Laravel Learning Roadmap

This is a Laravel learning path I've compiled from my years of experience, to provide step-by-step experience and clear picture of progress.
If you have any ideas what to change in this roadmap, email me povilas@laraveldaily.com

Level 1/4. Beginner Level

Create your very first simple Laravel project

Completed?	Topic	Learning Links
	Routing and Controllers: Basics	Test Let's Test Your Laravel Routing Skills: Complete 12 Tasks
	Callback Functions and Route::view()	Official Docs Basic Routing Official Docs View Routes
	Routing to a Single Controller Method	Official Docs Basic Controllers with Routes
	Route Parameters	Official Docs Route Parameters
	Route Naming	Official Docs Names Routes Video Laravel: Why You Need Route Names?
	Route Groups	Official Docs Route Groups Video Laravel Route Grouping: Simple to Very Complex Video More videos
	Blade Basics	Test Let's Test Your Laravel Blade Skills: Complete 8 Tasks Video 9 Quick Tips about Laravel Blade
	Displaying Variables in Blade	Official Docs Blade: Displaying Data
	Blade If-Else and Loop Structures	Official Docs Blade: If-Statements Official Docs Blade Loops
	Layout: @include, @extends, @section, @yield	Official Docs Blade: Layout Using Template Inheritance
	Blade Components	Official Docs Blade Components Video Laravel Blade Components: Two Examples - Laravel Breeze/UI
	Auth Basics	Test Test Your Laravel Auth Skills: Complete 7 Tasks Video 8 Tips & Tricks about Laravel Auth
	Starter Kits: Breeze (Tailwind) or Laravel UI (Bootstrap)	Official Docs Laravel Breeze Official Documentation Official Docs Laravel UI: Official Github Page Video Laravel 8 Auth: 5 "Latest" Things You Need to Know Video More videos
	Default Auth Model and Access its Fields from Anywhere	Official Docs Retrieving the Authenticated User
	Check Auth in Controller / Blade	Official Docs Determining If The Current User Is Authenticated Official Docs Blade: Authentication Directives
	Auth Middleware	Official Docs Protecting Routes
	Database Basics
	Database Migrations	Test Test Your Laravel Migrations Skills: Complete 10 Tasks Official Docs Database Migrations Video Laravel Migrations: Table Created but Foreign Key Failed? Video More videos
	Basic Eloquent Model and MVC: Controller -> Model -> View	Test Test Your Eloquent Basic Skills: 11 Tasks to Complete Official Docs Eloquent: Getting Started
	Eloquent Relationships: belongsTo / hasMany / belongsToMany	Test Test Your Eloquent Relationships Skills: 9 Tasks to Complete Official Docs Eloquent Relationships: One-to-One Official Docs Eloquent Relationships: One-to-Many Official Docs Eloquent Relationships: BelongsTo Official Docs Eloquent Relationships: Many-to-Many Video How to Safely Change DB Relations in Live Laravel Project?
	Eager Loading and N+1 Query Problem	Official Docs Relationships: Eager Loading Video Laravel N+1 Query Detector: Don't Forget Eager Loading
	Full Simple CRUD
	Route Resource and Resourceful Controllers	Official Docs Laravel Resource Controllers Article Simple Laravel CRUD with Resource Controllers digitalocean.com Video Laravel Nested Resource Controllers: Two-Level Deep Video More videos
	Forms, Validation and Form Requests	Test Test Your Laravel Validation Skills: Complete 9 Tasks Official Docs Laravel Validation Video New in Laravel 6.13: Format Validation Error Field Name Video More videos
	File Uploads and Storage Folder Basics	Test Test Your Laravel File Upload Skills: Complete 7 Tasks Official Docs Filesystem: File Uploads Video Laravel: How to Upload File During User Registration Video More videos
	Table Pagination	Official Docs Database Pagination

Level Completing Project: Personal Blog

To achieve this Beginner level, you would need to practice by creating something like this personal blog project.

Inside of the repository above, you will find all the details of the task, with a few example solutions.

