In this episode, we're rolling up our sleeves to build the "create product" form for our app. We start by setting up a new controller and route specifically for the product creation page, keeping things tidy and organized. Using Laravel Livewire, we scaffold a fresh Livewire component that'll handle the form's state and user interactions.
Once that's set up, we shift over to the Blade view, borrowing a bit of structure and style from our dashboard and profile forms—because hey, there's no need to reinvent the wheel! We walk through adding all the required fields for our form: title, slug, description (where we make a new Blade component for a textarea), price, a "live" checkbox, and finally, a section to upload files. You also pick up a bunch of helpful Blade component tips along the way, perfect for keeping your code clean and reusable.
With the front-end ready, we hook up each input to Livewire's state, showing how to use wire:model
for syncing data and explaining the benefits of grouping everything into a state
array for easy management. We set everything to lazy
updates to keep things efficient, and show off how Livewire passes data back and forth as users interact with the form.
Finally, we wire up the form submission event, preparing it to handle creating a product in the database—just waiting for us to handle the actual storage and validation in the next part. By the end, we’ve got a fully functional (though not quite complete) product creation form, all ready for those finishing touches!