UPDATE: Laravel 11

app/Http/Controllers/Auth/AuthenticatedSessionController.php

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 
 use App\Http\Controllers\Controller;
 use App\Http\Requests\Auth\LoginRequest;
-use App\Providers\RouteServiceProvider;
 use Illuminate\Http\RedirectResponse;
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Auth;
@@ -29,7 +28,7 @@ public function store(LoginRequest $request): RedirectResponse
 
         $request->session()->regenerate();
 
-        return redirect()->intended(RouteServiceProvider::HOME);
+        return redirect()->intended(route('dashboard', absolute: false));
     }
 
     /**

app/Http/Controllers/Auth/ConfirmablePasswordController.php

@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 namespace App\Http\Controllers\Auth;
 
 use App\Http\Controllers\Controller;
-use App\Providers\RouteServiceProvider;
 use Illuminate\Http\RedirectResponse;
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Auth;
@@ -36,6 +35,6 @@ public function store(Request $request): RedirectResponse
 
         $request->session()->put('auth.password_confirmed_at', time());
 
-        return redirect()->intended(RouteServiceProvider::HOME);
+        return redirect()->intended(route('dashboard', absolute: false));
     }
 }

app/Http/Controllers/Auth/EmailVerificationNotificationController.php

@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 namespace App\Http\Controllers\Auth;
 
 use App\Http\Controllers\Controller;
-use App\Providers\RouteServiceProvider;
 use Illuminate\Http\RedirectResponse;
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
 
@@ -15,7 +14,7 @@ class EmailVerificationNotificationController extends Controller
     public function store(Request $request): RedirectResponse
     {
         if ($request->user()->hasVerifiedEmail()) {
-            return redirect()->intended(RouteServiceProvider::HOME);
+            return redirect()->intended(route('dashboard', absolute: false));
         }
 
         $request->user()->sendEmailVerificationNotification();

app/Http/Controllers/Auth/EmailVerificationPromptController.php

@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 namespace App\Http\Controllers\Auth;
 
 use App\Http\Controllers\Controller;
-use App\Providers\RouteServiceProvider;
 use Illuminate\Http\RedirectResponse;
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
 use Illuminate\View\View;
@@ -16,7 +15,7 @@ class EmailVerificationPromptController extends Controller
     public function __invoke(Request $request): RedirectResponse|View
     {
         return $request->user()->hasVerifiedEmail()
-                    ? redirect()->intended(RouteServiceProvider::HOME)
+                    ? redirect()->intended(route('dashboard', absolute: false))
                     : view('auth.verify-email');
     }
 }

app/Http/Controllers/Auth/PasswordController.php

@@ -2,11 +2,10 @@
 
 namespace App\Http\Controllers\Auth;
 
-use Illuminate\Http\Request;
 use App\Http\Controllers\Controller;
-use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Hash;
 use Illuminate\Http\RedirectResponse;
-use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Redirect;
+use Illuminate\Http\Request;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Hash;
 use Illuminate\Validation\Rules\Password;
 
 class PasswordController extends Controller
@@ -16,7 +15,7 @@ class PasswordController extends Controller
      */
     public function update(Request $request): RedirectResponse
     {
-        $validated = $request->validate([
+        $validated = $request->validateWithBag('updatePassword', [
             'current_password' => ['required', 'current_password'],
             'password' => ['required', Password::defaults(), 'confirmed'],
         ]);
@@ -25,6 +24,6 @@ public function update(Request $request): RedirectResponse
             'password' => Hash::make($validated['password']),
         ]);
 
-        return Redirect::route('profile.edit')->with('success', 'Password has been updated!');
+        return back()->with('status', 'password-updated');
     }
 }

app/Http/Controllers/Auth/RegisteredUserController.php

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 
 use App\Http\Controllers\Controller;
 use App\Models\User;
-use App\Providers\RouteServiceProvider;
 use Illuminate\Auth\Events\Registered;
 use Illuminate\Http\RedirectResponse;
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
@@ -32,9 +31,8 @@ public function store(Request $request): RedirectResponse
     {
         $request->validate([
             'name' => ['required', 'string', 'max:255'],
-            'email' => ['required', 'string', 'email', 'max:255', 'unique:'.User::class],
+            'email' => ['required', 'string', 'lowercase', 'email', 'max:255', 'unique:'.User::class],
             'password' => ['required', 'confirmed', Rules\Password::defaults()],
-            'terms-of-service' => ['required']
         ]);
 
         $user = User::create([
@@ -47,6 +45,6 @@ public function store(Request $request): RedirectResponse
 
         Auth::login($user);
 
