Laravel Backend Developer Roadmap
Advanced guide to becoming a professional Backend Developer using Laravel. Learn advanced architecture, performance, and security.
Who is this for?
Laravel developers with basic experience who want to specialize in Backend Development. Good knowledge of Laravel fundamentals required.
Prerequisites
Good Laravel fundamentals experience, deep PHP understanding, RESTful APIs knowledge, advanced database knowledge, Git and CI/CD understanding.
Learning Outcomes
Design advanced architecture, optimize performance, implement security best practices, build complex APIs, manage large databases.
"This roadmap focuses on advanced aspects of Backend development using Laravel. We will cover architecture, performance, and security."
Learn to use Eloquent in advanced ways. Query Optimization, Eager Loading, Scopes, and Accessors/Mutators.
Learn query optimization techniques in Eloquent.
Task: Analyze your queries and apply optimization techniques.
Learn Eager Loading to solve N+1 problem.
Task: Identify N+1 problems in your project and solve them using Eager Loading.
Learn to use Eloquent Scopes to reuse Query Logic.
Task: Create custom Scopes in Models.
Learn to use Accessors and Mutators in Eloquent.
Task: Create Accessors and Mutators in Models.
Optimize Laravel application performance using optimization techniques.
Task: Apply all optimization techniques to your project.
Learn Service Layer, Repository Pattern, Dependency Injection, and Service Providers.
Learn Service Layer Pattern to organize code.
Task: Create a Service Layer in your project.
Learn Repository Pattern to separate Business Logic from Data Access.
Task: Implement Repository Pattern in your project.
Learn Dependency Injection Container in Laravel.
Task: Use Dependency Injection in Services.
Learn how to create and use Service Providers.
Task: Create a custom Service Provider.
Refactor your project using Service Layer and Repository Pattern.
Task: Refactor your entire project.
Learn to use Queues and Jobs, Events and Listeners to build asynchronous applications.
Learn to use Queues and Jobs for asynchronous tasks.
Task: Create a new Job and execute it in a Queue.
Learn to use Events and Listeners in Laravel.
Task: Create custom Event and Listener.
Learn how to manage Queue Workers.
Task: Run and manage Queue Workers.
Learn how to handle Failed Jobs.
Task: Implement Failed Jobs handling in your project.
Create a background processing system using Queues and Events.
Task: Implement Queues and Events in a real project.
Learn to optimize performance using Caching, Redis, Database Indexing, and Performance Monitoring.
Learn to use Caching in Laravel.
Task: Apply Caching to database queries.
Learn to use Redis with Laravel for Caching.
Task: Configure Redis and use it for Caching.
Learn to use Cache Tags to manage complex Caches.
Task: Use Cache Tags in your project.
Learn Cache Invalidation strategies.
Task: Implement Cache Invalidation strategies.
Create a comprehensive Caching system for your application.
Task: Apply Caching to all important parts.
Learn to write Tests using PHPUnit. Feature Tests and Unit Tests.
Learn to write Tests using PHPUnit.
Task: Write Feature Tests and Unit Tests for your project.
Learn to write Feature Tests to test complete functionality.
Task: Write Feature Tests for all important Routes.
Learn to write Unit Tests to test individual units.
Task: Write Unit Tests for all Models and Services.
Learn to test databases in Tests.
Task: Write Tests that include Database operations.
Write comprehensive Tests for your project.
Task: Achieve high Test Coverage for your project.
Learn to deploy Laravel applications. CI/CD, Docker, and Server Management.