Use Route::is('route-name') to easily highlight your navbar menus
<ul>    <li @if(Route::is('home')) class="active" @endif>        <a href="/">Home</a>    </li>    <li @if(Route::is('contact-us')) class="active" @endif>        <a href="/contact-us">Contact us</a>    </li></ul>
Tip given by @anwar_nairi