1. Introduction

In this tutorial, we will explore how to use Laravel Jetstream to manage user authentication in your Laravel application. Laravel Jetstream is a robust solution that handles user registration, authentication, email verification, and password resetting.

By the end of this tutorial, you will be able to:

• Install and configure Laravel Jetstream.
• Understand the core concept of user authentication in Laravel.
• Use Laravel Jetstream features to handle user registration, authentication, email verification, and password resetting.

Prerequisites
- Basic knowledge of Laravel is required.
- A local development environment for Laravel is set up.

2. Step-by-Step Guide

Installation & Configuration

Before using Jetstream, you must create a fresh Laravel application.

composer create-project --prefer-dist laravel/laravel blog

Once you have a fresh Laravel application, you can install Jetstream using Composer:

composer require laravel/jetstream

After installing Jetstream, you should run the jetstream:install Artisan command:

php artisan jetstream:install livewire

This command will install Jetstream with the Livewire stack.

After running the command, you should run the npm install and npm run dev commands:

npm install && npm run dev

Finally, run the database migrations:

php artisan migrate

Understanding Authentication

In Laravel, authentication is handled by "guards" and "providers". Guards define how users are authenticated for each request and providers define how users are retrieved from your persistent storage.

In a Laravel application using the Jetstream package, you will find a configuration file named config/auth.php. This file contains several well-documented options for adjusting the behavior of your authentication services.

3. Code Examples

Registration

To register a new user, visit the /register route in your application. This will display the registration form.

Route::get('/register', function () {
    return view('auth.register');
});

Login

To login an existing user, visit the /login route in your application. This will display the login form.

Route::get('/login', function () {
    return view('auth.login');
});

Password Reset

To reset a password, visit the /forgot-password route in your application. This will display the password reset form.

Route::get('/forgot-password', function () {
    return view('auth.forgot-password');
});

4. Summary

In this tutorial, we have gone through the installation and configuration of Laravel Jetstream for user authentication. We have also looked at how to perform user registration, login, and password resetting.

For further learning, you may wish to explore additional features of Laravel Jetstream, such as team management and profile updates.

5. Practice Exercises

1. Create a fresh Laravel application and install Laravel Jetstream.
2. Register a new user from the /register route.
3. Login the registered user from the /login route.
4. Reset the user's password from the /forgot-password route.

Solutions:
1. See the 'Installation & Configuration' section.
2. Visit the /register route, fill in the required details, and submit.
3. Visit the /login route, enter the registered user's email and password, and submit.
4. Visit the /forgot-password route, enter the registered user's email, and submit. The user will receive an email with a password reset link.

For more practice, try to add more fields to the registration form, such as 'phone number' or 'address', and make these fields required for registration.