Laravel is an MVC framework for PHP that focuses on unit testing and DRY principles. It is based on Symfony but has a lower learning curve. Laravel uses Composer as a package manager and features include Eloquent ORM, query builders, database migrations, RESTful controllers, queue management, and payment API support through packages. While powerful, it can be heavyweight for some uses and there is no built-in admin panel, but packages provide these features. The lighter-weight Lumen framework was also created by the same developer.

1. Laravel? WTF is that?

2. Shameless Plug
Gibson Tang
Founder of Azukisoft
Pte Ltd

3. What is
Laravel?
MVC framework
With Dependency Injection
Focus on Unit Tests
DRY principles

4. Introduction
Currently at version 5.0
Version 4.2 is still popular
5.1 will be coming soon

5. Laravel
Based on Symfony
Symfony has a higher learning curve
Laravel has the opposite
http://www.sitepoint.com/best-php-
framework-2015-sitepoint-survey-results/

6. Laravel

7. Laravel
Uses Composer as a package manager
Not Pear
As Pear sucks
You can't have a MVC framework without a
package manager, can you?

8. Laravel
In a nutshell, as my friend said it 'It is like
Rails for PHP'
This sounds like heresy to all the Rails
people here
Well, everyone has their own opinion

9. Laravel
Coming from a CodeIgniter background
Laravel makes it easy for you to focus on the
business logic
As the other boilerplate stuff is abstracted
away

10. Laravel
In the database.php file, you just need to fill
in these parameters
'mysql' => array(
'driver' => 'mysql',
'host' => '127.0.0.1',
'database' => 'wordpress',
'port' => '3306',
'username' => 'root',
'password' => 'foobar123',
'charset' => 'utf8',

11. Laravel
Laravel also abstracts away the syntax using
ORMs and Query Builders
Has build in protection against SQL injections
Eloquent
Fluent

12. Laravel
Eloquent ORM
$result =
Customer::where('name', '=' 'Handsome')-
>get();
Instead of
Select * from Customer where name =
'Handsome';

13. Laravel
Fluent Query Builder
$result =
DB::table('customer')->where('id', 4)->get();
Instead of
Select * from Customer where id = 4';

14. Laravel
Database Migration
Think of it as git for your database
Except without the confusing and fun bits
Easy seeding of database tables

15. Laravel
RESTful Controllers (Good for creating
RESTful APIs)
Queue management
In-house support for Redis
Inhouse support for payment APIs using the
Laravel Cashier package which interfaces with
Stripe

16. Laravel
https://github.com/search?l=PHP&q=+stars%3A%3E0&ref=searchresults&type=Repositorie
s

17. Laravel
A lot of resources
http://www.Laracasts.com
http://www.packalyst.com for Laravel
packages
http://laravel-recipes.com/
Among others

18. Laravel
Laravel sounds like the best thing that
happened since sliced bread
So what's the downside?

19. Laravel
What's wrong?
It's still using PHP
Composer can be a memory hog when you
run 'composer update'
Can be too heavyweight for some use cases

20. Laravel
No build in admin panel
But there is a package for that
Not as established as Python/Django or RoR
But that means that Laravel has a lot of cool
stuff coming it's way

21. Laravel
For a lightweight framework
Check out Lumen lumen.laravel.com
Created by the same guy aka OMO(One Man
Operation) who developed Laravel
It integrates well with Laravel

22. Laravel
Thank you. Any questions?