Welcome to the course! In this first episode, we'll introduce the idea of setting up Inertia.js in a fresh Laravel application. You might have seen packages like Laravel Breeze or Jetstream that come pre-configured with Inertia, but here, we'll guide you through doing it all from scratch, giving you full control and understanding.
Whether you're new to Inertia or just want to dig a bit deeper, we'll walk step-by-step through the process. We'll also check out some handy extras, like enabling server-side rendering, getting Tailwind CSS up and running for styles, installing Ziggy so we can reference named Laravel routes in our frontend, and more.
To wrap everything up, you'll get the chance to build a simple comments app—think posting comments to a timeline. It's a nice, practical way to put all these tools together. So, let's dive in and start by installing Inertia on the Laravel backend!