title: Laravel wants to show welcome page, although '/' route is defined
body: <p>I'm learning Laravel, and after completing <a href="https://laravel.com/docs/5.1/quickstart" rel="nofollow noreferrer">this to-do task tutorial</a>, my app still continued to show the default Welcome page. </p>
  
  <p>Just in case that was a mechanism for developers to get rid of default content, i also deleted the <code>resources/views/welcome.blade.php</code> file. But it didn't help. All that's changed now is that I get: </p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>InvalidArgumentException
    View [welcome] not found.</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>thrown by <code>FileViewFinder</code>.</p>
  
  <p>My route is defined, as per the tutorial, in <code>app/Http/routes.php</code>, as:</p>
  
  <pre><code>/**
   * Display all tasks
   */
  Route::get('/', function(){
      $tasks = Task::orderBy('created_at', 'asc')-&gt;get();
  
      return view('tasks', [
          'tasks' =&gt; $tasks
      ]);
  });
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>And the view is created in <code>resources/views/layouts/tasks.blade.php</code>.</p>
  
  <p>I don't know what's missing...</p>
  
  <p>Full stack trace:</p>
  
  <pre><code>InvalidArgumentException thrown with message "View [welcome] not found."
  Stacktrace:
  #51 InvalidArgumentException in /var/www/Laravel/default/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/FileViewFinder.php:137
  #50 Illuminate\View\FileViewFinder:findInPaths in /var/www/Laravel/default/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/FileViewFinder.php:79
  #49 Illuminate\View\FileViewFinder:find in /var/www/Laravel/default/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/Factory.php:128
  #48 Illuminate\View\Factory:make in /var/www/Laravel/default/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Foundation/helpers.php:971
  #47 view in /var/www/Laravel/default/routes/web.php:15
  #46 Illuminate\Routing\Router:{closure} in /var/www/Laravel/default/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:191
  #45 Illuminate\Routing\Route:runCallable in /var/www/Laravel/default/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:165
  #44 Illuminate\Routing\Route:run in /var/www/Laravel/default/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Router.php:610
  #43 Illuminate\Routing\Router:Illuminate\Routing\{closure} in /var/www/Laravel/default/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Pipeline.php:30
  #42 Illuminate\Routing\Pipeline:Illuminate\Routing\{closure} in /var/www/Laravel/default/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Middleware/SubstituteBindings.php:41
  #41 Illuminate\Routing\Middleware\SubstituteBindings:handle in /var/www/Laravel/default/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Pipeline/Pipeline.php:149
  #40 Illuminate\Pipeline\Pipeline:Illuminate\Pipeline\{closure} in /var/www/Laravel/default/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Pipeline.php:53
  #39 Illuminate\Routing\Pipeline:Illuminate\Routing\{closure} in /var/www/Laravel/default/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Http/Middleware/VerifyCsrfToken.php:67
  #38 Illuminate\Foundation\Http\Middleware\VerifyCsrfToken:handle in /var/www/Laravel/default/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Pipeline/Pipeline.php:149
  #37 Illuminate\Pipeline\Pipeline:Illuminate\Pipeline\{closure} in /var/www/Laravel/default/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Pipeline.php:53
  #36 Illuminate\Routing\Pipeline:Illuminate\Routing\{closure} in /var/www/Laravel/default/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/Middleware/ShareErrorsFromSession.php:49
  #35 Illuminate\View\Middleware\ShareErrorsFromSession:handle in /var/www/Laravel/default/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Pipeline/Pipeline.php:149
  #34 Illuminate\Pipeline\Pipeline:Illuminate\Pipeline\{closure} in /var/www/Laravel/default/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Pipeline.php:53
  #33 Illuminate\Routing\Pipeline:Illuminate\Routing\{closure} in /var/www/Laravel/default/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Session/Middleware/StartSession.php:63
  #32 Illuminate\Session\Middleware\StartSession:handle in /var/www/Laravel/default/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Pipeline/Pipeline.php:149
  #31 Illuminate\Pipeline\Pipeline:Illuminate\Pipeline\{closure} in /var/www/Laravel/default/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Pipeline.php:53
  #30 Illuminate\Routing\Pipeline:Illuminate\Routing\{closure} in /var/www/Laravel/default/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Cookie/Middleware/AddQueuedCookiesToResponse.php:37
