New Laravel

helper.txt

- create folder Helpers under app\
- create new class Helper {}
- include inside config\app.php
  'Helper' => App\Helpers\Helper::class,
- usage:
  use Helper;
  $h = new Helper();
  $h->stuff();

- create new file Helpers\helpers.php
- add path into "autoload" inside composer.json
- composer dump-autoload
- 

mvc.txt

- create mysql: table
- create artisan: migration, timestamps()
- create mysql: constraint, foreign key, allow null
- create artisan: model, relationships
- create artisan: controller
- modify laravel: routes
- modify laravel: controllers (show, index, create, edit)
- create dir: views (show, index, create, edit)
- modify laravel: controllers (store, update)


- when extending middleware (guard & provider), register in Kernel -> $midddlewareGroups, replicate 'web' if using custom driver
	- LoginController overrides methods in Illuminate\Foundation\Auth\AuthenticatesUsers; attemptLogin controls credential-checking logic
	- Model needs to extends Illuminate\Foundation\Auth\User or Illuminate\Contracts\Auth\Authenticatable
	- Kernel needs to register web's session classes into 'auth' (if using custom driver)
	- AuthServiceProvider->boot needs to register provider and extend driver (configured in config/auth.php)
	- CustomGuard needs to implements Illuminate\Contracts\Auth\Guard, including authenticate() function (can be found in side Illuminate\Auth\GuardHelpers), use validate()
	- CustomUserProvider needs to implement retrieveByCredentials to perform creds check, and validateCredentials to verify integrity of creds
	- config/app.php needs to add custom classes to autoload
	- 

.env file

APP_NAME=Laravel
APP_ENV=local
APP_KEY=
APP_DEBUG=true
APP_LOG_LEVEL=debug
APP_URL=http://localhost

DB_CONNECTION=mysql
DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
DB_PORT=3306
DB_DATABASE=homestead
DB_USERNAME=homestead
DB_PASSWORD=secret

BROADCAST_DRIVER=log
CACHE_DRIVER=file
SESSION_DRIVER=file
QUEUE_DRIVER=sync

REDIS_HOST=127.0.0.1
REDIS_PASSWORD=null
REDIS_PORT=6379

MAIL_DRIVER=smtp
MAIL_HOST=smtp.mailtrap.io
MAIL_PORT=2525
MAIL_USERNAME=null
MAIL_PASSWORD=null
MAIL_ENCRYPTION=null

PUSHER_APP_ID=
PUSHER_APP_KEY=
PUSHER_APP_SECRET=