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Using Controllers to Return Views

3:12 with Jonathan Barrios

In this section, we’ll answer questions like: How is the Laravel homepage View displayed in the browser? and Where exactly is the “welcome” View located? So far, we’ve used Routes and Closures to return basic math operations, string-based responses, and the default welcome page. Imagine we want to return to a specific page with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript-- this is where Views come in. In the next few videos, we’ll explore how views work, how to create them, and what we can do with them. Let’s take a look at how this happens in closer detail.

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    Welcome back. 0:00
    In this section, we'll answer questions like, how is the Laravel homepage view 0:01
    displayed in the browser, and where exactly is the welcome view located? 0:06
    So far, we've used routes and closures to return basic math operations, 0:11
    string based responses, and the default welcome page. 0:16
    Imagine, we want to return to a specific page with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. 0:20
    This is where the views come in. 0:26
    In the next few videos, we'll explore how views work, how to create them, and 0:29
    what we can do with them. 0:34
    Let's take a look at how this happens in closer detail. 0:35
    You already know how to display a view within a route, 0:40
    inside of the web.php file like this. 0:43
    This default route returned the Laravel welcome view located in the base path 0:47
    within the resources/views directory. 0:52
    This time, 0:56
    we want to create a function named index inside of the AppController.php file. 0:57
    In order to do this, 1:03
    let's return the welcome view inside of the index function like this. 1:04
    Instead of the index function, we want to return the welcome view like this 1:21
    Now that our AppController.php file is set to display the default welcome view, 1:35
    save your changes and head over to the routes directory. 1:40
    Next, open the web.php file and change the forward slash route destination to this. 1:44
    Notice that we're not using a closure, also known as an anonymous function. 2:02
    Because our forward slash route returns the index function 2:06
    inside of the app controller instead of the default welcome view. 2:11
    If this seems confusing, you can test this behavior by navigating to local host 8000. 2:16
    Remember, as we covered earlier, you can just adjust the port numbers if needed. 2:22
    If you see the welcome screen, great job. 2:30
    We're done creating our first controller for now, but 2:33
    we still need to build our views, so join me in the next section. 2:36
    See you there. 2:40
    Returning views from controllers is a crucial process in the Laravel ecosystem. 2:41
    It allows us to use routes to access controllers to perform some logic and 2:47
    then return an HTML page with the information retrieved from the database. 2:51
    If this sounds like MVC, then you're starting to get it. 2:57
    If not, keep going and it will make more sense as you keep learning. 3:01
    In the next section, we're gonna take a look 3:05
    at the differences between controllers and resource controllers. 3:08
    See you there. 3:11

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