Idea

A modern idea management application built with Laravel 12 and Tailwind CSS.

Author: Nuno Miguel Gomes (SpecBit)
Instructor: Jeffrey Way
📅 Completed: June 2026

Overview

Idea is a full-stack Laravel application that allows users to create, organize, track, and manage ideas through a clean and responsive interface.

The project was developed while following the Laravel From Scratch 2026 course by Laracasts, with additional improvements and refinements beyond the course material.

Features

• User registration and authentication
• Create, edit, and delete ideas
• Upload images for ideas
• Track idea progress with statuses
• Manage implementation steps
• Add reference links
• Markdown support for idea descriptions
• Profile management
• Email notifications when email addresses change
• Browser and unit test coverage using Pest

Technology Stack

Backend

• Laravel 12
• PHP 8.4
• SQLite

Frontend

• Blade
• Tailwind CSS 4
• Tailwind Typography
• Alpine.js

Testing

• Pest
• Laravel Browser Testing

Installation

git clone https://github.com/specbit/idea.git
cd idea

composer install
npm install

cp .env.example .env

php artisan key:generate

php artisan migrate

npm run dev

php artisan serve

Running Tests

./vendor/bin/pest

Screenshots

Dashboard	Dashboard	Create Idea

Create Idea	Idea Details	Idea Details

Edit Idea	Edit Idea	Profile Management

Project Structure

• app/Models – Domain models
• app/Http/Controllers – Request handling
• resources/views – Blade templates
• tests/Browser – Browser tests
• tests/Unit – Unit tests

Learning Objectives

This project explores:

• Laravel authentication
• Eloquent ORM
• Authorization
• Form validation
• File uploads
• Notifications
• Testing with Pest
• Modern Tailwind CSS workflows
• Markdown rendering
• Alpine.js-powered interactive UI components

Author

Nuno Miguel Gomes (SpecBit)