Duration: 5 days – 35 hrs.
Overview
The Introduction to PHP and Laravel training course is a dynamic introduction to two powerful web development technologies: PHP, a versatile scripting language, and Laravel, a popular PHP framework. Participants will embark on a journey to learn the fundamentals of PHP and harness the capabilities of Laravel to build robust and scalable web applications. This course is suitable for beginners and developers aiming to expand their web development skills. Creating a 5-day course outline for learning PHP with Laravel can be an excellent way to introduce students to modern web development using this popular framework.
Objectives
- PHP Fundamentals: Understand the core principles of PHP, including variables, data types, operators, and control structures.
- Functions and Objects: Create reusable functions and work with objects to build efficient PHP code.
- Web Development with PHP: Develop dynamic web pages, process forms, and interact with databases using PHP.
- Introduction to Laravel: Explore the Laravel framework and its features for rapid web application development.
- Laravel Routing and Controllers: Define routes and controllers to manage application logic.
- Database Access with Eloquent: Use Laravel’s Eloquent ORM to interact with databases effortlessly.
- Views and Blade Templates: Create dynamic and engaging views using Blade templates.
- Authentication and Authorization: Implement user authentication and authorization in Laravel applications.
Audience
- This course is suitable for beginners, web developers, and IT professionals interested in gaining foundational knowledge of PHP and Laravel for web application development.
Pre- requisites
- Basic understanding of computer and internet usage.
- Familiarity with general web browsing and navigation.
- No prior programming experience required, but a basic understanding of coding concepts is helpful.
- Access to a computer or device with internet connectivity for hands-on exercises.
- Eagerness to learn and a passion for web development and programming.
Course Content
Introduction to PHP and its role in web development
- Setting up a PHP development environment (XAMPP, WAMP, or similar)
- Basic PHP syntax and data types
- PHP variables and operators
- Control structures (if statements, loops)
- Functions and arrays in PHP
Object-Oriented PHP
- Introduction to object-oriented programming (OOP) in PHP
- Classes and objects
- Properties and methods
- Constructors and destructors
- Inheritance and polymorphism
- Namespaces in PHP
- Exception handling
- Building and using PHP classes
Introduction to Laravel
- Introduction to Laravel framework
- Installation and setup
- Laravel directory structure
- Creating and configuring a Laravel project
- Creating routes and views
- Blade templating engine
- Passing data to views
- Building a basic Laravel application
Laravel Database and Models
- Database configuration in Laravel
- Creating and migrating database tables
- Eloquent ORM (Object-Relational Mapping)
- Defining and using models
- Creating relationships between models (one-to-one, one-to-many, many-to-many)
- Performing database CRUD operations
- Validating and storing form data
- Building a simple CRUD application
Middleware, Authentication, and Authorization
- Understanding middleware in Laravel
- Creating custom middleware
- Implementing authentication with Laravel’s built-in features
- Implementing authorization and roles
- Creating secure routes and controllers
- Building an authentication and authorization system
API Development with Laravel
- Introduction to RESTful APIs
- Creating API routes and controllers
- Handling API requests and responses
- API authentication and versioning
- Testing APIs with tools like Postman
- Documenting APIs with tools like Swagger
- Building a simple RESTful API
Advanced Laravel Topics and Deployment
- Queues and background jobs in Laravel
- Caching in Laravel
- Localization and internationalization
- Advanced Laravel tips and tricks
- Deployment options for Laravel (shared hosting, VPS, cloud)
- Best practices for deploying Laravel applications
- Course recap and Q&A
