Build a Forum With Laravel

Building a forum is a great playground for getting acquainted with Laravel; there are so many little things to think about that really stretch the framework… and our minds! It's been a while since we built one on Laracasts, so join me as we create a feature rich forum together using the powerful ecosystem Laravel provides. Let's go!

• Stack, Setup and Structure
• Selecting a Stack
• Configuring Jetstream
• Defining Our Data
• Factories and Seeding
• Test Suite Tinkering
• Post Fundamentals
• Pest Driving Posts
• From Model to Json
• Pagination and Performance
• Helpful Test Helpers
• Showing a Single Post
• Linking Up the Index
• The CRUD of Comments
• Showing Comments on a Post
• The Only Inertia Trick You Need to Know
• Posting a Comment
• The Comment Form
• Auth Issues
• The "D" in "CRUD"
• Say Hello to Policies
• Preventing the Pagination Problem
• Editing Comments: The Backend Edition
• Editing Comments: The Frontend Edition
• Useful User Feedback: Toasts
• Useful User Feedback: Confirming Actions
• Creating New Posts
• Creating Posts: the Backend Edition
• Creating Posts: the Frontend Edition
• Post Policies, Shared Data and Attributes
• Using Slugs for SEO
• Fixing a Broken Test Suite
• Building a WYSIWYG Editor
• I: A New Editor
• II: Rise of the Toolbar
• III: The AI Wars
• IV: Return of the HTML
• V: The Comment Strikes Back
• VI: Revenge of the Fixtures
• Post Topics
• On the Topic of Posts
• Filtering the Index by Topic
• Crafting a Topic Menu
• Wiring Up the Form
• House Keeping
• Upgrading to Laravel 11
• Removing Laravel Sanctum
• Upgrading Vue
• Squashing Bugs
• Random Refactors
• Liking Content
• Polymorphic Models
• Denormalizing the Database
• He Likes Me
• He Likes Me Not
• Smash That Like Button
• Searching for Posts
• A Simple Search Solution
• Combining Search with Topics
• Let Scout Do the Searching