Laravel
Project structure
Laravel separates routes, HTTP handling, models, views, and database changes.
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32 practical topics
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Artisan
Artisan is Laravel’s command-line interface.
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Routes
Routes map HTTP methods and paths to handlers.
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Controllers
Controllers coordinate HTTP input, application actions, and responses.
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Requests
Request provides input, headers, files, and authenticated identity.
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Form Requests
A Form Request packages authorization and validation.
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Validation
Validation checks input shape, bounds, and allowed values.
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Models
An Eloquent model maps a table to application behavior.
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Eloquent
Eloquent offers model-based query and persistence methods.
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Relationships
Relationships describe model associations.
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Query Builder
The query builder builds parameterized SQL without full models.
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Migrations
Migrations version database schema changes.
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Seeders
Seeders insert known initial or development data.
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Factories
Factories create variable test fixtures.
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Transactions
A transaction groups changes into an atomic database unit.
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Middleware
Middleware inspects requests before/after the handler.
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Authentication
Authentication establishes who is making the request.
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Authorization
Authorization decides whether the actor may perform this operation.
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Policies
Policies group authorization rules for a model.
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Dependency injection
Laravel’s container supplies concrete constructor or method dependencies.
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Service classes
A service holds a cohesive business operation outside HTTP concerns.
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Configuration
Configuration centralizes application settings.
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Environment variables
Environment files provide deployment-specific settings.
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Logging
Logging records diagnostic events with useful context.
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Exceptions
Laravel translates uncaught exceptions into HTTP responses.
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API resources
Resources define explicit serialization independent of storage.
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API responses
Responses contain a status, headers, and a body.
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JSON
Laravel JSON responses set the content type and encode data.
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Pagination
Pagination bounds query results and supports navigation.
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Queues
Queues run deferred work outside the request.
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Caching
Caching reuses derived data for a bounded time.
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Testing
Feature tests exercise HTTP and persistence; unit tests isolate rules.