Laravel 5 Essential Training: 2 Testing, Securing, and Deploying

Learn how to test, secure, and deploy elegant PHP applications, with Laravel.

Introduction

• Welcome
• What you should know
• Using the exercise files
• Demo the application
• Setting up the project

1. Test-Driven Development

• The TDD paradigm
• Build features with unit tests
• Build features with functional tests

2. Application Security

• Handle volatile data with sessions
• CSRF protection
• Create a login form
• Make the login form work
• Application authentication

3. Beyond the Basics

• Force a download
• Upload files
• Data seeding for development
• Homestead and Vagrant

4. Deploying Laravel Applications

• Use environment variables
• Deployment setup
• Deploy an app

Conclusion

• Next steps