Developing WebAPI with PHP and Laravel

Contents

Introduction to Laravel:

• What is Laravel?

• Why use Laravel?

• Installing Laravel

Basic Structure of a Laravel Application:

• Important files and directories

• Naming conventions

• Basic routing

• Controllers and views

Creating a Simple Laravel Application:

• Installing Laravel

• Creating routes and controllers

• Displaying views

• Passing data between controllers and views

Blade Templating Engine:

• Basic syntax

• Control structures

• Built-in functions

• Creating custom layouts

Eloquent ORM:

• Introduction to Eloquent models

• Defining relationships between models

• Running queries on models

• Create, read, update, and delete (CRUD) operations

Practical Exercises:

• Creating a simple web application to manage a list of items with CRUD functionality

• Implementing basic user authentication

Artisan:

• Useful commands for Laravel development

• Creating custom commands

• Managing database migrations

Testing:

• Introduction to unit tests

• Integration tests

• Functional tests

• Using PHPUnit with Laravel

Middleware:

• Introduction to middleware

• Creating custom middleware

• Using middleware for authentication, authorization, and more

Error and Exception Handling:

• Basic error handling in Laravel

• Logging and managing custom exceptions

Deploying a Laravel Application:

• Common deployment options

• Deploying to shared hosting

• Deploying to a VPS or cloud server

Practical Exercises:

• Implementing advanced user authentication with middleware

• Writing unit tests for routes and controllers

• Deploying the Laravel application on a hosting service

Note:
Practical exercises will be provided throughout the course to allow participants to apply the concepts learned.