Resource Controllers: Building Clean CRUD APIs

Resource controllers give you a standard way to implement CRUD logic for your models. Instead of manually writing many routes and methods, Laravel generates them for you following best practices. ## Create a resource controller ```bash php artisan make:controller PostController --resource ``` This generates methods: - index, create, store - show, edit, update - destroy Each method maps to a CRUD operation. ## Register routes ```php Route::resource('posts', PostController::class); ``` Laravel automatically creates all CRUD routes. ## How it connects ```mermaid flowchart LR A[Routes] --> B[PostController] B --> C[Eloquent Model] C --> D[(Database)] ``` Resource controllers keep your code consistent and easy to maintain. In the next tutorial, we will simplify controllers further using route model binding.