Laravel 13, Tailwind CSS 4, and MySQL dashboard for the HickLab3D workshop. It includes user accounts, Bambu printer telemetry, Amazon filament price tracking, Parcel2Go orders, and ESP32 filament dryer control.

Setup

Requirements: PHP 8.3+, Composer, Node.js, and MySQL. Point the web server document root at public/.

composer install
npm install
cp .env.example .env
php artisan key:generate

On Windows PowerShell, use Copy-Item .env.example .env in place of cp .env.example .env.

Set DB_* in .env to your MySQL database, then run:

php artisan migrate
php artisan app:create-admin your-username you@example.com
npm run build
php artisan serve

The admin command prompts for a password. Never pass it on the command line. For local front-end development, use npm run dev alongside php artisan serve.

The migrations use the legacy table and column names. If you point the app at the existing TechOdyssey database, back it up first. The migrations skip tables already present and create Laravel's session, cache, and job tables. Existing schema variations have not been verified against a database dump. Do not run migrate:fresh on a database with production data.

Integrations and scheduled work

Parcel2Go: set P2G_CLIENT_ID, P2G_CLIENT_SECRET, and P2G_API_AUTH_URL.
Dryer: set DRYER_URL to the ESP32 gateway base URL. The browser talks to authenticated Laravel routes; Laravel forwards status and control requests.
Printers: set MQTT_PORT, MQTT_USERNAME, and MQTT_VERIFY_TLS. Each printer's access code is entered when adding it. printers:collect samples telemetry from each printer.
Filament: filaments:refresh reads tracked Amazon listings and sends price drop mail to enabled recipients. Configure Laravel's MAIL_* settings for delivery. Amazon may change or block its public product HTML, in which case a listing is skipped.

Run Laravel's scheduler every minute on the server:

php artisan schedule:run

The schedule collects printer telemetry every five minutes and refreshes filament prices hourly. You can run either command manually for diagnosis.

Verification

php artisan test --compact
npm run build

The test suite uses an in-memory SQLite database. MySQL and the external services need environment-specific smoke checks with your credentials and devices.