3 hours/week
Build one Laravel feature at a time after reviewing PHP fundamentals.
Programming technologie guide
Learn Laravel
Learn Laravel through prerequisites, core workflows, projects, troubleshooting, and production practices.
Best for
- Structured PHP web applications and APIs
- Applications that need routing, validation, ORM, queues, mail, and authorization
- Teams using conventions to organize PHP backend work
Prerequisites
- Modern PHP syntax and OOP
- Composer and namespaces
- HTTP, forms, SQL, and basic security concepts
Learning sequence
Recommended Learning Order
- 1
Stage 1
Routing, controllers, requests, responses, and configuration
- 2
Stage 2
Validation, Blade or API responses, sessions, and middleware
- 3
Stage 3
Eloquent models, relationships, migrations, and transactions
- 4
Stage 4
Authentication, policies, gates, queues, events, and mail
- 5
Stage 5
Testing, caching, deployment, and production configuration
Study Timeline
6 hours/week
Combine routing, database work, auth, and tests.
10 hours/week
Build and deploy a full application with queues and production configuration.
Project Progression
Beginner: validated CRUD application
Intermediate: authenticated app with relationships and policies
Portfolio: tested application with queues, jobs, caching, and deployment configuration
Common Mistakes
- Putting business logic directly in routes or controllers
- Using authentication without object-level authorization
- Triggering N+1 database queries
- Changing production configuration without understanding cache and queue behavior
Job-Ready Skills
- Routing and controllers
- Validation
- Eloquent and migrations
- Authentication and authorization
- Queues and events
- Testing and deployment
Frequently Asked Questions
What PHP knowledge is required for Laravel?
Know classes, interfaces, namespaces, Composer, exceptions, HTTP basics, and database access. Laravel conventions are much easier when the underlying PHP is familiar.