Kuala Lumpur, 7 June 2024 — CodeSpace AI Technology Sdn Bhd is pleased to announce that its founder and CEO, Carl Yip, was invited by the Google Developer Student Club (GDSC) of Asia Pacific University (APU) to conduct a hands-on Laravel for Beginners Workshop.
The workshop, attended by diploma and degree students from various computing programs, aimed to equip aspiring developers with practical foundations in modern web development using Laravel — one of the most widely used PHP frameworks in the industry.
Empowering Students to Start Their Software Development Journey
Carl opened the workshop by sharing how Laravel accelerates development through its elegant syntax, strong ecosystem, and structured best practices. His goal was to help students kickstart their journey into real-world software development with the right tools and mindset.
Laravel is one of the best ways for beginners to learn full-stack development. Once you master its fundamentals, you can build anything — from simple blogs to enterprise applications.
Key Modules Covered During the Workshop
1. Laravel Installation & Environment Setup
Students learned:
How to install Laravel using Composer
Local development setup
.envconfigurationProject structure overview
This provided them the foundation to start building real applications immediately.
2. Introduction to MVC Architecture
Carl walked students through the Model–View–Controller (MVC) pattern, the core architectural principle behind Laravel.
Participants learned:
What Controllers do
How Models interact with the database
How Views render UI
This helped students understand how to structure their code cleanly and professionally.
3. Blade Components & Templating
Students were introduced to Blade, Laravel’s powerful templating engine.
Key concepts included:
Layouts & components
Blade directives
Reusable UI structures
Carl demonstrated how Blade allows developers to create clean, maintainable front-end structures without repetitive code.
4. Laravel Breeze / Bootstrap Authentication Setup
To give students a real-world starting point, Carl guided them through:
Installing authentication scaffolding
Understanding user login, registration, and middleware
Managing protected routes
This provided students a practical foundation for building fully functional web apps.
5. Blog CRUD Implementation
The highlight of the workshop was a full Create-Read-Update-Delete (CRUD) blog system.
Students learned how to:
Create models, migrations, and controllers
Build forms for adding/editing posts
Validate user input
Display and manage blog data
Implement resourceful routing
By the end of the session, students had built a working mini-application — a milestone for many first-time developers.
Hands-On Learning That Bridges Academia and Industry
The Google Developer Student Club expressed appreciation to Carl for delivering a highly practical and engaging session. Many students shared that it was their first time seeing how full-stack applications are built end-to-end.
CodeSpace AI continues to support talent development by contributing to workshops, industry talks, and mentorship programs across universities in Malaysia.
