Laravel Study Cards

Enhance Your Understanding with Laravel Programming Concept Cards for quick learning



Laravel

A PHP web application framework that provides an elegant syntax and a set of tools for web development.

Composer

A dependency management tool for PHP that is used to install and manage Laravel and its packages.

Artisan

The command-line interface included with Laravel, providing a number of helpful commands for development tasks.

Routing

The process of defining the routes for handling HTTP requests in a Laravel application.

Controllers

Classes that handle the logic for processing HTTP requests and returning responses in a Laravel application.

Models

Representations of database tables, allowing you to interact with the database using object-oriented syntax in Laravel.

Views

Templates that define the structure and layout of the HTML pages returned by a Laravel application.

Migrations

Database schema management in Laravel, allowing you to create and modify database tables using PHP code.

Eloquent ORM

An object-relational mapping (ORM) library included with Laravel, providing an expressive syntax for interacting with databases.

Middleware

Code that sits between the HTTP requests and responses, allowing you to perform actions before and after the request is handled in Laravel.

Authentication

The process of verifying the identity of users in a Laravel application, allowing you to restrict access to certain parts of the application.

Validation

The process of validating user input in a Laravel application, ensuring that it meets certain criteria before it is processed.

Error Handling

Dealing with errors and exceptions in a Laravel application, allowing you to handle them gracefully and provide meaningful error messages.

Caching

Storing frequently accessed data in memory or a faster storage system to improve the performance of a Laravel application.

Queues

A way to defer time-consuming tasks in a Laravel application, allowing them to be processed in the background without affecting the user experience.

Testing

Writing automated tests for a Laravel application to ensure that it behaves as expected and to catch any regressions.

Deployment

The process of making a Laravel application available for use, typically on a web server or a cloud platform.

Best Practices

Recommended guidelines and techniques for developing Laravel applications that are maintainable, scalable, and secure.

Security

Protecting a Laravel application from common security vulnerabilities, such as cross-site scripting (XSS) and SQL injection.

Performance Optimization

Improving the speed and efficiency of a Laravel application by optimizing database queries, caching, and other performance-related aspects.

Packages

Pre-built libraries and extensions that can be added to a Laravel application to add functionality or simplify common tasks.

Blade Templates

The templating engine used by Laravel, providing a simple and powerful way to create dynamic views.

Eloquent Relationships

The associations between different database tables in a Laravel application, allowing you to easily retrieve related data.

Middleware Groups

A way to group multiple middleware classes together in Laravel, allowing you to apply them to multiple routes at once.

Route Model Binding

Automatically injecting model instances into route callbacks or controller actions based on the route parameters in Laravel.

Database Seeding

Populating the database with dummy data for testing or development purposes in Laravel.

Task Scheduling

Running scheduled tasks or commands at specified intervals in a Laravel application, such as sending emails or generating reports.

Event Broadcasting

Broadcasting events to multiple clients using websockets or other broadcasting drivers in Laravel.

API Authentication

Authenticating API requests in a Laravel application using tokens, OAuth, or other authentication mechanisms.

File Storage

Storing and retrieving files in a Laravel application, supporting local disk storage, cloud storage, and other drivers.

Localization

Translating a Laravel application into multiple languages, allowing users to switch between different language versions.

Error Logging

Logging errors and exceptions in a Laravel application, helping you identify and debug issues.

Query Builder

A fluent interface for building database queries in Laravel, providing a convenient way to interact with the database.

Eloquent Events

Events triggered by changes to Eloquent models in a Laravel application, allowing you to perform actions before or after certain events occur.