Adding a sidebar view composer

Composers/SidebarViewComposer.php

+<?php namespace Modules\Dashboard\Composers;
+
+class SidebarViewComposer
+{
+    public function compose($view)
+    {
+        $view->items->put('dashboard', [
+            'weight' => 0,
+            'request' => $view->prefix,
+            'route' => 'dashboard.index',
+            'icon-class' => 'fa fa-dashboard',
+            'title' => 'Dashboard',
+        ]);
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file

Http/routes.php

@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 
 Route::group(['prefix' => Config::get('core::core.admin-prefix'), 'namespace' => 'Modules\Dashboard\Http\Controllers'], function()
 {
-	Route::get('/', 'Admin\DashboardController@index');
+	Route::get('/', ['as' => 'dashboard.index', 'uses' => 'Admin\DashboardController@index']);
 });
\ No newline at end of file

composers.php

+<?php
+
+View::composer('core::partials.sidebar-nav', 'Modules\Dashboard\Composers\SidebarViewComposer');
\ No newline at end of file

start.php

@@ -25,4 +25,6 @@ Config::addNamespace('dashboard', __DIR__ . '/Config/');
 |
 */
 
-require __DIR__ . '/Http/routes.php';
\ No newline at end of file
+require __DIR__ . '/Http/routes.php';
+
+require __DIR__ . '/composers.php';
\ No newline at end of file