Laravel - Application Structure

Root Directory
The root directory of Laravel contains various folders and files as shown in the following figure.

• app − This directory contains the core code of the application.
• bootstrap − This directory contains the application bootstrapping script.
• config − This directory contains configuration files of application.
• database − This folder contains your database migration and seeds.
• public − This is the application’s document root. It starts the Laravel application. It also contains the assets of the application like JavaScript, CSS, Images, etc.
• resources − This directory contains raw assets such as the LESS & Sass files, localization and language files, and Templates that are rendered as HTML.
• storage − This directory contains App storage, like file uploads etc. Framework storage (cache), and application-generated logs.
• test − This directory contains various test cases.
• vendor − This directory contains composer dependencies.

App Directory
This is the application directory.
It contains a variety of additional directories, which are described below −

• Console − All the artisan commands are stored in this directory.
• Events − This directory stores events that your application can raise. Events may be used to alert other parts of your application that a given action has occurred, providing a great deal of flexibility and decoupling.
• Exceptions − This directory contains your application's exception handler and is also a good place to stick any exceptions thrown by your application.
• Http − This directory contains your controllers, filters, and requests.
• Jobs − This directory contains the queueable jobs for your application.
• Listeners − This directory contains the handler classes for your events. Handlers receive an event and perform logic in response to the event being fired. For example, a UserRegistered event might be handled by a SendWelcomeEmail listener.
• Policies − This directory contains various policies of the application
• Providers − This directory contains various service providers.