What is a resource controller in Laravel?

 A resource controller provides conventional actions for CRUD-style resources.

Typical actions are:
index
create
store
show
edit
update
destroy

Example:
Route::resource('products', ProductController::class);

This can generate conventional routes such as:
GET /products
POST /products
GET /products/{product}
PUT/PATCH /products/{product}
DELETE /products/{product}

Scenario:
An admin product-management module maps naturally to resource routing.

Interview follow-up:
Explain when you would not use resource routing—for example, when an endpoint represents an operation rather than a conventional CRUD resource.