my-website/routes/web.php

<?php

use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Route;

/*
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Web Routes
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
| Here is where you can register web routes for your application. These
| routes are loaded by the RouteServiceProvider and all of them will
| be assigned to the "web" middleware group. Make something great!
|
*/

// @route('home')
// @route('index')
Route::get('/', function () {
    return view('layout');
});

// @route('publications')
Route::get('/publications', function() {
    return view('layout');
});

// @route('profile')
Route::get('/profile', function() {
    return view('layout', ['heading' => 'Profile', 'content' => '<p>This is my profile...</p>']);
});

// @route('contact')
Route::get('/contact', function() {
    return view('contact');
});