add table viewing page

app/Providers/AppServiceProvider.php

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 namespace App\Providers;
 
+use App\Models\User;
 use App\View\WidgetFactory;
 use Illuminate\Support\ServiceProvider;
 
@@ -17,6 +18,13 @@ class AppServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
         if($this->app->environment('production')) {
             \URL::forceScheme('https');
         }
+
+        \Route::bind('user', function ($value) {
+            $u = User::where('name', $value)->first();
+            // it may also be the _id directly
+            if (!$u) $u = User::find($value);
+            return $u;
+        });
     }
 
     /**