Level 2/4. Advanced Beginner Level

The goal of this level is to find the first job or freelance gig

Completed?	Topic	Learning Links
	Routing Advanced	Video Laravel: 8 Tips for Advanced Routing Video More videos
	Route Model Binding	Official Docs Route Model Binding Video Laravel Route Model Binding: All You Need To Know Video More videos
	Route Redirect	Official Docs Redirect Routes
	Middleware
	Create Custom Middleware Class	Official Docs Defining Middleware
	Database Advanced
	Database Seeders and Factories	Official Docs Database: Seeding Official Docs Defining Model Factories Video Laravel Factories: Generate and Re-use Fake Records Video More videos
	Eloquent Query Scopes	Official Docs Eloquent: Query Scopes Video Same Eloquent Where Condition? Refactor into Local Scopes
	Polymorphic relationships	Official Docs Polymorphic Relationships Video Laravel.io Portal: Polymorphic Relations Example
	Eloquent Accessors and Mutators	Official Docs Accessors & Mutators
	Eloquent Collections	Official Docs Eloquent Collections Official Docs General Laravel Collections
	Soft Deletes	Official Docs Soft Deleting
	Auth Advanced
	Authorization: Roles/Permissions, Gates, Policies	Official Docs Authorization Video Laravel Roles and Permissions: All CORE Things You Need To Know Video More videos
	Authorization: Extra Packages - Spatie Permission, Bouncer, etc	Video Spatie Laravel Permission: Example Project Review Article Two Best Laravel Packages to Manage Roles/Permissions Official Docs spatie/laravel-permission Official Docs JosephSilber/bouncer
	Authentication: Email Verification	Official Docs Email Verification Video How to Translate/Customize Laravel Auth Default Emails
	File Uploads Advanced	Course File Uploads in Laravel
	Drivers and Disks, Example of Amazon S3	Official Docs File Storage Video Laravel: How to Upload Files to Amazon S3
	Extra Packages: Spatie Medialibrary, Intervention Image, etc	Official Docs spatie/laravel-medialibrary Official Docs intervention/image Video Spatie Media Library Pro: Laravel File Uploads with Great UX REVIEW Video More videos
	API Basics	Course How to Create Laravel API Video Create Model with API Controller - in one Artisan Command Video Laravel API: Be Careful When Doing Changes
	API Routes and Controllers	Official Docs API Resource Routes Official Docs Default Route Files Video Junior Code Review: Simple Laravel API - in 5 Different Ways
	Working with API Clients: Postman or Alternatives	Official Docs Postman API Client
	API Eloquent Resources	Official Docs Eloquent: API Resources Video Laravel API Result: Add Fields with Map or Appends
	API Auth with Sanctum	Official Docs Laravel Sanctum Video Laravel API Auth with Sanctum and API Tokens Video More videos
	API Error Handling and Status Codes	Video Laravel API 404 Error: Customize Exception Message Article HTTP Status Codes
	Debugging Errors
	Log Files in Laravel	Official Docs Logging
	Try-Catch and Laravel Exceptions	Official Docs Error Handling Video Exceptions in Laravel: Why/How to Use and Create Your Own
	Local Debugging Tools: Debugbar, Telescope, Ray	Official Docs barryvdh/laravel-debugbar Official Docs Laravel Telescope Official Docs Spatie Ray (Premium Tool) Video Debug Eloquent Queries from API: Laravel Telescope Video Spatie Ray: Laravel Debugging with Pleasure
	Customizing Error Pages and Messages	Official Docs Custom HTTP Error Pages Video Laravel Error Pages: Change Text or Customize Layouts Video New in Laravel 8.26: Override 404 Page with Route Missing
	(optional) Third Party Bug Trackers: Bugsnag, Flare, Sentry, Rollbar	Official Docs Bugsnag Laravel Official Docs Flare Homepage Official Docs Sentry Laravel Official Docs Rollbar Laravel Video Bug Tracking in Laravel: Bugsnag vs Flare Demo/Review
	Sending Email	Video Laravel: 3 Ways to Send a Welcome Email (Controller vs Observer vs Events)
	Mailables and Mail Facade	Official Docs Mail & Mailables
	Configure Drivers/Services: Mailgun, Mailtrap, etc	Article How to Send Email From Laravel, and Why We Need 3rd Party Providers For It Official Docs Mail: Drivers Prerequisites
	Notifications System: Email, SMS, Slack, etc.	Official Docs Notifications Video Laravel Notifications: "Database" Driver - Demo Project
	Automated Testing with PHPUnit	Video PHPUnit in Laravel: Simple Example of Why/How to Test
	"Smoke" Tests to Check if Pages are Loading	Official Docs Testing: Getting Started Course Testing Laravel: Course by Spatie Course My Course: Laravel: PHPUnit Testing for Beginners Video Laravel TDD in "Live" Mode: Checkout Code Review
	Configure Testing Database and Test CRUD Operations	Official Docs Database Testing
	Deployment and Version Control
	Git Version Control	Official Docs Git Video Git in Laravel. Part 1 - Branches: Main, Develop and Feature Video More videos
	Deployment on Live Servers	Official Docs Deployment Article How to Deploy Laravel Projects to Live Server: The Ultimate Guide Article What Server is Needed to Deploy Laravel Projects Video How we Deploy Laravel: Branches, Staging Servers, Forge and Envoyer