-        return redirect(RouteServiceProvider::HOME);
+        return redirect(route('dashboard', absolute: false));
     }
 }

app/Http/Controllers/Auth/VerifyEmailController.php

@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 namespace App\Http\Controllers\Auth;
 
 use App\Http\Controllers\Controller;
-use App\Providers\RouteServiceProvider;
 use Illuminate\Auth\Events\Verified;
 use Illuminate\Foundation\Auth\EmailVerificationRequest;
 use Illuminate\Http\RedirectResponse;
@@ -16,13 +15,13 @@ class VerifyEmailController extends Controller
     public function __invoke(EmailVerificationRequest $request): RedirectResponse
     {
         if ($request->user()->hasVerifiedEmail()) {
-            return redirect()->intended(RouteServiceProvider::HOME.'?verified=1');
+            return redirect()->intended(route('dashboard', absolute: false).'?verified=1');
         }
 
         if ($request->user()->markEmailAsVerified()) {
             event(new Verified($request->user()));
         }
 
-        return redirect()->intended(RouteServiceProvider::HOME.'?verified=1');
+        return redirect()->intended(route('dashboard', absolute: false).'?verified=1');
     }
 }

app/Http/Controllers/Controller.php

@@ -2,11 +2,7 @@
 
 namespace App\Http\Controllers;
 
-use Illuminate\Foundation\Auth\Access\AuthorizesRequests;
-use Illuminate\Foundation\Validation\ValidatesRequests;
-use Illuminate\Routing\Controller as BaseController;
-
-class Controller extends BaseController
+abstract class Controller
 {
-    use AuthorizesRequests, ValidatesRequests;
+    //
 }

app/Http/Controllers/UserController.php

@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 
 namespace App\Http\Controllers;
 
+use App\Http\Requests\User\StoreUserRequest;
+use App\Http\Requests\User\UpdateUserRequest;
 use App\Models\User;
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Hash;
-use App\Http\Requests\User\StoreUserRequest;
-use App\Http\Requests\User\UpdateUserRequest;
 
 class UserController extends Controller
 {
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ public function index()
         $users = User::all();
 
         return view('users.index', [
-            'users' => $users
+            'users' => $users,
         ]);
     }
 
@@ -32,13 +32,13 @@ public function store(StoreUserRequest $request)
         /**
          * Handle upload an image
          */
-        if($request->hasFile('photo')){
+        if ($request->hasFile('photo')) {
             $file = $request->file('photo');
             $filename = hexdec(uniqid()).'.'.$file->getClientOriginalExtension();
 
             $file->storeAs('profile/', $filename, 'public');
             $user->update([
-                'photo' => $filename
+                'photo' => $filename,
             ]);
         }
 
@@ -50,34 +50,34 @@ public function store(StoreUserRequest $request)
     public function show(User $user)
     {
         return view('users.show', [
-           'user' => $user
+            'user' => $user,
         ]);
     }
 
     public function edit(User $user)
     {
         return view('users.edit', [
-            'user' => $user
+            'user' => $user,
         ]);
     }
 
     public function update(UpdateUserRequest $request, User $user)
     {
 
-//        if ($validatedData['email'] != $user->email) {
-//            $validatedData['email_verified_at'] = null;
-//        }
+        //        if ($validatedData['email'] != $user->email) {
+        //            $validatedData['email_verified_at'] = null;
+        //        }
 
         $user->update($request->except('photo'));
 
         /**
          * Handle upload image with Storage.
          */
-        if($request->hasFile('photo')){
+        if ($request->hasFile('photo')) {
 
             // Delete Old Photo
-            if($user->photo){
-                unlink(public_path('storage/profile/') . $user->photo);
+            if ($user->photo) {
+                unlink(public_path('storage/profile/').$user->photo);
             }
 
             // Prepare New Photo
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ public function update(UpdateUserRequest $request, User $user)
 
             // Save DB
             $user->update([
-                'photo' => $fileName
+                'photo' => $fileName,
             ]);
         }
 
@@ -98,17 +98,17 @@ public function update(UpdateUserRequest $request, User $user)
             ->with('success', 'User has been updated!');
     }
 
-    public function updatePassword(Request $request, String $username)
+    public function updatePassword(Request $request, string $username)
     {
-        # Validation
+        // Validation
         $validated = $request->validate([
             'password' => 'required_with:password_confirmation|min:6',
             'password_confirmation' => 'same:password|min:6',
         ]);
 
-        # Update the new Password
+        // Update the new Password
         User::where('username', $username)->update([
-            'password' => Hash::make($validated['password'])
+            'password' => Hash::make($validated['password']),
         ]);
 
         return redirect()
@@ -121,8 +121,8 @@ public function destroy(User $user)
         /**
          * Delete photo if exists.
          */
-        if($user->photo){
-            unlink(public_path('storage/profile/') . $user->photo);
+        if ($user->photo) {
+            unlink(public_path('storage/profile/').$user->photo);
         }
 
         $user->delete();

app/Providers/AppServiceProvider.php

@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 
 namespace App\Providers;
 
-use Illuminate\Http\Request;
 use App\Breadcrumbs\Breadcrumbs;
+use Illuminate\Http\Request;
 use Illuminate\Pagination\Paginator;
 use Illuminate\Support\ServiceProvider;
 
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ public function boot(): void
     {
         Paginator::useBootstrapFive();
 
-        Request::macro('breadcrumbs', function (){
+        Request::macro('breadcrumbs', function () {
             return new Breadcrumbs($this);
         });
     }