Popular, easy to learn, and elegant – all of it is true about Laravel. It offers its supporters improved composer, authorization, localization, caching, queues, sessions, e-mail sending, unit tests, and the most progressive PHP community. Of course, Laravel development has its ups and downs:
PROS:
+ Elaborate documentation;
+ Strong security measures;
+ Powerful community support;
+ Rapid development;
+ Low learning curve.
CONS:
– Legacy system;
– Not enough devs in the market;
– Lack of flexibility because of redundant modules out of the box.
You know, actually, the framework is not quite the right word, as Laravel has become the whole ecosystem that can provide your projects with tools, matching all kinds of purposes. Here are some of them.
FEATURES:
1) The modular packaging system provides functionality in separate blocks. Such structure helps to logically divide the whole code into parts, each responsible for different tasks. As an illustration, if you need authentication and e-mail sending, you’ll need separate modules. They are independent, meaning changes in one do not trigger changes in another (and that is a great plus). In Laravel, everything is ready-made out-of-the-box, and even if not, the additional modules are available on community support resources. With this provided, developers don’t have to code many things from scratch.
2) Eloquent ORM is responsible for database integration. The enormous amount of people’s info, phone numbers, e-mails, products, and other items – you need to manage all of it. Every time your users change personal info, subscribe, accept orders, or do any other manipulation, the database renews instantly. Eloquent – is a tool that accelerates these processes, creates database tables in the code, and manages the relations between the parties.
3) The Artisan provides many helpful commands. It’s your personal assistant, like Jarvis for Tony Stark. The tool eases up the development as you can download packages or create/delete a user just by writing one command-line.
4) UNIT testing enables QA processes and ensures security. The tool checks packages if there are inconsistencies in the code, detects unvalidated changes.
5) Blade templating engine allows reusing code. You write less, save storage, and still, the app works smoothly as though you didn’t use any loopholes. It’s a great way of structuring the code, making it more understandable to the developers and saving their time.