Newbie Issue: `Target class [App\Services\MyService] Does Not Exist` Error with Laravel Dependency Injection

Hey everyone,

I'm brand new to the world of Laravel development and currently trying to get my hands dirty with a project related to 'Laravel Quick Fix & Consultation'. It's been a steep learning curve, and I've hit a roadblock with what seems like a very fundamental concept: Laravel dependency injection. I'm hoping some seasoned developers here can point me in the right direction!

The core problem I'm facing is a persistent Target class [App\Services\MyService] Does Not Exist error. I'm attempting to implement a service class and inject it directly into my controller's constructor. From what I understand, Laravel's service container should handle the auto-resolution, but I keep hitting this wall.

Here’s what I’ve tried so far:

• I've double-checked the namespace and class name in both my controller and the service class multiple times. They appear to match exactly.
• I've run composer dump-autoload and php artisan optimize:clear religiously after every change, hoping it's just an autoloader issue.
• I've even looked into AppServiceProvider for any explicit bindings, though I'm trying to rely on Laravel's auto-resolution for simple cases like this.
• I've verified the file path and casing are absolutely correct (e.g., app/Services/MyService.php).

My expectation is that Laravel would correctly inject an instance of MyService into my controller. Instead, I'm consistently getting the fatal error message.

Here’s a simplified version of my setup and the error I'm seeing:

// app/Http/Controllers/MyController.php
namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use App\Services\MyService; // Correctly imported, I think?
use Illuminate\Http\Request;

class MyController extends Controller
{
    protected $myService;

    public function __construct(MyService $myService)
    {
        $this->myService = $myService;
    }

    public function index()
    {
        return $this->myService->doSomething();
    }
}

// app/Services/MyService.php
namespace App\Services;

class MyService
{
    public function doSomething()
    {
        return "Hello from MyService!";
    }
}

And the typical error output in my browser or logs:

Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\Exception\ServiceNotFoundException
Target class [App\Services\MyService] does not exist.

Could someone please help me understand what common pitfalls I might be missing here? Are there specific configuration steps I should be aware of for auto-discovery of service classes, or perhaps a different Laravel binding mechanism I should be using? I'm sure it's something obvious I'm overlooking as a beginner.

Anyone faced this before or have a 'quick fix' for this common Laravel dependency injection problem?