Laravel Tutorial

Simple Laravel application with a complete view, including a route, controller, and a Blade template.

Step 1: Create a New Laravel Project

Open your terminal and run the following command to create a new Laravel project:

composer create-project --prefer-dist laravel/laravel laravel_quick_view

Step 2: Create a Controller

Create a controller named ‘WelcomeController’ using the following Artisan command:

php artisan make:controller WelcomeController

Edit the controller file located at app/Http/Controllers/WelcomeController.php: and paste this code

<?php
namespace App\Http\Controllers;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
class WelcomeController extends Controller
{
    public function index()
    {
        $name = 'John Doe';

        return view('welcome', ['name' => $name]);
    }
}
?>

Step 3: Create a Blade View

Create a blade view file ‘welcome.blade.php’ in the resources/views directory:

@extends('layouts.app')
@section('title', 'Welcome Page')

@section('content')
    <div class="container">
        <h1>Hello, {{ $name }}!</h1>
    </div>
@endsection

Step 4: Define a Route

Open the routes/web.php file and define a route that points to the index method of the WelcomeController:

<?php
use App\Http\Controllers\WelcomeController;

Route::get('/welcome', [WelcomeController::class, 'index']);
?>

Step 5: Blade Layout

Create a Blade layout file named app.blade.php in the resources/views/layouts directory:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
    <title>@yield('title', 'Default Title')</title>
</head>
<body>
    @yield('content')
</body>
</html>

Step 6: Run the Application

Run the development server using the following command:

php artisan serve or php -S localhost:8001 -t public

Visit http://localhost:8000/welcome in your browser. You should see the welcome message.

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