marklj/to-do-laravel

Intro to MVC using Laravel

#Intro to MVC using Laravel# Created by Mark Johnson

##Download using Git

1. Create a new sub-directory on your PHP5.4/MySQL server. If you dont have a web host and you have a unix machine (including Mac), local development works great using Laravel's built-in php artisan serve function. Learn more at http://laravel.com/docs/artisan.
2. In your mac/unix terminal enter:
   git clone https://github.com/marklj/to-do-laravel.git

##Download manually

1. Navigate yoyr browser to https://github.com/marklj/to-do-laravel
2. Click the zip link
3. Save to a folder on your local machine or PHP/MySQL server

##Requirements

• PHP 5.4
• Composer (http://getcomposer.org)
• MySQL Server

##Installation

1. Run composer update in your project root (or composer.phar update if Composer is not installed globally).
2. Create a new MySQL database
3. Open app/config/database.php and edit the MySQL host and database settings as needed.
4. Run database migrations in your termanal using php artisan migrate
5. Start your server using the termanal command php artisan serve

##Use this to LEARN Learn how to code in an MVC environment by editing and extending this little app. Try one of the following to get started:

• Edit some view files to make them look less lame.
• Add validation rules to the insert model function to make your app more secure. Learn more about validation here.
• Create new model/controller/views to add the functionality to edit or delete to-do items.
• Learn more specifically about Laravel at laravel.com