Hey there, thanks so much for joining me. Have you ever found yourself in that position where you've built an amazing application, you're so close to launching, and then you realize you've not actually got an administration panel. You've been SSHing into the server, you've been tweaking the database manually, but if you're to hand the reins over to someone who isn't a developer, they're going to need an admin panel. So what do you do? Half-bake one in a couple of weeks? Believe me from experience, that doesn't work out well. Instead, let me introduce you to Laravel Nova. Laravel Nova is an official product from the Laravel team that allows you to scaffold out full-fledged modern administration panels for your Laravel applications in a matter of days or even hours. Now, I have a great application for a Nova administration panel. Let me introduce you to Reddit. Reddit is a library-cum-cafe.

applications in a matter of days or even hours. Now, I have a great application for a Nova administration panel. Let me introduce you to Reddit. Reddit is a library-cum-cafe. You enter, you sit down, you grab a coffee, you grab a piece of cake, and you lose yourself in the pastime of reading. I'm trying to encourage that chatter, that general chatter that goes on in a cafe, but at the same time, allowing people just to get lost in their imagination when it comes to reading. And if you don't finish, well, you can take the book home with you and you can enjoy the adventure on your own sofa. Now, this is a very simple website. It's basically a landing page and then some top picks and reviews. But thinking about it, even a basic cafe library like this has a lot of administrative tasks. People need to be able to see what books are on offer. They need to be able to read reviews of books,

it, even a basic cafe library like this has a lot of administrative tasks. People need to be able to see what books are on offer. They need to be able to read reviews of books, leave reviews of books. We need to be able to manage our book stock, see who has books out, see a list of our customers, be able to send them late fees. If they can buy coffee and cake, then they need to be able to see the price list, and we need to manage the price list. Perhaps books have audio recordings. You see, the more you think about it, the more apparent it becomes that we need a powerful administration panel to facilitate these tasks. And Laravel Nova is up to the challenge. So join me in this series as we expand upon this idea and we build out an administration panel for Reddit. You'll learn so many techniques along the way. And by the end of the series, well, you'll be ready to take Nova into your

idea and we build out an administration panel for Reddit. You'll learn so many techniques along the way. And by the end of the series, well, you'll be ready to take Nova into your own applications and build your own administration panels. Let's get started.