**Course Title:** Mastering Laravel Framework: Building Scalable Modern Web Applications **Section Title:** Routing, Controllers, and Views **Topic:** Create routes, controllers, and views for a basic web page using Blade and dynamic content.(Lab topic) **Objective:** By the end of this lab, you will be able to create routes, controllers, and views for a basic web page using Blade templating engine and dynamic content in a Laravel application. **Prerequisites:** * Introduction to Laravel and Development Environment * Routing, Controllers, and Views (preceding topics) **Lab Overview:** In this lab, we will create a simple web page that displays a list of books. We will define a route for the page, create a controller to handle the logic, and design a view using Blade templating engine to display the data. **Step 1: Create a Route** In Laravel, routes are defined in the `routes/web.php` file for web routes and `routes/api.php` file for API routes. For this lab, we will define a web route. Open the `routes/web.php` file and add the following code: ```php Route::get('/books', 'BookController@index'); ``` This route will respond to a GET request to the `/books` URI and call the `index` method in the `BookController` controller. **Step 2: Create a Controller** Create a new file called `BookController.php` in the `app/Http/Controllers` directory. Add the following code: ```php namespace App\Http\Controllers; use Illuminate\Http\Request; use App\Models\Book; class BookController extends Controller { public function index() { $books = Book::all(); return view('books.index', compact('books')); } } ``` In this controller, we injected the `Book` model and defined an `index` method that retrieves all books and passes them to the view. **Step 3: Create a View** Create a new directory called `books` in the `resources/views` directory. Inside the `books` directory, create a new file called `index.blade.php`. Add the following code: ```php @extends('layouts.app') @section('content') <h1>Books</h1> <ul> @foreach($books as $book) <li>{{ $book->title }} ({{ $book->author }})</li> @endforeach </ul> @endsection ``` In this view, we extended the `app.blade.php` layout and defined a section called `content`. We then used a Blade `@foreach` loop to iterate over the books and display their titles and authors. **Step 4: Create a Model (Optional)** If you don't already have a `Book` model, create a new file called `Book.php` in the `app/Models` directory. Add the following code: ```php namespace App\Models; use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model; class Book extends Model { protected $fillable = ['title', 'author']; } ``` This model defines a `Book` with `title` and `author` attributes. **Step 5: Add Data (Optional)** If you want to add some sample data to your database, you can use the `php artisan tinker` command to interact with your database. ```bash php artisan tinker ``` Then, you can create some sample books: ```php Book::create(['title' => 'To Kill a Mockingbird', 'author' => 'Harper Lee']); Book::create(['title' => '1984', 'author' => 'George Orwell']); Book::create(['title' => 'Pride and Prejudice', 'author' => 'Jane Austen']); ``` **Conclusion:** You have now created a basic web page that displays a list of books using Blade templating engine and dynamic content in a Laravel application. **Next Steps:** In the next topic, we will cover "Introduction to Laravel migrations and database schema management" from the "Working with Databases and Eloquent ORM" section. **Leave a Comment/Ask for Help:** If you have any questions or need help with this lab, please feel free to leave a comment below. **References:** * [Laravel Documentation: Routing](https://laravel.com/docs/routing) * [Laravel Documentation: Controllers](https://laravel.com/docs/controllers) * [Laravel Documentation: Blade Templating Engine](https://laravel.com/docs/blade) * [Laravel Documentation: Eloquent ORM](https://laravel.com/docs/eloquent)