What is a Blade Component in Laravel?

Answer

Blade Components (Laravel 7+) provide a powerful way to create reusable UI components similar to Vue or React components. Create with php artisan make:component Alert — generates a class in app/View/Components/ and a Blade view in resources/views/components/. Use in Blade templates: <x-alert type="success" :message="$msg" />. The component class receives the attributes and exposes data to the view. For simple, class-less components, create just the Blade file in resources/views/components/. Components support slots for passing HTML content: <x-card><x-slot:title>Title</x-slot>Body content</x-card>. Anonymous components (just the Blade file, no class) are great for simple presentational UI.