Level Completing Project: Simple CRM

To achieve this Advanced Beginner level, you would need to practice by creating something like this simple CRM project.

Inside of the repository above, you will find all the details of the task, with an example solution.

Level 3/4. Mid Level

Master all Laravel features with 3-5 years of practical experience

Completed?	Topic	Learning Links
	Routing Extra Features
	Route Caching	Official Docs Route Caching
	Rate Limiting	Official Docs Rate Limiting Video Laravel: Create Public API with Cache and Rate Limits
	Invokable controllers	Official Docs Single Action Controllers
	Database/Eloquent Extra Features
	Model Observers	Official Docs Eloquent Observers Video Laravel Model: Check if Any Field Was Changed Video Eloquent Observers or Events Listeners? Which is Better?
	Raw Database Queries	Official Docs Query Builder: Raw Expressions
	All Eloquent Features	Official Docs All About Eloquent Course Eloquent: Expert Level Article 20 Laravel Eloquent Tips and Tricks Video Laravel Collections: 5 Methods with Real Examples Video More videos
	Various Extra Laravel Features
	Custom Blade Directives	Official Docs Extending Blade
	Events and Listeners	Video Laravel: 3 Ways to Send a Welcome Email (Controller vs Observer vs Events) Official Docs Events and Listeners Video Laravel: Why Observers and Event Listeners are "Risky"
	Laravel HTTP Client and Guzzle	Official Docs HTTP Client Video Laravel and External APIs: Get Data with HTTP Client
	Login with X: Laravel Socialite	Official Docs Laravel Socialite
	Creating Artisan Commands	Official Docs Writing Artisan Commands Video How to Create Artisan Commands in Laravel
	Task Scheduling	Official Docs Task Scheduling Video Laravel Task Scheduling: Run Artisan Command Hourly
	Caching	Official Docs Cache Video Cache Eloquent Query Results to Load Pages Instantly
	Real-time: Broadcasting, Echo and Pusher	Official Docs Broadcasting
	Jobs and Queues	Course Queues in Laravel
	Queueable Classes and Jobs	Official Docs Creating Jobs Official Docs Queueing Notifications Official Docs Queued Event Listeners Official Docs Queueing Mail Video Laravel Queues 101: Example with Sending Emails
	Job Dispatching, Batching and Chaining	Official Docs Dispatching Jobs
	Processing Failed Jobs	Official Docs Dealing with Failed Jobs
	Configuring Queues: Drivers, Redis, Supervisor	Official Docs Running the Queue Worker Official Docs Configuring Supervisor
	Laravel Horizon (optional, if you use Redis)	Official Docs Laravel Horizon
	API Advanced
	Upload Files via API	Article Laravel API: How to Upload File from Vue.js
	Generate API Documentation	Article Laravel API Documentation with OpenAPI/Swagger Video Scribe: New Package for Laravel API Documentation
	API Versioning	Article Versioning your REST API with Laravel Video Versioning your API: from V1 to V2 and Beyond video from my course
	API with OAuth and Laravel Passport	Official Docs Laravel Passport Video Laravel API Auth Demo: Passport, oAuth and Sanctum
	Only-API Projects with Front-end like Vue.js / React.js	Course Vue.js 3 + Laravel 9 SPA: CRUD with Auth Course React.js + Laravel: SPA CRUD with Auth
	Only-API Projects with Mobile Apps	Course Flutter Mobile App with Laravel API Article Using Sanctum to authenticate a mobile app
	(optional) Starter Kits: Laravel Jetstream and Fortify
	Laravel Jetstream (requires Livewire/Inertia knowledge)	Official Docs Laravel Jetstream Course Laravel Jetstream+Livewire: Real Mini-Project Video Laravel Jetstream: How it Works and Example How to Customize
	Laravel Fortify	Official Docs Laravel Fortify Video Laravel Fortify: Four Auth Things to Customize
	Payments
	Laravel Cashier with Stripe/Paddle	Official Docs Laravel Cashier (Stripe) Official Docs Laravel Cashier (Paddle)
	Custom Payment Providers: PayPal, Mollie, etc	Article Subscription billing with Laravel Cashier for Mollie Article How To Integrate Paypal Payment Gateway In Laravel
	Automated Testing Advanced
	TDD: Test-Driven Development	Course Build A Laravel App With TDD Course TDD With Laravel
	Mocking	Official Docs Mocking
	(optional) Laravel Dusk	Official Docs Laravel Dusk
	Full-Text Search
	Laravel Scout	Official Docs Laravel Scout
	Drivers: ElasticSearch, Algolia or MeiliSearch	Article ElasticSearch Driver for Laravel Scout Official Docs Algolia: Scout Extended Article Full-Text Search with MeiliSearch and Laravel Scout
	Laravel Packages
	Contributing to Packages, making Pull Requests	Video How to Contribute to Laravel Docs (or any open-source repository)
	Create Laravel Packages	Official Docs Package Development Course Laravel Package Development

