validacion con request

app/Http/Controllers/CategoriasController.php

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ class CategoriasController extends Controller
 
       public function store(Request $request){
     
-    $request->validate([
+   $request->validate([
             'descripcion' => 'required|max:20',
             'nombre' => 'required|unique:categorias,nombre|regex:/^[a-zA-ZáéíóúñÁÉÍÓÚ]+( [a-zA-ZáéíóúñÁÉÍÓÚ]+)*$/|max:20',
             //'dni' => 'required|numeric|digits_between:7,8',
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ class CategoriasController extends Controller
         ]
         );
 
-
         $categorias = new Categorias();
         $categorias->fill([
             'nombre' => $request->input('nombre'),
@@ -79,7 +78,7 @@ class CategoriasController extends Controller
         return view('categorias.edit', ["cat"=>$categoria]);
     }
 
-    public function update(Request $request, $id){
+    public function update(UpdatedCategoriaRequest $request, $id){
         $categorias = Categorias::findOrfail($id);
         $categorias->fill([
             'nombre' => $request->input('nombre'),

app/Http/Requests/StoreCategoriasRequest.php

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace App\Http\Requests;
+
+use Illuminate\Foundation\Http\FormRequest;
+
+class StoreCategoriasRequest extends FormRequest
+{
+    /**
+     * Determine if the user is authorized to make this request.
+     */
+    public function authorize(): bool
+    {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the validation rules that apply to the request.
+     *
+     * @return array<string, \Illuminate\Contracts\Validation\ValidationRule|array<mixed>|string>
+     */
+    public function rules(): array
+    {
+        return [
+            //
+        ];
+    }
+}

resources/views/categorias/new.blade.php

@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@
        name="nombre"
        id="nombre"
        value="{{ old('nombre') }}"
-       required
        class="form-control">    
         </div>