Sequenced so each module builds on the last, ending with a deployed application rather than a set of disconnected exercises.
1. Laravel and MVC Architecture
How Model-View-Controller separation works in practice, setting up the environment with Composer, and understanding Laravel's project structure well enough to navigate it without guessing where a given piece of logic belongs. This module also covers the artisan command-line tool, since most day-to-day Laravel work runs through it rather than manual file creation.
2. Routing and Controllers
Creating and managing routes, building controllers to handle application logic, and route model binding with middleware for access control on specific routes. You will also cover resource controllers, which map standard CRUD operations to routes automatically instead of writing each one by hand.
3. Blade Templating
Building views with Blade, layout inheritance so shared page structure lives in one place, and handling conditional rendering cleanly instead of tangled if-statements in a view file. Includes working with components, which keep repeated interface pieces like cards or form fields consistent across the application.
4. Eloquent ORM and Databases
Database migrations and schema design, using Eloquent for database interaction without writing raw SQL for every query, and building one-to-one, one-to-many, and many-to-many relationships correctly. Also covers query optimisation basics, since an unoptimised Eloquent query is a common source of the slow-page problems client work has to fix.
5. Authentication and Authorisation
Setting up user authentication using Laravel's built-in tooling, managing roles and permissions for access control, and securing the application with CSRF protection and proper input validation, the step most commonly skipped in rushed projects.
6. API Development
Building RESTful APIs, implementing Laravel Sanctum or Passport for API authentication, and testing and documenting the API with Postman the way a real handoff to a front-end team would require. Covers consistent error response structures, which matter more to a front-end developer integrating your API than most beginners expect.
7. Advanced Laravel Features
Jobs, queues, and event broadcasting for work that should not block a user-facing request, file uploads and cloud storage integration, and an introduction to localisation for multi-language applications, relevant for any application serving both English and Kannada-speaking users.
8. Deployment and Maintenance
Deploying to a server or cloud platform, performance optimisation and caching, and the ongoing maintenance habits that keep an application stable after launch rather than just at the moment it ships, including how to read and act on error logs once real users are on the application.
