Practical Laravel 11 - Modern App Development with PHP, React, React Native, Vue and GraphQL

Explore the latest version of Laravel and its ecosystem, including Laravel Nova, Telescope, Horizon, and Vapor. This book completes the App development trinity - Backend, Website, and Mobile Apps. As a bonus, you'll learn to build Desktop Apps for Windows, MacOS and Linux using NativePHP.
You'll start by reviewing the Laravel ecosystem and then move on to building some real-world applications. These applications are production-ready using Laravel's best practices and modern frontend frameworks like React and Vue.js. The first app is a modular CMS (PickleCMS), along with a website that consumes the content. Next, you'll build an eCommerce mobile app (Commercify) using Laravel. Finally, you'll build a Travel App (TripoNama).
Along the way, you'll study related topics that apply to your applications, including search with Laravel Scout, generating PDFs, logging, browser automation with Dusk, consuming and building REST and GraphQL APIs. Practical Laravel 11 is not just another documentation tool, it's a must-have companion for Laravel enthusiasts.
What You'll Learn

• Build a GraphQL API to use in real-world applications.
• Work with testing and browser automation tools. 
• Consume and expose APIs with Laravel.
• Write Artisan commands that run on the CLI.
• Build a blogging system and WYSIWYG page editor.

Who This Book Is For

Modern developers who want to learn and adopt the latest version of Laravel, and for software architects planning large scale web and mobile applications architectures using the Laravel eco-system, including DevOps, debugging, and testing.

List of contents

1: The Laravel 10 Ecosystem.- 2: Building Your First App- A Modular CMS.- 3: Extending Your CMS - Beyond CRUD (Part 1).- 4: Extending Your CMS - Beyond CRUD (Part 2).- 5: Completing Your CMS - The Content Arrives.-  6: Writing REST and GraphQL APIs.- 7: Building a Website Front-end for Your CMS.- 8: Advanced Topics: Logging, Artisan Commands and Browser Automation.- 9: Connecting your Laravel API's with VueJS and React.- 10: Building your Second App in Laravel - An eCommerce App (Commercify).- 11: Building your Third App in Laravel - A Travel App.- 12: Building Desktop apps with NativePHP.

About the author

Zeeshan Chawdhary is a seasoned technologist with over 18 years of experience in building Web and Mobile Applications. As an avid Laravel developer, he has built numerous production apps and is currently developing a High Frequency Options Trading Platform – LucrumBot.com using Laravel and NodeJS. Zeeshan has led teams that have built apps and APIs consumed by Web Browsers, Mobile Devices, Smart TVs, and Connected Car platforms. He has also dabbled with multiple startups ranging from Healthcare to transportation and has published three books and numerous articles for technology blogs such as Sitepoint. 

Summary

Explore the latest version of Laravel and its ecosystem, including Laravel Nova, Telescope, Horizon, and Vapor. This book completes the App development trinity – Backend, Website, and Mobile Apps. As a bonus, you’ll learn to build Desktop Apps for Windows, MacOS and Linux using NativePHP.
You’ll start by reviewing the Laravel ecosystem and then move on to building some real-world applications. These applications are production-ready using Laravel’s best practices and modern frontend frameworks like React and Vue.js. The first app is a modular CMS (PickleCMS), along with a website that consumes the content. Next, you’ll build an eCommerce mobile app (Commercify) using Laravel. Finally, you’ll build a Travel App (TripoNama).
Along the way, you’ll study related topics that apply to your applications, including search with Laravel Scout, generating PDFs, logging, browser automation with Dusk, consuming and building REST and GraphQL APIs. Practical Laravel 11 is not just another documentation tool, it’s a must-have companion for Laravel enthusiasts.
What You’ll Learn

• Build a GraphQL API to use in real-world applications.
• Work with testing and browser automation tools. 
• Consume and expose APIs with Laravel.
• Write Artisan commands that run on the CLI.
• Build a blogging system and WYSIWYG page editor.

Who This Book Is For

Modern developers who want to learn and adopt the latest version of Laravel, and for software architects planning large scale web and mobile applications architectures using the Laravel eco-system, including DevOps, debugging, and testing.

Product details

• Authors: Zeeshan Chawdhary
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 12.06.2026
• EAN: 9798868802263
• ISBN: 9798868802263
• No. of pages: 650
• Illustrations: Approx. 650 p.
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > IT; Webprogrammierung, Open Source, React, ecommerce, GraphQL, Mobile Development, Web Development, Full-stack development, REST APIs, React Native, Laravel 10