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Full-Stack Vue.js 2 and Laravel 5

By : Anthony Gore
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Full-Stack Vue.js 2 and Laravel 5

By: Anthony Gore

Overview of this book

Vue is a JavaScript framework that can be used for anything from simple data display to sophisticated front-end applications and Laravel is a PHP framework used for developing fast and secure web-sites. This book gives you practical knowledge of building modern full-stack web apps from scratch using Vue with a Laravel back end. In this book, you will build a room-booking website named "Vuebnb". This project will show you the core features of Vue, Laravel and other state-of-the-art web development tools and techniques. The book begins with a thorough introduction to Vue.js and its core concepts like data binding, directives and computed properties, with each concept being explained first, then put into practice in the case-study project. You will then use Laravel to set up a web service and integrate the front end into a full-stack app. You will be shown a best-practice development workflow using tools like Webpack and Laravel Mix. With the basics covered, you will learn how sophisticated UI features can be added using ES+ syntax and a component-based architecture. You will use Vue Router to make the app multi-page and Vuex to manage application state. Finally, you will learn how to use Laravel Passport for authenticated AJAX requests between Vue and the API, completing the full-stack architecture. Vuebnb will then be prepared for production and deployed to a free Heroku cloud server.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
Title Page
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Customer Feedback
Preface
Index

Terminal commands


All further Terminal commands in the book will be given relative to the project directory, that is, vuebnb, unless otherwise specified.

However, as the project directory is shared between your host computer and Homestead, Terminal commands can be run from either of these environments.

Homestead saves you from having to install any software on your host computer. But if you don't, many Terminal commands may not work, or may not work correctly, in the host environment. For example, if you don't have PHP installed on your host computer, you can't run Artisan commands from it:

$ php artisan --version
-bash: php: command not found

If this is the case for you, you'll need to run these commands from within Homestead environment by connecting first via SSH:

$ cd ~/Homestead
$ vagrant ssh

Change, then, to the project directory within the OS and the same Terminal command will now work:

$ cd ~/projects/vuebnb
$ php artisan --version
Laravel Framework 5.5.20

The only downside to running commands...