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Getting Started Videos

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Total Duration: 59 minutes

1. Intro

Let's get to know Mauro Martinez, one of the Backpack maintainers and your teacher for this series.

Mentioned in this video:

• Laravel
• "Laravel from Scratch" series on Laracasts
• Backpack's docs repo on Github

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2. Installation and Setup

Let's set up a Laravel project and follow the Backpack installation.

Mentioned in this video:

• Laravel docs - create project
• Backpack docs - installation

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3. Look and Feel - Introduction to Backpack Themes

A quick intro to Backpack themes - how to customize the look and feel of your admin panel, or use a Bootstrap theme of your choice.

Mentioned in this video:

• About Themes
• Demo

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4. Dashboard

Let's place some content on the admin dashboard using Backpack widgets - it's super easy.

Mentioned in this video:

• Widgets
• Customize dashboard

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5. CRUDs - Intro to Operations

Operations are a very important part of Backpack - they allow you to do things like Create, Read (List and Show), Update, and Delete. Let's understand how they work.

Mentioned in this video:

• Set up CRUD - basic guide
• Operations - in depth

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6. DevTools - Generating CRUDs

Go from an idea to a full CRUD in seconds! Quickly build an admin panel for your Eloquent models using a web interface to generate migrations, models, and CRUDs.

Mentioned in this video:

• DevTools - about
• DevTools - installation

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7. List Operation

Let's take a deeper dive into the List operation and one important feature it is using - Backpack columns.

Mentioned in this video:

• List operation
• 50+ Columns

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8. Create and Update Operations

Now let's do a deeper dive into Backpack forms - particularly the ones in the Create and Update operations, which use Backpack fields, another important feature.

Mentioned in this video:

• Create Operation
• Update Operation
• 50+ Fields

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9. Show and Delete Operations

Let's also address some easy operations - the Show and Delete operations. You'll see they are very similar to the ones above.

Mentioned in this video:

• Delete operation
• Show operation
• 50+ Columns

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10. Reorder and BulkClone Operations

Here are two other operation you will most likely need - they will help you reorder or duplicate entries.

Mentioned in this video:

• Reorder Operation
• Clone Operation
• Available Operations

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11. Custom Operations using DevTools

This video shows you how to create custom operations, using our premium add-on DevTools.

Mentioned in this video:

• DevTools

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Thank you for dedicating those 59 minutes to learning Backpack. You should now be able to build your first admin panel. But first, here are a few more links, if you are still not sure whether you are ready:

• Go through the demo and play around, browse the features (pay special attention to the Monsters CRUD)
• Read this CRUD Crash Course and do the steps yourself
• Take a look at the CrudController API Cheat Sheet
• Read our Getting Started Text Course
• Purchase and install Backpack DevTools which will generate the minimum stuff for you