Laravel 5 Essentials

by Martin Bean

Explore the fundamentals of Laravel, one of the most expressive and robust PHP frameworks availableAbout This BookCreate a dynamic web application that can read and write data to a databaseImprove your PHP skills and develop a new outlook on solving programming issuesA step-by-step guide that covers the different steps involved in creating a complete Laravel application in an easy-to-understand mannerWho This Book Is ForThis book is intended for PHP web developers who have an interest in Laravel and who know the basics of the framework in theory, but don't really know how to use it in practice. No experience of using frameworks is required, but it is assumed you are at least familiar with building dynamic websites in PHP already.

What You Will LearnSet up a development environment for working with Laravel appsCreate a working Laravel application from start to finishInteract with data and discover Eloquent, Laravel's own ORMCreate and run migrations and seedsSimplify command-line tasks by building Artisan commandsProtect your app by securing it from common security vulnerabilitiesPerform end-to-end testing after learning the basics of testing in LaravelLearn about Laravel's other features including service providers, packages, queue workers, and helpers for working with strings and arraysIn DetailLaravel has established itself as one of the most popular PHP frameworks over the past couple of years. Its popularity comes due to its ease of use, expressive syntax, and the number of components it has, allowing you to achieve practically any task in a modern PHP application.

If you've not had the opportunity to dive into Laravel yet, then this book will be the perfect companion, as it covers the fundamentals Laravel is built on in a thorough yet easy-to-follow manner. To make this book your best learning source, we have covered integral topics such as preparing an environment for working with Laravel applications, creating your first Laravel application from start to finish, a tour of Laravel's ORM Eloquent, and more advanced topics such as testing, user authentication, and security. Being one of the most interesting features in Laravel, we also cover an overview of Artisan, including descriptions of some of its tasks. Post this, we talk about testing and security. By the end of this book, you will be able to create robust PHP websites and web applications quickly and efficiently.

Genres: Programming

243 pages, Kindle Edition

First published April 28, 2015

Reviews

[Chó Yêu Cáo · Rating 2 out of 5]

A book supposed to be for beginner, yet is not detailed enough. There are no best practices, tips, and the examples are also hard to follow.

[Y͢i͢Z͢u͢X͢ · Rating 5 out of 5]

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[Nick · Rating 3 out of 5]

Author doesn't really provide clear enough instructions. He tells you to write code for the "cats" application, which is never even used. It's also a little outdated with Laravel 5.2 being out now, but most of it is up to speed. The only section I actually enjoyed thoroughly was the relationships; which provided decent examples of all of the different types of relationships.

[Delhi Irc]

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[Human Being · Rating 3 out of 5]

Although it's a little bit outdated, I think it's helpful to know what's going on by a really quick overview.