Creating a Composer package in Laravel

Using Laravel's Workbench, we can easily create a package that can be used and installed by Composer. We can also add functionality so that the package integrates seamlessly into our Laravel app. In this recipe, we'll be creating a simple package that will display a list of Vimeo videos for a specified user.

Getting ready

For this recipe, we'll need a standard Laravel installation.

How to do it…

To complete this recipe, follow these steps:

1. In the app/config directory, open the workbench.php file and update it with the following information:

   <?php
   
   return array(
   
       'name' => 'Terry Matula',
   
       'email' => '[e-mail]',
   
   );

2. In the command line, use artisan to set up our package:

   php artisan workbench matula/vimeolist --resources
   

3. Find the directory that will hold our source files and create a file named Vimeolist.php. In this example, we would put the file in workbench/matula/vimeolist/src/Matula/Vimeolist/:

   <?php namespace Matula\Vimeolist...