Laravel: Code Smart
The Laravel Framework Version 5 for Beginners
Dayle Rees
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Contents
Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i
Errata . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii
Feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii
Translations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv
How to read this book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
Beginners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
Experienced . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
2. Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Install Software Dependencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Create a Laravel Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Install Homestead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Mastering Vagrant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3. Valet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Adding Sites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Valet Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Sharing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
4. Lifecycle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Request . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Logic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Response . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