Level 4/4. Senior Level

Responsibility for architecture decisions on large projects

Completed?	Topic	Learning Links
	PHP/Laravel Design Patterns	Video Laravel Design Patterns - Bobby Bouwmann - Laracon EU 2018 Amsterdam Course Laracasts: Design Patterns in PHP Video Colin Decarlo - Design Patterns with Laravel Laracon 2018 Video Matt Stauffer - Patterns That Pay Off Laracon 2018 Course Design Patterns in PHP Article Design Patterns for Humans
	Creational Design Patterns	Article Design Patterns PHP: Creational
	Structural Design Patterns	Article Design Patterns PHP: Structural
	Behavioral Design Patterns	Article Design Patterns PHP: Behavioral
	Well-written Code
	SOLID Code	Course SOLID Code in Laravel Video Becoming a better developer by using the SOLID design principles by Katerina Trajchevska Article Writing Maintainable Code: SOLID Principles Explained in PHP (Laravel) Course Laracasts: SOLID Principles in PHP Video PHP Solid Principles Playlist
	Scalable Code	Course Scaling Laravel Video Enterprise Laravel by Matt Stauffer Article What the hell is scalable code anyway?
	Maintainable Code	Course 10+ Laravel Refactoring Examples Article How would you know if you've written readable and easily maintainable code? forum thread Article Crafting maintainable Laravel applications Article 7 Golden Rules of Clean, Simple and Maintainable Code
	Best Practices and Standards	Article Repository: alexeymezenin / laravel-best-practices Course PHP: The Right Way Article Reddit: What are your Laravel best practices?
	Large Datasets
	Large Database Structures	Course How to Structure Databases in Laravel Course GraphQL in Laravel From Scratch
	NoSQL Solutions	Official Docs MongoDB and Laravel Integration Article MongoDB + Laravel = Love — When to use NoSQL
	Eloquent/SQL Query Optimization	Course Better Eloquent Performance Article 18 Tips to optimize laravel database queries Article Optimizing Laravel Part 2: Improving Query Performance with Database Indexing Course Eloquent Performance Patterns
	Scaling to Multiple Databases	Article Scaling Laravel App with Multiple Databases Article Multiple DB Connections in Laravel
	Working with High-Traffic Projects
	Stability and Zero-Downtime Deployments	Official Docs Laravel Deployer Official Docs Envoyer - Zero Downtime PHP Deployment
	Performance Optimization and Caching	Course Performant Laravel Article The Ultimate Performance Checklist For Laravel Apps Article How to Optimize PHP Laravel Web Application for High Performance?
	Ensuring Code Quality
	Writing Testable Code	Article How to write testable code Article Refactoring towards testability
	Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)	Article How to create a CI/CD for a Laravel application using GitHub Actions Article Configure Laravel 8 for CI/CD with Jenkins and GitHub — Part 1 Article Build, Test, and Deploy Your Laravel Application With GitHub Actions

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