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Laravel - my first framework

Companion for developers discovering Laravel PHP framework

This book is 72% completeLast updated on 2014-09-05
Maksim Surguy
You finally found the perfect PHP framework, Laravel. This book will introduce you to development with Laravel and to the framework's main components. As you learn Laravel with this book you will learn how to build a few practical applications with this beautiful framework.
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This book answers the following questions that newcomers to Laravel have:

  • Why should I use Laravel?
  • What is Composer?
  • What is routing? 
  • How is MVC used in Laravel applications?
  • What are sessions and how are they used?
  • What is Eloquent ORM and how does it work?

While you read over 200 illustrated pages of the book and code samples you will gain understanding of Laravel framework, its components and concepts behind their usage.

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Maksim Surguy

Maksim Surguy is a professional breakdancer turned full time web developer. He is the creator, owner and sole developer of Bootsnipp, Panopanda, Builtwithlaravel.com, Bookpages and many more websites. Partnering with Stidges, he created Laravel-tricks.com to help other developers discover tips and tricks for Laravel framework. Maks is an active contributor to the Laravel community and the author of Laravel in Action from Manning Publications.

In his free time he either travels with his wife or creates tutorials on his blog.

You can follow him on Twitter and on his blog to get updates on latest web development news, projects and tutorials.

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