working on datatables

app/Http/Controllers/Articles2Controller.php

@@ -3,25 +3,55 @@
 namespace App\Http\Controllers;
 
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
+use Yajra\Datatables;
 
 class Articles2Controller extends Controller {
     /*
      * 
      */
 
     public function __construct() {
-         $this->middleware('auth');
+        $this->middleware('auth');
     }
 
     /**
      * Display a listing of the resource.
      *
      * @return Response
+     * Documentation:
+     * https://datatables.yajrabox.com/starter#migrate-seed
+     * https://github.com/yajra/laravel-datatables
+     * http://yajra.github.io/laravel-datatables/
      */
     public function index() {
 
-
         return view('articles2.index');
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Process datatables ajax request.
+     *
+     * @return \Illuminate\Http\JsonResponse
+     */
+    public function data() {
+
+        //
+        //return Datatables::of(\App\Article::query())->make(true);
+        return Datatables::queryBuilder(DB::table('articles'))->make(true);
+
+        // Using Eloquent
+//        return Datatables::eloquent(User::query())->make(true);
+
+        // Using Query Builder
+//        return Datatables::queryBuilder(DB::table('users'))->make(true);
+
+        // Using Collection
+//        return Datatables::collection(User::all())->make(true);
+
+        // Using the Engine Factory
+//        return Datatables::of(User::query())->make(true);
+//        return Datatables::of(DB::table('users'))->make(true);
+//        return Datatables::of(User::all())->make(true);
+    }
+
 }

app/Http/Controllers/Auth/LoginController.php

@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ public function login00000() {
     public function authenticated($request, $user) {
 
         //flash('Welcome back ' . $user->username . ', you have been logged in');
-        flash()->overlay('Welcome back ' . $user->username . ', you have been logged in');
+        flash()->overlay('Welcome back ' . $user->username . ', you have been logged in', 'Welcome');
 
     }
 

composer.json

@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@
         "php": ">=5.6.4",
         "laravel/framework": "5.3.*",
         "laravelcollective/html": "5.3.*",
-        "laracasts/flash": "^2.0"
+        "laracasts/flash": "^2.0",
+        "yajra/laravel-datatables-oracle": "^6.21"
     },
     "require-dev": {
         "fzaninotto/faker": "~1.4",