nickdenardis / learning-laravel-5

Notes from learning Laravel 5

Learning Laravel 5

Notes and processes to remember.

Install via composer

composer global require "laravel/installer=~1.1"

Add global composer to $PATH

echo 'export PATH=~/.composer/vendor/bin:$PATH' >> /home/vagrant/.bashrc

Create a new project

laravel new blog

or

composer create-project laravel/laravel laravel-5-project-name dev-develop --prefer-dist

Update the namespace of the app

php artisan app:name NamespaceName

Setup the environment

cp .env.example .env

APP_ENV=local
APP_KEY=SomeRandomString
...

Routes are now in the controllers

# app/Http/Controllers/HomeController.php

/**
 * @Get("/")
 */
public function index()
{
  ...
}

Add any new controllers to the RouteServiceProvider.php

# app/Providers/RouteServiceProvider.php

protected $scan = [
    ...,
    'app/Http/Controllers/HomeController.php',
]