Guided projects
Learn by building complete features.
Guided projects are complete builds, separate from the framework reference. Use them when you want to see routes, controllers, modules, middleware, views, assets, and persistence decisions working together.
Featured guided project
Forum with permissions
Beginner to intermediate
45-60 min
Build a forum from scratch with SQLite persistence, demo auth, role permissions, protected public-demo writes, admin routes, API endpoints, and a MySQL production path.
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Shelter API
Intermediate
25-40 min
Build a complete JSON REST API for shelter animals: cats, dogs, bunnies, and birds. The guide covers SQLite schema scripts, route files, controllers, filtering, validation, errors, and the MySQL path.
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