Tech Blog :Laravel Project

Project Overview

Laravel Tech Blog is a feature-rich blogging platform built with Laravel, implementing a complete content management system for tech-related articles. The application follows modern Laravel practices and includes robust user authentication, authorization, and CRUD operations.

Key Features

🔐 Authentication System

• Complete Laravel authentication system with login, registration, and password reset functionality
• User roles (Admin and Writer) with separate permissions
• Middleware-based route protection

📝 Post Management

• Full CRUD operations for blog posts
• Image upload functionality with default fallback images
• Rich text content display
• Search functionality by post title
• Pagination for posts listing

👥 User Management (Admin Only)

• User creation, updating, and deletion
• Role assignment and management
• View posts by specific users

🔒 Authorization

• Gate-based permissions using Laravel’s authorization system
• Role-specific content access
• Writer permissions to manage only their own posts
• Admin access to all content

🎨 Frontend

• Responsive design using Bootstrap 5
• Clean, modern UI with custom styling
• Optimized for mobile and desktop viewing

Technical Implementation

🏗️ Models and Relationships

• User model with one-to-many relationship to Posts
• Post model with image handling and user association

🎮 Controllers

• Well-organized controllers following Laravel conventions
• PostController for post operations
• UserController for user management
• Auth controllers for authentication functionality

💾 Database

• Migration-based database schema
• SQLite database for easy development
• Seeders for populating test data

👁️ Views

• Blade templating with layouts and components
• Form validation with error handling
• Flash messaging for user feedback

🛣️ Route Organization

• Route grouping with middleware
• Named routes for clean URL generation
• Resource controllers for RESTful endpoints

Architecture Highlights

• MVC architecture strictly followed
• Repository pattern for data access
• Service providers for dependency injection
• Gates for authorization logic
• Middleware for route protection

Development Practices

• Validation rules for form inputs
• Error handling and user feedback
• Secure password management
• Protection against common vulnerabilities
• Clean code organization and commenting

Technologies Used

• Backend: Laravel 11, PHP 8.2
• Frontend: Bootstrap 5, SASS, JavaScript
• Database: MySQL
• Tools: Composer, NPM, Vite
• Version Control: Git

Laravel Tech Blog demonstrates my expertise in modern PHP framework development, emphasizing security, clean architecture, and user experience design.