Introduction

Laravel is an open-source PHP framework that provides a set of tools and resources to build modern PHP applications. In this project-based tutorial series, you’ll build a Links Landing Page application with the Laravel framework, using a containerized PHP development environment managed by Docker Compose.

At the end, you’ll have a one-page website built with Laravel and managed via Artisan commands where you can share relevant links to an audience on social channels and presentations.

Prerequisites

To follow this series, you will need:

• Access to an Ubuntu 20.04 local machine or development server as a non-root user with sudo privileges. If you’re using a remote server, it’s advisable to have an active firewall installed. To set this up, please refer to our Initial Server Setup Guide for Ubuntu 20.04.
• Docker installed on your local machine or development server, following Steps 1 and 2 of How To Install and Use Docker on Ubuntu 20.04.
• Docker Compose installed on your local machine or development server, following Step 1 of How To Install and Use Docker Compose on Ubuntu 20.04.

Once you have these prerequisites set up, you are ready to get started.