If you want to automate adding data into your Laravel application, seeding is the way to go! Whether it's for testing purposes or adding in loads of production details, Laravel's seeders and factories help to rapidly fill up your database tables.
In this video I'll show you a few different ways to seed data into your database. We'll start out simple with just single models and the create method, and move up to custom factories and seeder classes.
- 0:00 Getting Started
- 0:31 Seeding Single Models
- 1:38 Using Factories
- 6:49 Seeder Classes
- 9:48 Seeding Model Relationships
- 12:50 Wrapping Up
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