Laravel Learning Path

This repository contains the ordered list of Laravel topics to learn, step-by-step, with related links.

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Beginner Level

Create your very first simple Laravel project

Topic Learning Links Routing and Controllers: Basics

Callback Functions and Route::view() Official Docs: Basic Routing
Official Docs: View Routes Routing to a Single Controller Method Official Docs: Basic Controllers with Routes Route Parameters Official Docs: Route Parameters Blade Basics

Displaying Variables in Blade Official Docs: Blade: Displaying Data Blade If-Else and Loop Structures Official Docs: Blade: If-Statements
Official Docs: Blade Loops Layout: @include, @extends, @section, @yield Official Docs: Blade: Layout Using Template Inheritance Auth Basics

Starter Kits: Breeze (Tailwind) or Laravel UI (Bootstrap) Official Docs: Laravel Breeze Official Documentation
Official Docs: Laravel UI: Official Github Page Default Auth Model and Access its Fields from Anywhere Official Docs: Retrieving the Authenticated User Check Auth in Controller / Blade Official Docs: Determining If The Current User Is Authenticated
Official Docs: Blade: Authentication Directives Database Basics

Database Migrations Official Docs: Database Migrations Basic Eloquent Model and MVC: Controller -> Model -> View Official Docs: Eloquent: Getting Started Eloquent Relationships: belongsTo / hasMany / belongsToMany Official Docs: Eloquent Relationships: One-to-Many
Official Docs: Eloquent Relationships: BelongsTo
Official Docs: Eloquent Relationships: Many-to-Many Eager Loading and N+1 Query Problem Official Docs: Relationships: Eager Loading Full Simple CRUD

Route Resource and Resourceful Controllers Official Docs: Laravel Resource Controllers
Article: Simple Laravel CRUD with Resource Controllers [digitalocean.com] Forms, Validation and Form Requests Official Docs: Laravel Validation File Uploads and Storage Folder Basics Official Docs: Filesystem: File Uploads Table Pagination Official Docs: Database Pagination

Advanced Beginner Level

The goal of this level is to find the first job or freelance gig

Topic Learning Links Routing Advanced

Route Naming Official Docs: Names Routes Route Groups Official Docs: Route Groups Route Model Binding Official Docs: Route Model Binding Route Redirect Official Docs: Redirect Routes Middleware

How default Middleware works like "Auth" Official Docs: Protecting Routes Create Custom Middleware Class Official Docs: Defining Middleware Database Advanced

Database Seeders and Factories Official Docs: Database: Seeding
Official Docs: Defining Model Factories Eloquent Query Scopes Official Docs: Eloquent: Query Scopes Polymorphic relationships Official Docs: Polymorphic Relationships Eloquent Accessors and Mutators Official Docs: Accessors & Mutators Eloquent Collections Official Docs: Eloquent Collections
Official Docs: General Laravel Collections Auth Advanced

Authorization: Roles/Permissions, Gates, Policies Official Docs: Authorization
Video: Laravel Roles and Permissions: All CORE Things You Need To Know Authorization: Extra Packages - Spatie Permission, Bouncer, etc Video: Spatie Laravel Permission: Example Project Review
Article: Two Best Laravel Packages to Manage Roles/Permissions
Official Docs: spatie/laravel-permission
Official Docs: JosephSilber/bouncer Authentication: Email Verification Official Docs: Email Verification File Uploads Advanced

Drivers and Disks, Example of Amazon S3 Official Docs: File Storage
Video: Laravel: How to Upload Files to Amazon S3 Extra Packages: Spatie Medialibrary, Intervention Image, etc Official Docs: spatie/laravel-medialibrary
Official Docs: intervention/image API Basics

API Routes and Controllers Official Docs: API Resource Routes
Official Docs: Default Route Files API Eloquent Resources Official Docs: Eloquent: API Resources API Auth with Sanctum Official Docs: Laravel Sanctum Debugging Errors

Log Files in Laravel Official Docs: Logging Try-Catch and Laravel Exceptions Official Docs: Error Handling
Video: Exceptions in Laravel: Why/How to Use and Create Your Own Local Debugging Tools: Debugbar, Telescope, Ray Official Docs: barryvdh/laravel-debugbar
Official Docs: Laravel Telescope
Official Docs: Spatie Ray (Premium Tool)
Video: Debug Eloquent Queries from API: Laravel Telescope
Video: Spatie Ray: Laravel Debugging with Pleasure Customizing Error Pages and Messages Official Docs: Custom HTTP Error Pages
Video: Laravel Error Pages: Change Text or Customize Layouts (optional) Third Party Bug Trackers: Bugsnag, Flare, Sentry, Rollbar Official Docs: Bugsnag Laravel
Official Docs: Flare Homepage
Official Docs: Sentry Laravel
Official Docs: Rollbar Laravel
Video: Bug Tracking in Laravel: Bugsnag vs Flare [Demo/Review] Sending Email

Mailables and Mail Facade Official Docs: Mail & Mailables Configure Drivers/Services: Mailgun, Mailtrap, etc Article: How to Send Email From Laravel, and Why We Need 3rd Party Providers For It
Official Docs: Mail: Drivers Prerequisites Notifications System: Email, SMS, Slack, etc. Official Docs: Notifications Automated Testing with PHPUnit

"Smoke" Tests to Check if Pages are Loading Official Docs: Testing: Getting Started
Course: Laravel: PHPUnit Testing for Beginners Configure Testing Database and Test CRUD Operations Official Docs: Database Testing Deployment and Version Control

Git Version Control Official Docs: Git
Video: Git in Laravel. Part 1 - Branches: Main, Develop and Feature Deployment on Live Servers Official Docs: Deployment
Article: How to Deploy Laravel Projects to Live Server: The Ultimate Guide
Article: What Server is Needed to Deploy Laravel Projects
Video: How we Deploy Laravel: Branches, Staging Servers, Forge and Envoyer

(WORK IN PROGRESS) Mid Level

Topic Learning Links (optional) Starter Kits: Laravel Jetstream and Fortify

Events and Listeners

Routing Extra Features

Route Caching

Rate Limiting

Various Extra Features

Invokable controllers

Blade Extra Features

Blade Components

Custom Blade Directives

API Advanced

Front-end Basics: Vue.js or Similar Alternative

Jobs and Queues

Laravel Horizon (optional, if you use Redis) Official Docs: Laravel Horizon Payments

(TO BE DONE LATER) Senior Level

Topic Learning Links