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jarrod Reeves
jarrod Reeves
6,357 Points
Posted by jarrod Reeves
jarrod Reeves
6,357 Points

Should I learn Laravel?

Laravel 5 was recently released and Treehouse is teaching Laravel 4.

2 Answers

Jeff Lemay
Jeff Lemay
14,268 Points
Jeff Lemay
Jeff Lemay
14,268 Points

This was me a couple weeks ago. I had learned php but never even thought of using a framework. I absolutely love Laravel (although I've only touched the surface so far).

The Laravel courses here on Treehouse will give you a decent foundation with Laravel. I had a very difficult time setting up Vagrant/Homestead on my Windows computer (the videos show how to setup on Mac so some slight difference but the videos also only show a perfect install and not how to troubleshoot any common issues). The videos show you the basics of working with a databases, your CRUD operations, and how the model/view/controller/routes setup works.

Regarding Lavavel 4 vs 5, the premise is the same and you shouldn't have too much trouble with the changes made from v4 to 5. Some files changed directories and some new functions were introduced.

On top of learning here at Treehouse, you could check out Laracasts for in-depth learning. The site has a video for EVERYTHING.

Kosta Kuts
Kosta Kuts
15,894 Points

By the way, I have tough time with development environment customisation on my mac too... :D

bobkingstone
bobkingstone
27,869 Points
bobkingstone
bobkingstone
27,869 Points

Hi,

Having used 3, 4, 5 and the LTS 5.1, I can say that the laravel 4 videos will give you a good background into how Laravel works, if your new to MVC frameworks then having the concepts explained from different sources can only help in furthering your understanding.

Once you have these concepts then it would be easy to pick up the newer directory structure used in 5.1, especially with the docs Taylor Otwell has written and the other learning resources listed on the laravel website.