laravel/app/Http/Controllers/WelcomeController.php

<?php namespace App\Http\Controllers;

class WelcomeController extends Controller {

	/*
	|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
	| Default Home Controller
	|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
	|
	| You may wish to use controllers instead of, or in addition to, Closure
	| based routes. That's great! Here is an example controller method to
	| get you started. To route to this controller, just add the route:
	|
	|	$router->get('/', 'WelcomeController@index');
	|
	*/

	/**
	 * Create a new controller instance.
	 *
	 * @return void
	 */
	public function __construct()
	{
		$this->middleware('guest');
	}

	/**
	 * Show the application welcome screen to the user.
	 *
	 * @return Response
	 */
	public function index()
	{
		return view('welcome');
	}

}