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Laravel

Developer(s)	Taylor Otwell
Initial release	June 11, 2011 (2011-06-11)
Stable release	4.1 / 11 December 2013; 11 years ago (2013-12-11)
Repository	github.com/laravel/laravel
Written in	PHP
Operating system	Cross-platform
Type	Web application framework
License	MIT License
Website	http://laravel.com

Laravel is a free, open-source PHP web application framework, intended for development of MVC web applications. Laravel is released under the MIT license, with its source code hosted on GitHub.

According to a December 2013 survey on PHP frameworks popularity, Laravel is listed as one of the most promising PHP frameworks for 2014.

Features

The following features are serving as Laravel's key design points:

• Bundles are providing Laravel with a modular packaging system, and a number of bundled features is already available for easy addition to developed applications.
• Eloquent ORM is an advanced PHP implementation of the active record pattern, providing internal methods for enforcing constraints to the relationships between database objects. Laravel's Fluent query builder is natively supported by Eloquent.
• Application logic is part of developed applications, either by using controllers, or as part of route declarations. Syntax used for definitions is similar to the one used by Sinatra framework.
• Reverse routing defines a relationship between links and routes, making it possible for later changes to routes to be automatically propagated into relevant links. When links are created by using names of existing routes, appropriate URIs are automatically created by Laravel.
• Restful controllers are providing an optional way for separating the logic behind serving HTTP GET and POST requests.
• Class auto loading provides automated loading of PHP classes, without the need for manual maintenance of inclusion paths. On-demand loading prevents unnecessary components to be loaded when they actually are not used.
• View composers are logical code units that can be executed when a view is loaded.
• IoC container makes it possible for new objects to be generated by following the inversion of control principle, with optional instantiating and referencing of new objects as singletons.
• Migrations are providing a version control system for database schemas, making it possible to associate changes in the application's code base and required changes in the database layout, easing up deployment and updating of developed applications.
• Unit testing is playing an important role in Laravel, which itself has a large number of tests preventing regressions. Unit tests can be run through the artisan command-line utility.
• Automatic pagination simplifies the task of implementing pagination, replacing the usual manual implementation approaches with automated methods integrated into Laravel.

Conferences

Laracon is a conference centered around the Laravel framework. The first Laracon was held in Washington, D.C. on 22–23 February 2013, while the second Laracon was held in Amsterdam on 30–31 August 2013, as the first European Laracon. The third Laracon is planned to be held in New York City on 15–16 May 2014. All of these conferences are largely organized by UserScape with additional help provided by various sponsors.

See also

• Comparison of web application frameworks
• Code Igniter
• Symfony

References

1. ^ "Laravel Documentation". utexas.edu. Retrieved 2013-12-17.
2. ^ Daniel Gafitescu (2013-06-06). "Goodbye CodeIgniter, Hello Laravel". sitepoint.com. Retrieved 2013-12-21.
3. Bruno Skvorc (2013-12-28). "Best PHP Frameworks for 2014". sitepoint.com. Retrieved 2014-01-02.
4. Jeffrey Way (2012-11-29). "Why Laravel is Taking the PHP Community by Storm". tutsplus.com. Retrieved 2013-12-21.
5. Laravel wiki
6. Laracon EU 2013
7. Userscape home page

External links

• Official website
• Laravel 4.1 Documentation
• Laravel 4.1 API reference
• Laracon Conference
• History of Laravel

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