Mindspace has a very nice video tutorial series about how to build a social network using Laravel 5.2.

Build a complete application with the PHP framework Laravel! This video provides a short introduction and explains how to setup your Laravel project.

SOCIAL NETWORK

Complete source: https://github.com/mschwarzmueller/laravel-basics-youtube

In this course we'll build a neat little social network and cover the basics of developing with Laravel.

Laravel 5.2 PHP Build a social network - Setup & Introduction

http://www.youtube.com/v/_dd4-HEPejU

Laravel 5.2 PHP Build a social network - Signup & Login Screen

http://www.youtube.com/v/IRR3ydBUEgY

Laravel 5.2 PHP Build a social network - Signup Controller & Model

http://www.youtube.com/v/hJIc9lVTJj4

Laravel 5.2 PHP Build a social network - Logging users in

http://www.youtube.com/v/atWUeGBIAAM

Laravel 5.2 PHP Build a social network - Input Validation

http://www.youtube.com/v/gybCjXYBgNA

Laravel 5.2 PHP Build a social network - Middleware & Route Protection

http://www.youtube.com/v/4ECNmNWFEBA

Laravel 5.2 PHP Build a social network - Creating the Dashboard View

http://www.youtube.com/v/PkiHgAmYLec

Laravel 5.2 PHP Build a social network - Creating Posts (Model & Controller)

http://www.youtube.com/v/z-1bdYTNWm8

Laravel 5.2 PHP Build a social network - Post Validation & Outputting Errors

http://www.youtube.com/v/8zIWGhVmTKk

Laravel 5.2 PHP Build a social network - Outputting Posts

http://www.youtube.com/v/VuSLCrR64mw

Laravel 5.2 PHP Build a social network - Use jQuery to fetch Post Content

http://www.youtube.com/v/VNw6EGDltNk

Laravel 5.2 PHP Build a social network - Edit Posts with AJAX Request

http://www.youtube.com/v/L2YXZ5fZcqM

Laravel 5.2 PHP Build a social network - Updating DB & View

http://www.youtube.com/v/xiCk5OGCdCE

Laravel 5.2 PHP Build a social network - User Account

http://www.youtube.com/v/tQT2Vn8BaHo

Laravel 5.2 PHP Build a social network - Image Upload

http://www.youtube.com/v/cwB-H7wJItc

Laravel 5.2 PHP Build a social network - Likes & Dislikes (1/3 - Models & AJAX)

http://www.youtube.com/v/y5qZJ7sYN88

Laravel 5.2 PHP Build a social network - Likes & Dislikes (2/3 - Finishing the Backend)

http://www.youtube.com/v/drM19VKbCgU

Laravel 5.2 PHP Build a social network - Likes & Dislikes (3/3 - Updating the View)

http://www.youtube.com/v/sLGkQjEbOyE

Laravel 5.2 PHP Build a social network - Wrap Up

http://www.youtube.com/v/l2QnzdB6EDU

Wrap Up

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