There are multiple ways to return a view with variables

 1// First way ->with()
 2return view('index')
 3    ->with('projects', $projects)
 4    ->with('tasks', $tasks)
 5 
 6// Second way - as an array
 7return view('index', [
 8        'projects' => $projects,
 9        'tasks' => $tasks
10    ]);
11 
12// Third way - the same as second, but with variable
13$data = [
14    'projects' => $projects,
15    'tasks' => $tasks
16];
17return view('index', $data);
18 
19// Fourth way - the shortest - compact()
20return view('index', compact('projects', 'tasks'));