By the end of this 2-day Laravel Quick Start course, participants will be able to:

• Deploy a Laravel application from a local environment or GitHub repository, including configuring the .env file, running migrations, seeders, and compiling assets.
• Implement authorization using policies, protecting modules such as Users and Roles to ensure proper access control.
• Send and test emails in a local environment using Mailpit, including verification and notification emails.
• Enable email verification workflows, ensuring that users confirm their accounts before accessing certain features.
• Use Laravel Events and Listeners to automate actions, such as sending a welcome email when a user verifies their account.
• Build a fully functional Article module, including listing, creating, editing, and displaying articles.
• Apply one-to-many relationships between Users and Articles, allowing users to manage their own content securely.
• Handle file uploads and storage for images or documents, and display uploaded media in the frontend.
• Apply form validation and Form Requests to ensure secure and consistent data input.

Develop a mini content management system (CMS), reinforcing intermediate to advanced Laravel concepts for real-world application development.

Day 1 — Deployment, Authorization & Email

Module 1 — Project Setup & Deployment
Objective: Prepare the Laravel project for local or remote deployment Exercises:

• Clone Laravel project from GitHub (if needed)
• Run necessary commands: composer install, npm install, npm run dev
• Set up .env file, configure database
• Run migrations and seeders to initialize data
• Verify the application works locally

Module 2 — Authorization with Policies
Objective: Protect routes and modules based on user roles Exercises:

• Introduce Policies in Laravel
• Create UserPolicy and RolePolicy
• Apply policies to Role and User modules
• Test access restrictions for different user roles

Module 3 — Email Handling (Local Environment)
Objective: Learn to send and debug emails locally Exercises:

• Configure Mailpit for local email testing
• Create and send test emails using Mail::to()->send()
• Explore the Mailpit interface to view emails

Module 4 — Email Verification
Objective: Require users to verify their email addresses Exercises:

• Enable Laravel’s built-in email verification
• Customize verification email content
• Test verification flow with Mailpit

Module 5 — Events & Listeners
Objective: Respond to actions in the application with automated tasks Exercises:

• Create a WelcomeEmail event and listener
• Trigger event when user verifies their email
• Send a welcome email automatically via listener

Day 2 — Article Website & File Upload

Module 1 — Article Module Setup
Objective: Scaffold Article module and prepare frontend Exercises:

• Use artisan to create Article model, controller, migration, factory, seeder
• Set up frontend routes and templates
• Build article listing page
• Build individual article page

Module 2 — Article CRUD Interfaces
Objective: Allow users to create and edit their own articles Exercises:

• Create new article form
• Build edit article form
• Apply validation rules for title, content, etc.
• Ensure users can only edit articles they own

Module 3 — One-to-Many Relationship
Objective: Connect users to their articles Exercises:

• Define User → Article relationship (hasMany)
• Update controllers to associate articles with the authenticated user
• Display user’s articles in listing page

Module 4 — File Upload & Storage
Objective: Handle image/file uploads for articles Exercises:

• Add file upload field in new/edit article forms
• Configure Laravel storage for public access
• Save uploaded files to disk
• Update Article model to store file path

Module 5 — Displaying Images
Objective: Render uploaded images in frontend Exercises:

• Display article images on listing and individual pages
• Handle missing images gracefully
• Optimize image display for frontend