Hello friends,
I recently took on the challenge of building a gym management application. Using Laravel along with some fantastic tools like Filament, Herd, and Blueprint, I was able to create a robust app in no time. If you find documentation hard to follow or just want a more guided experience, this post is for you. I'll walk you through everything step-by-step. Let's dive in!
Setting Up Your Environment with Herd
First things first, let's get our development environment ready with Herd. Herd makes setting up Laravel projects a breeze, so you can get to coding faster.
- Download and Install Herd: Head over to Herd's official site and follow the instructions to install it.
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Create a New Laravel Project: Open your terminal and run:
laravel new project-name
Replace project-name
with your desired project name.
Installing Filament
Filament is an awesome admin panel for Laravel applications. It gives you a beautiful, easy-to-use interface to manage your app's data.
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Navigate to Your Project Directory:
cd project-name
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Install Filament: Run the following command to install Filament:
composer require filament/filament:"^3.2" -W
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Set Up Filament: After installation, set it up with:
php artisan filament:install --panels
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Start the Development Server:
php artisan serve
Now, you can access the admin panel at http://localhost/admin
.
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Create an Admin User:
php artisan make:filament-user
Follow the prompts to set up a username and password.
Accelerating Development with Blueprint
Blueprint lets you define your application's models, controllers, and more using simple YAML files. This can save you a ton of time.
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Install Blueprint:
composer require -W --dev laravel-shift/blueprint
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Create a New Blueprint Draft:
php artisan blueprint:new
Here's an example draft.yaml
file for our gym management application:
models:
Member:
id: id
name: string:255
email: string:255 unique
phone: string:20
address: string:255
membership_start_date: date
membership_end_date: nullable date
membership_type_id: foreignId:constrained:cascade
relationships:
belongsTo: membership_type
hasMany: payments, invoices
MembershipType:
id: id
name: string:255
description: text
price: decimal:8,2
duration_months: integer
relationships:
hasMany: members
Payment:
id: id
member_id: foreignId:constrained:cascade
amount: decimal:8,2
payment_date: date
payment_method: string:50
relationships:
belongsTo: member
Invoice:
id: id
member_id: foreignId:constrained:cascade
amount: decimal:8,2
due_date: date
paid: boolean
relationships:
belongsTo: member
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Build Your Application:
php artisan blueprint:build
This command will generate the necessary models, migrations, and more based on your draft.yaml
.
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Run the Migrations:
php artisan migrate
Creating Filament Resources
Filament makes it super easy to generate resource management interfaces. Let's create resources for our models.
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Generate Resources:
php artisan make:filament-resource MemberResource --generate php artisan make:filament-resource PaymentResource --generate php artisan make:filament-resource InvoiceResource --generate
Wrapping Up
And there you have it! Using Herd, Filament, and Blueprint, I was able to quickly build a functional gym management application. These tools made the process smooth and enjoyable, turning what could have been a tedious task into a fun project.
If you're looking to speed up your Laravel development and build powerful applications with ease.
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