Project Setup

1. Run "composer install" from command line to get vendor folder.

2. Change .env.example to .env

3. Run "php artisan key:generate" to set application key.

4. Create a database & provide credentials in ".env" file.

5. Run "php artisan migrate" from command line. This will create users & password_resets table along with migrations.

Project Architecture/Design

Laravel provides user login & register authentication by running the following command:

php artisan make:auth

Added / modified the following files as per the requirement of this application:

1) resources/views/layouts/app.blade.php 	-> Layout of this application. Javascript files added in this page.
2) public/sha256/sha256.min.js 				-> Minified file to be used for client side password hashing.
3) public/sha256/sha256.js 					-> Uncompressed file for readability.
4) public/user.js 							-> jQuery codes for this application are added in this file.