  #29 Illuminate\Cookie\Middleware\AddQueuedCookiesToResponse:handle in /var/www/Laravel/default/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Pipeline/Pipeline.php:149
  #28 Illuminate\Pipeline\Pipeline:Illuminate\Pipeline\{closure} in /var/www/Laravel/default/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Pipeline.php:53
  #27 Illuminate\Routing\Pipeline:Illuminate\Routing\{closure} in /var/www/Laravel/default/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Cookie/Middleware/EncryptCookies.php:59
  #26 Illuminate\Cookie\Middleware\EncryptCookies:handle in /var/www/Laravel/default/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Pipeline/Pipeline.php:149
  #25 Illuminate\Pipeline\Pipeline:Illuminate\Pipeline\{closure} in /var/www/Laravel/default/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Pipeline.php:53
  #24 Illuminate\Routing\Pipeline:Illuminate\Routing\{closure} in /var/www/Laravel/default/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Pipeline/Pipeline.php:102
  #23 Illuminate\Pipeline\Pipeline:then in /var/www/Laravel/default/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Router.php:612
  #22 Illuminate\Routing\Router:runRouteWithinStack in /var/www/Laravel/default/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Router.php:571
  #21 Illuminate\Routing\Router:dispatchToRoute in /var/www/Laravel/default/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Router.php:549
  #20 Illuminate\Routing\Router:dispatch in /var/www/Laravel/default/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Http/Kernel.php:176
  #19 Illuminate\Foundation\Http\Kernel:Illuminate\Foundation\Http\{closure} in /var/www/Laravel/default/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Pipeline.php:30
  #18 Illuminate\Routing\Pipeline:Illuminate\Routing\{closure} in /var/www/Laravel/default/vendor/fideloper/proxy/src/TrustProxies.php:56
  #17 Fideloper\Proxy\TrustProxies:handle in /var/www/Laravel/default/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Pipeline/Pipeline.php:149
  #16 Illuminate\Pipeline\Pipeline:Illuminate\Pipeline\{closure} in /var/www/Laravel/default/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Pipeline.php:53
  #15 Illuminate\Routing\Pipeline:Illuminate\Routing\{closure} in /var/www/Laravel/default/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Http/Middleware/TransformsRequest.php:30
  #14 Illuminate\Foundation\Http\Middleware\TransformsRequest:handle in /var/www/Laravel/default/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Pipeline/Pipeline.php:149
  #13 Illuminate\Pipeline\Pipeline:Illuminate\Pipeline\{closure} in /var/www/Laravel/default/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Pipeline.php:53
  #12 Illuminate\Routing\Pipeline:Illuminate\Routing\{closure} in /var/www/Laravel/default/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Http/Middleware/TransformsRequest.php:30
  #11 Illuminate\Foundation\Http\Middleware\TransformsRequest:handle in /var/www/Laravel/default/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Pipeline/Pipeline.php:149
  #10 Illuminate\Pipeline\Pipeline:Illuminate\Pipeline\{closure} in /var/www/Laravel/default/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Pipeline.php:53
  #9 Illuminate\Routing\Pipeline:Illuminate\Routing\{closure} in /var/www/Laravel/default/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Http/Middleware/ValidatePostSize.php:27
  #8 Illuminate\Foundation\Http\Middleware\ValidatePostSize:handle in /var/www/Laravel/default/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Pipeline/Pipeline.php:149
  #7 Illuminate\Pipeline\Pipeline:Illuminate\Pipeline\{closure} in /var/www/Laravel/default/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Pipeline.php:53
  #6 Illuminate\Routing\Pipeline:Illuminate\Routing\{closure} in /var/www/Laravel/default/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Http/Middleware/CheckForMaintenanceMode.php:46
  #5 Illuminate\Foundation\Http\Middleware\CheckForMaintenanceMode:handle in /var/www/Laravel/default/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Pipeline/Pipeline.php:149
  #4 Illuminate\Pipeline\Pipeline:Illuminate\Pipeline\{closure} in /var/www/Laravel/default/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Pipeline.php:53
  #3 Illuminate\Routing\Pipeline:Illuminate\Routing\{closure} in /var/www/Laravel/default/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Pipeline/Pipeline.php:102
  #2 Illuminate\Pipeline\Pipeline:then in /var/www/Laravel/default/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Http/Kernel.php:151
  #1 Illuminate\Foundation\Http\Kernel:sendRequestThroughRouter in /var/www/Laravel/default/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Http/Kernel.php:116
  #0 Illuminate\Foundation\Http\Kernel:handle in /var/www/Laravel/default/public/index.php:58
  </code></pre>