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Routing

Register shop routes for catalog, cart, and health.

Goal

This snapshot advances Quaycart Market by teaching you to register shop routes for catalog, cart, and health.

Every numbered folder is a complete app. Run this stage independently, then compare it with the previous folder.

Prerequisites

Use PHP 8.2+, Composer, Node.js 20+, npm, and Docker for MySQL stages.

Port 8004 must be free. Copy .env.example before database stages.

  • PHP and Composer
  • Node.js and npm
  • Docker from part 4 onward

Concepts

Named routes keep Blade and Livewire links stable when URLs change.

Livewire keeps interactive UI on the server with components; Tailwind styles the storefront; Eloquent owns persistence and authorization checks.

Walkthrough

Add home, about, health, and placeholder catalog routes; list them with Artisan.

Read the example, then open the matching snapshot. The repository includes validation, CSRF, and the surrounding structure.

Route::view('/', 'home')->name('home');
Route::get('/health', fn () => response()->json(['ok' => true]));
php artisan route:list

Run and verify

Enter 02-Routing, install PHP and Node dependencies, copy .env.example, migrate, seed, build assets, and serve on port 8004.

Open http://127.0.0.1:8004. From data lessons onward, Ada and Grace use password123.

git clone https://github.com/michaeldunga1/fcc-laravel-ecommerce.git
cd fcc-laravel-ecommerce/02-Routing
composer install
npm install
cp .env.example .env
php artisan key:generate
php artisan migrate --seed
php artisan storage:link
npm run build
php artisan serve --host=0.0.0.0 --port=8004

Troubleshooting

A 404 usually means the verb or URI does not match routes/web.php.

For database failures, confirm Docker and the quaycart_NN name. Never commit .env, vendor, or node_modules.

  • Read the first exception first
  • Rebuild assets after Tailwind class changes
  • Never commit secrets

Try this

Add a named /contact route and link it from the layout.

Test a happy path and one invalid or unauthorized request.

  • Make one small change
  • Test it in the browser
  • Compare with the next snapshot only after it works

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