Pixel Positions 👾

A modern job board application built with Laravel. It features job listings, dynamic search, tag filtering, and a complete employer management flow.

Developed as a capstone project for the 30 Days to Learn Laravel course.

🚀 Key Concepts Learned

Beyond the basic CRUD, this project implements:

• Authentication & Security: Secure user registration and login system, managing user sessions and protecting routes.
• Database Architecture: complex Eloquent relationships (Pivot table for Jobs and Tags, Jobs belong to Employers, Employers belong to Users).
• Asset Bundling: Full integration with Vite for Tailwind CSS compilation.
• Testing: Unit tests using Pest PHP.

Features

• Job Listings: Browse available jobs with a clean, grid-based UI.
• Employer Workflow: Registered employers can create, manage, and tag new job openings.
• Search & Filtering: Real-time-like filtering by tags and keywords.
• Authentication: Secure registration and login flow customized for employers.

Tech Stack

• Framework: Laravel 12
• Language: PHP 8
• Frontend: Blade Templates, Tailwind CSS
• Testing: Pest PHP
• Database: SQLite

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone [https://github.com/yourusername/pixel-positions.git](https://github.com/yourusername/pixel-positions.git)
   cd pixel-positions

2. Install Dependencies:

   composer install
   npm install

3. Environment Setup:

   cp .env.example .env
   php artisan key:generate

4. Database & Assets:

   touch database/database.sqlite
   php artisan migrate --seed
   npm run build

   (Note: Added --seed so the reviewer gets dummy data immediately)

Credits

• Course: Laracasts
• Framework: Laravel