laravel-certification

Repository created for learning and passing the Laravel Certification exam.

Directory Structure

• Source-Code contains an ATM Banking Application.
• Documents contains HTML pages with links to supported documentation and resources for learning.
• Code-Examples contains snippets of code as well as links to the code as it is implemented in the Source-Code ATM Banking Application

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Topics Covered

We will focus on learning the following topics, as defined by: https://certification.laravel.com/topics-covered

ARCHITECTURE

Request Lifecycle
Service Container Binding and Resolution
Service Providers
Facades
HTTP Verbs

ARTISAN CONSOLE

Generating Commands
Command I/O
Registering Commands
Executing Commands

CACHING

Drivers / Configuration
Storing Items
Retrieving Items
Cache Tags
Creating Custom Drivers

COLLECTIONS

Creating / Extending Collections
Collection Methods
Higher-order Messages

CONTROLLERS

Defining Controllers
Controller Namespacing
Single Action Controllers
Middleware
Resource Controllers
Dependency Injection
Route Caching

DATABASE

Query Builder
Pagination
Migrations
Seeding

ELOQUENT ORM

Conventions
Relationships
Eloquent Collections
Mutators / Accessors
API Resources
Serialization
Scopes

EVENTS

Registering Events / Listeners
Queued Listeners
Dispatching Events
Subscribing to Events

FILE STORAGE

Configuration / Drivers
Storing / Retrieving Files
Custom Filesystems

FRONTEND

Blade Templating
Localization
Asset Compilation

HELPER METHODS

Arrays / Objects
Paths
Strings
URLs
Misc

LOGGING

Configuration
Writing to Specific Channels
Creating Custom Channels

MAIL

Drivers / Configuration
Generating Mailables
Writing Mail
Sending Mail
Markdown
Local Development

MIDDLEWARE

Defining / Registering Middleware
Middleware Parameters

NOTIFICATIONS

Creating Notifications
Sending Notifications
Mail Notifications
Markdown
Database Notifications
Broadcast Notifications
SMS Notifications
Slack Notifications
Custom Channels

PHP

Version 7.1+
Composer
Autoloading Standards

PACKAGE DEVELOPMENT

Discovery
Service Providers
Resources
Commands
Assets
Publishing File Groups

QUEUES
Drivers / Configurations
Creating / Dispatching Jobs
Running Queue Workers
Supervisor
Handling Failed Jobs

ROUTING

Redirects
Route Parameters
Named Routes
Route Groups
Route Model Binding
Rate Limiting

SECURITY

Authentication
Authorization
Encryption / Hashing
CSRF Protection
XSS Protection

SESSIONS

Configuration
Storing Data
Retrieving Data
Deleting Data
Flash Data
Custom Drivers

TASK SCHEDULING

Scheduling Artisan Commands
Scheduling Queue Jobs
Scheduling Shell Commands
Time Zones
Preventing Task Overlaps
Maintenance Mode

TESTING

Creating / Running Tests
HTTP Tests
Session / Authentication
Testing File Uploads
Available Assertions
Browser Tests / Dusk
Data Factories
Fakes / Mocking

URL GENERATION

Named Routes
Controller Actions
Default Values

VALIDATION

Form Requests
Manually Creating Validators
Error Messages
Validation Rules
Custom Validation Rules

VIEWS

Creating Views
Passing Data to Views
View Composer

WEBSOCKETS

Broadcasting Events
Receiving Events
Broadcasting Channels
Presence Channels
Client Events