Route [login] not defined

Question

Trying to play with Laravel today for the first time. I am getting the following error when I attempt to visit localhost/project/public:

InvalidArgume

Answer 1

**Adding this for the future me.**
I encountered this because I was reusing Laravel's "HomeController", and adding my custom functions to it. Note that this controller calls the auth middleware in its __construct() method as shown below, which means that all functions must be authenticated. No wonder it tries to take you to login page first. So, if you are not using Laravel's authentication scafffolding, you will be in a mess. Disable the constructor, or do as you seem fit, now that you know what is happening.

public function __construct()
{
    $this->middleware('auth');
}