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Raymond Yuen
7,291 PointsWhat is Laravel?
I saw that there is now a Laravel course...thank you for much for this. I started watching this and it goes straight into teaching you how to get it set up without really highlighting what it is. Why would I use this instead of other CMS's?
My big critique for these videos is that you need to know what these things are before you start the videos.
3 Answers
Stone Preston
42,016 PointsLaravel is not a CMS. Laravel is a free, open source PHP web application framework, designed for the development of model–view–controller (MVC) web applications. Similar to the rails framework that uses ruby, laravel is a framework that uses php
Crisoforo Gaspar Hernández
18,302 PointsWell, Laravel is a Framework made in PHP and if you want to use it you have to write code in PHP.
About your question: Why would I use this instead of other CMS's?
Laravel is not an CMS's like Wordpress or Joomla, but you with laravel you can create one CMS. It's useful when you want to create some kind of web applications, like a Todo List in the videos. Because it's more efficient in terms of the execution versus another option like Wordpress or other CMS's
PD: I'm Agree with your critique ;)
Philip Cox
14,818 PointsIt is an awesome Framework (my personal opinion) that uses PHP. It comes with some great features for interacting with databases and templates for your html.