The document discusses the Laravel PHP framework, which was first released in 2011 and allows for robust MVC patterns. It lists some key features of Laravel like Eloquent ORM, Blade templating, routing, and security. The document also outlines some of the new features and improvements in the Laravel 8.6.0 release, including a model directory, improved route caching, maintenance mode, rate limiting, schema dumping, and Jetstream.

1. Laravel to 8.6.0 A Comprehensive Upgrade Guide

3. PHP framework that allows a robust MVC pattern to increase productivity. It
was first released in 2011.
Many people hire dedicated Laravel developers because it has unique features
and functionalities for the digital world.

4. Features of Laravel
 Eloquent Object-Relation Model
 View with Blade
 Controller
 Template Engine
 Security
 Routing

5. Release Notes of Laravel
 Added
 illuminateCollectionsLazyCollection::rakeUntilTimeOut()
 ‘-schema-path option to migrate:fresh command
 Fixed
 Dots in variable
 Bugs in error handling in the closure scheduled task are fixed
 Fix empty Retry-After header in the maintenance mode
 No more double escape on ComponentTagCompiler.php

6. New in Laravel 8.6.0
 Model Directory
 Route Caching Improved
 Improved Maintenance Mode
 Rate Limit Improvements
 Schema Dump
 Laravel Jetstream
 Job Batching
 New Landing Page
 Controller namespace prefix