Adding a view creator

Composers/SidebarViewCreator.php

+<?php namespace Modules\Core\Composers;
+
+use Illuminate\Support\Collection;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Config;
+
+class SidebarViewCreator
+{
+    public function create($view)
+    {
+        $view->prefix = Config::get('core::core.admin-prefix');
+        $view->items = new Collection;
+        $view->items->put('dashboard', [
+                'weight' => 0,
+                'request' => $view->prefix,
+                'route' => 'dashboard.index',
+                'icon-class' => 'fa fa-dashboard',
+                'title' => 'Dashboard',
+            ]);
+    }
+}
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Resources/views/partials/sidebar-nav.blade.php

@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 
         <!-- sidebar menu: : style can be found in sidebar.less -->
         <ul class="sidebar-menu">
-            <?php $items = []; ?>
             <?php foreach($items as $i => $item): ?>
                 <?php if (is_object($item)): ?>
                     <li class="treeview {{ Request::is($item[0]['request']) ? 'active' : ''}}">

composers.php

+<?php
+
+View::creator('core::partials.sidebar-nav', 'Modules\Core\Composers\SidebarViewCreator');
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start.php

@@ -26,4 +26,5 @@ Config::addNamespace('core', __DIR__ . '/Config/');
 */
 
 require __DIR__ . '/Http/routes.php';
+require __DIR__ . '/composers.php';
 require __DIR__ . '/helpers.php';
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