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Build a Forum With Laravel

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Building a forum is a great playground for getting acquainted with Laravel; there are so many little things to think about that really stretch the framework… and our minds! It's been a while since we built one on Laracasts, so join me as we create a feature rich forum together using the powerful ecosystem Laravel provides. Let's go!

Syllabus

  • Stack, Setup and Structure
    • Selecting a Stack
    • Configuring Jetstream
    • Defining Our Data
    • Factories and Seeding
    • Test Suite Tinkering
  • Post Fundamentals
    • Pest Driving Posts
    • From Model to Json
    • Pagination and Performance
    • Helpful Test Helpers
    • Showing a Single Post
    • Linking Up the Index
  • The CRUD of Comments
    • Showing Comments on a Post
    • The Only Inertia Trick You Need to Know
    • Posting a Comment
    • The Comment Form
    • Auth Issues
    • The "D" in "CRUD"
    • Say Hello to Policies
    • Preventing the Pagination Problem
    • Editing Comments: The Backend Edition
    • Editing Comments: The Frontend Edition
    • Useful User Feedback: Toasts
    • Useful User Feedback: Confirming Actions
  • Creating New Posts
    • Creating Posts: the Backend Edition
    • Creating Posts: the Frontend Edition
    • Post Policies, Shared Data and Attributes
    • Using Slugs for SEO
    • Fixing a Broken Test Suite
  • Building a WYSIWYG Editor
    • I: A New Editor
    • II: Rise of the Toolbar
    • III: The AI Wars
    • IV: Return of the HTML
    • V: The Comment Strikes Back
    • VI: Revenge of the Fixtures
  • Post Topics
    • On the Topic of Posts
    • Filtering the Index by Topic
    • Crafting a Topic Menu
    • Wiring Up the Form
  • House Keeping
    • Upgrading to Laravel 11
    • Removing Laravel Sanctum
    • Upgrading Vue
    • Squashing Bugs
    • Random Refactors
  • Liking Content
    • Polymorphic Models
    • Denormalizing the Database
    • He Likes Me
    • He Likes Me Not
    • Smash That Like Button
  • Searching for Posts
    • A Simple Search Solution
    • Combining Search with Topics
    • Let Scout Do the Searching

Taught by

Luke Downing

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