Laravel: my first framework. Chapter 6 – Database Operations

The following content is the sixth chapter of my new e-book titled “Laravel: my first framework“. This writing is copyright by Maksim Surguy. Unauthorized copy and distribution of this material is prohibited. Chapter 6. Database Operations This chapter covers Configuring Laravel to use a database Introduction to Query Builder and Eloquent ORM Using Query Builder operators for […]

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Laravel: my first framework. Chapter 5 – Understanding Controllers

The following content is the fifth chapter of my new e-book titled “Laravel: my first framework“. This writing is copyright by Maksim Surguy. Unauthorized copy and distribution of this material is prohibited. Chapter 5. Understanding Controllers This chapter covers Default controllers Creating new controllers Controller routing RESTful and Resource Controllers When the code of the application […]

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Laravel: my first framework. Chapter 4 – Views

The following content is the fourth chapter of my new e-book titled “Laravel: my first framework“. This writing is copyright by Maksim Surguy. Unauthorized copy and distribution of this material is prohibited. Chapter 4. Views This chapter covers Basics of views and templates Passing data to views Blade template engine View layouts HTML helpers Most modern […]

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Laravel: my first framework. Chapter 3 – Routing

The following content is the third chapter of my new e-book titled “Laravel: my first framework“. This writing is copyright by Maksim Surguy. Unauthorized copy and distribution of this material is prohibited. Chapter 3. Routing This chapter covers Basics of routing Passing parameters to routes Route filters Grouped and named routes Redirects When you come to […]

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Laravel: my first framework. Chapter 2 – Getting started for Development with Laravel

The following content is the second chapter of my new e-book titled “Laravel: my first framework“. This writing is copyright by Maksim Surguy. Unauthorized copy and distribution of this material is prohibited. Chapter 2. Getting started for Development with Laravel This chapter covers Installing Laravel with Composer Meeting Artisan: the command line interface Understanding structure of […]

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Laravel: my first framework. Chapter 1 – Meeting Laravel

The following content is the first chapter of my new e-book titled “Laravel: my first framework“. This writing is copyright by Maksim Surguy. Unauthorized copy and distribution of this material is prohibited. Chapter 1. Meeting Laravel This chapter covers: An introduction to Laravel 4 PHP framework History of Laravel framework Advantages of using Laravel Developing a […]

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Integrating date pickers

The following content is a free chapter of my bestselling book, Integrating Front End Components with Web Applications. Please do not re-publish this content without my permission. Chapter 8 – Integrating Date Pickers This chapter covers: Theory behind date pickers Practical examples of date pickers in action Using Pickadate open source library for a date picker […]

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A list of CMSs built with Laravel

Yesterday Ryan Tablada organized a Google Hangout in which Matt Staffer, me (Maks Surguy), Jake Chapman, and Alex Dover were discussing CMSs built with Laravel and the future of such systems. You can watch our discussion here and also read the conversation on Google+ (link on the bottom of this post): Before the discussion, I had […]

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