Blade templates

Blade is HTML with superpowers - layouts, components, escaped echo. If you know JSX/Vue SFCs, the ideas transfer; the syntax is PHP-flavored.

Escape by default

{{-- resources/views/posts/show.blade.php --}}
<h1>{{ $post->title }}</h1>
<div>{!! $post->trusted_html !!}</div>

Comments for the code above:

• {{ }} runs htmlspecialchars - your XSS habit from the PHP tutorial, automatic
• {!! !!} is raw - only for trusted HTML
• {{-- --}} is a Blade comment

Layouts

{{-- resources/views/layouts/app.blade.php --}}
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <title>@yield('title', 'App')</title>
  @vite(['resources/css/app.css', 'resources/js/app.js'])
</head>
<body>
  <main>
    @yield('content')
  </main>
</body>
</html>

{{-- resources/views/posts/index.blade.php --}}
@extends('layouts.app')

@section('title', 'Posts')

@section('content')
  <h1>Posts</h1>
  @foreach ($posts as $post)
    <article>
      <a href="{{ route('posts.show', $post) }}">{{ $post->title }}</a>
    </article>
  @endforeach

  {{ $posts->links() }}
@endsection

@extends / @section / @yield = layout slots. Blade components (<x-alert />) are the more modern composition style - same energy as Vue components; learn them when layouts feel clunky.

Conditionals & loops

@auth
  <p>Hi, {{ auth()->user()->name }}</p>
@endauth

@guest
  <a href="{{ route('login') }}">Log in</a>
@endguest

@if ($posts->isEmpty())
  <p>No posts yet.</p>
@endif

@forelse ($posts as $post)
  <p>{{ $post->title }}</p>
@empty
  <p>No posts yet.</p>
@endforelse

Including partials

@include('posts._card', ['post' => $post])

Compared to Vue / React

Vue / React	Blade
{{ title }} / {title}	{{ $title }} (escaped)
layout routes	@extends / components
v-if / &&	@if
v-for / .map	@foreach
CSRF in fetch headers	@csrf in forms
client components	mostly server-rendered HTML (unless Inertia/Livewire)

Classic Laravel = multi-page app with sprinkles of JS. That's not outdated - it's how a lot of SaaS admin UIs still ship. Inertia/Livewire come later if you want SPA feelings.

Best,

-- ł.