When creating a web app it usually involves creating a dashboard and a place for the user to see data pertaining to their company. You can create a normal table like below but then you will have to add your own sorting and searching functionalities.

That is why I like to use Datatables.net they easy to use and have a lot of different add-ons.

Steps on installing the basic Datatables into your Laravel app:

1. 1. resources/views/layouts/app.blade.php
   2. On your view that you will be displaying the table
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   3. Now you have a Datatable implemented on your site.

Note: If you have multiple tables on one view make sure that each of them has a different id and that you have called the function in your script tags for each table.

Addons that I use frequently:

• StateSave:
  • Whenever your user comes back to the page the datatable remembers the state they left it in (eg. what was sorted).
• File Export:
  • Adds buttons – to print; export as a pdf, csv or excel; and copy – above your table.
• Regex Search:
  •   I used this to allow my users to search for multiple terms separated by a space or a comma.

Happy coding!