2024-01-12

PHP / Laravel

• What do I already know?
  • PHP
    • is a "dynamic" language
    • Interpreted
    • $ everywhere
    • used in wordpress
    • Backend Web Focused Language
      • Must be run on a server
    • LAMP
    • XAMPP
    • It's been around for a very long time
  • Laravel
    • Web Framework
    • Opinionated
    • SSR
    • Works with Vue
    • Created by Taylor Otwell
• What does this compare to?
  • Similar to Sails JS / Nest JS / AdonisJS
  • Similar to Ruby on Rails
  • Similar to Django
  • Runs on a server like node.js
• Questions:
  • What is it?
    • MVC?
    • How much SSR?
    • Are there API routes?
    • All of these! You choose where to start.
  • What ORM do we use?
    • Built In!
• What is PHP / Laravel?
  • PHP is a backend programming language
  • Laravel is a web framework built on top of PHP
    • Full featured
    • Opinionated
    • Batteries Included™️
• Why is there so much hate for PHP?
  • PHP has been around for a VERY long time
    • Since 1995
  • PHP is used in a huge portion of the Web
    • Wordpress
  • Modern PHP is GOOD!
    • Laravel
    • PHP is a living language
• Why should we use PHP / Laravel?
• How do we learn?
  • https://bootcamp.laravel.com
• What can we do with it?
  • Realtime
    • https://laravel.com/docs/10.x/broadcasting
  • Serverless Deployment
    • https://vapor.laravel.com/
  • Queues
    • https://laravel.com/docs/10.x/queues
• How do we get setup?
  • Sail on MacOS
    • curl -s "https://laravel.build/example-app" | bash
    • https://laravel.com/docs/10.x#choosing-your-sail-services
  • Herd
    • https://herd.laravel.com/
  • More questions:
    • How to change port???
    • How to use Blade??
  • VSCode extensions?
• What will we build
  • Combine with HTMX Speedrun