laravel4cookbook

E-Commerce
One of the benchmarks of any framework is how well it fares in the creation of an e-commerce
application. Laravel 4 is up to the challenge; and, in this chapter, we’re going to create an online
shop.
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The code for this chapter can be found at: https://github.com/formativ/tutorial-laravel-4-ecommerce.
Note on Sanity
There is no way that an e-commerce platform, built in 40 minutes, can be production-ready. Please
do not attempt to conduct any real business on the basis of this chapter; without having taken the
necessary precautions.
This chapter is a guide, an introduction, a learning tool. It is not meant to be the last word in building
e-commerce platforms. I do not want to hear about how all your customers want to sue you because
you slapped your name and logo on the GitHub source-code and left all reason behind.
Getting Started
In this chapter; we will create a number of database objects, which will later be made available
through API endpoints. We’ll then use these, together with AngularJS, to create an online shop.
We’ll finish things off with an overview of creating PDF documents dynamically.
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You need to understand a bit of JavaScript for this chapter. There’s too much functionality to also
cover the basics, so you should learn them elsewhere.
Installing Laravel 4
Laravel 4 uses Composer to manage its dependencies. You can install Composer by following the
instructions at http://getcomposer.org/doc/00-intro.md#installation-nix.