Laravel 5: Change navbar if user is logged

Question

I\'m completely new to Laravel, MVC and templating engines in general.

I need to show certain navbar buttons and options if a user is logged in such as: Notifications, L

Answer 1

If you are using Laravel 5's built in User model you can simply do

@if (Auth::check())
  //show logged in navbar
@else
  //show logged out navbar
@endif