
8. API Development: Building RESTful APIs using Laravel’s built-in tools.
9. Advanced Features: Working with Laravel’s service container, testing, storage, mail, notifications, and job queues.

The book is designed to be clear and concise, making it accessible for developers new to Laravel while still providing in-depth information for more advanced users. It aims to get developers quickly up and running with powerful and flexible applications built with Laravel.