This repository contains the ordered list of Laravel topics to learn, step-by-step, with related links.
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Create your very first simple Laravel project
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| Topic | Learning Links |
|---|---|
| Routing and Controllers: Basics | |
| Callback Functions and Route::view() | 📖 Basic Routing 📖 View Routes |
| Routing to a Single Controller Method | 📖 Basic Controllers with Routes |
| Route Parameters | 📖 Route Parameters |
| Route Naming | 📖 Names Routes |
| Route Groups | 📖 Route Groups |
| Blade Basics | |
| Displaying Variables in Blade | 📖 Blade: Displaying Data |
| Blade If-Else and Loop Structures | 📖 Blade: If-Statements 📖 Blade Loops |
| Layout: @include, @extends, @section, @yield | 📖 Blade: Layout Using Template Inheritance |
| Blade Components | 📖 Blade Components 🎬 Laravel Blade Components: Two Examples - Laravel Breeze/UI |
| Auth Basics | |
| Starter Kits: Breeze (Tailwind) or Laravel UI (Bootstrap) | 📖 Laravel Breeze Official Documentation 📖 Laravel UI: Official Github Page |
| Default Auth Model and Access its Fields from Anywhere | 📖 Retrieving the Authenticated User |
| Check Auth in Controller / Blade | 📖 Determining If The Current User Is Authenticated 📖 Blade: Authentication Directives |
| Auth Middleware | 📖 Protecting Routes |
| Database Basics | |
| Database Migrations | 📖 Database Migrations |
| Basic Eloquent Model and MVC: Controller -> Model -> View | 📖 Eloquent: Getting Started |
| Eloquent Relationships: belongsTo / hasMany / belongsToMany | 📖 Eloquent Relationships: One-to-Many 📖 Eloquent Relationships: BelongsTo 📖 Eloquent Relationships: Many-to-Many |
| Eager Loading and N+1 Query Problem | 📖 Relationships: Eager Loading |
| Full Simple CRUD | |
| Route Resource and Resourceful Controllers | 📖 Laravel Resource Controllers 📄 Simple Laravel CRUD with Resource Controllers [digitalocean.com] |
| Forms, Validation and Form Requests | 📖 Laravel Validation |
| File Uploads and Storage Folder Basics | 📖 Filesystem: File Uploads |
| Table Pagination | 📖 Database Pagination |
The goal of this level is to find the first job or freelance gig
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Master all Laravel features with 3-5 years of practical experience
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Responsibility for architecture decisions on large projects
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| Topic | Learning Links |
|---|---|
| PHP/Laravel Design Patterns | |
| Creational Design Patterns | |
| Structural Design Patterns | |
| Behavioral Design Patterns | |
| Well-written Code | |
| SOLID Code | |
| Scalable Code | |
| Maintainable Code | |
| Reusable Code | |
| Best Practices and Standards | |
| Large Datasets | |
| Large Database Structures | |
| NoSQL Solutions | |
| SQL Query Optimization | |
| Scaling to Multiple Databases | |
| Working with High-Traffic Projects | |
| Stability and Zero-Downtime Deployments | |
| Performance Optimization and Caching | |
| Ensuring Code Quality | |
| Writing Testable Code | |
| Automated Testing: Process Optimization | |
| Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) |