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Engineering • Step-by-Step Curriculum

Laravel & Laravel Herd Full-Stack Engineering

Master Laravel Herd local environments, Artisan CLI, routing, Blade layouts, Eloquent ORM, authentication, queues, and automated PHPUnit testing.

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Practical Equipment & Study Requirements
What laptop, phone, internet, and free tools you need for this field—plus cloud options if your device is low-spec.
Laptop / PC Specs

Minimum:

Recommended:

Free Cloud Option:

Phone & Internet

Laptop Essential

Internet: Moderate (~500 MB initial download for Laravel Herd + Composer packages; low thereafter).

Free Software & Hardware Kit

Hardware / Kit: None required

Beginner Stage

Zero prior experience required — core concepts & first hands-on builds.

Step 1 beginner ~6 hrs

Installing & Mastering Laravel Herd (Zero-Config Local Dev)

Run PHP 8.x, Nginx/Caddy, Node, Composer, and automatic .test local domains in minutes on Windows or macOS.

What You Will Learn
  • Herd PHP version switching & .test sites
  • SQLite/MySQL (DBngin) & Herd dumps/mail
Hands-On Milestone Project: Install Laravel Herd, create a fresh Laravel app, and serve it at https://myapp.test.
Step 2 beginner ~8 hrs

Laravel Project Structure, Routing, Controllers & Artisan

Understand app/, routes/web.php, config/, .env, and generate clean code with php artisan.

What You Will Learn
  • Route model binding & named routes
  • Resource controllers & Artisan commands
Hands-On Milestone Project: Create a multi-page resource controller with named routes and Artisan-generated models.
Intermediate Stage

Build real multi-part projects, tooling fluency, and problem-solving speed.

Step 3 intermediate ~10 hrs

Blade Layouts, Forms, Validation & CSRF Security

Build clean Blade views with @extends/@yield, Form Requests, validation rules, and XSS/CSRF protection.

What You Will Learn
  • FormRequest validation classes
  • @csrf, @method & error display
Hands-On Milestone Project: Build a validated CRUD form with Blade layout inheritance and flash alerts.
Step 4 intermediate ~10 hrs

Database Migrations, Eloquent ORM Relationships & Seeders

Model real-world data with migrations, hasMany/belongsTo/belongsToMany, eager loading, and seeders.

What You Will Learn
  • Preventing N+1 queries with with()
  • Factories & idempotent seeders
Hands-On Milestone Project: Design 3 related tables with migrations, seeders, and eager-loaded queries.
Advanced Stage

Production patterns, architecture, automation, and security rigor.

Step 5 advanced ~12 hrs

Authentication, Roles/Permissions, Queues & Mail

Secure routes with middleware, Spatie roles/policies, background jobs, and transactional emails.

What You Will Learn
  • Middleware, Gates & Policies
  • Queued jobs & Herd Mail testing
Hands-On Milestone Project: Add role-protected admin routes and a queued welcome email tested locally in Herd.
Expert Stage

Scale, observability, testing, leadership, and real-world deployment.

Step 6 expert ~12 hrs

PHPUnit Feature Testing, Caching & Production Deployment

Write fast database-transactional Feature tests, cache heavy queries, and deploy cleanly.

What You Will Learn
  • RefreshDatabase / DatabaseTransactions
  • Config/route/view caching & zero-downtime deploy
Hands-On Milestone Project: Write 8 passing PHPUnit Feature tests covering auth, validation, and database assertions.
Field Mastery Assessment

Laravel & Laravel Herd Full-Stack Engineering — Practical Mastery Assessment

Score 80% or higher (5 scenario questions) + submit your real practical capstone project after at least 7 days of study to earn a Verified MESHLUMA Certificate.

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