Getting Started with Laravel
Laravel is one of the most popular PHP frameworks, known for its elegant syntax and powerful features. In this comprehensive guide, we'll explore the fundamentals of Laravel and help you build your first web application.
What is Laravel?
Laravel is a web application framework with expressive, elegant syntax. It provides a robust set of tools and an application architecture that incorporates many of the best features of frameworks like CodeIgniter, Yii, ASP.NET MVC, Ruby on Rails, Sinatra, and others.
Key Features
- Eloquent ORM for database interactions
- Blade templating engine
- Artisan command-line interface
- Built-in authentication and authorization
- Routing system
- Middleware support
Installation
To get started with Laravel, you'll need to have PHP and Composer installed on your system. Once you have these prerequisites, you can create a new Laravel project using the following command:
composer create-project laravel/laravel my-projectYour First Route
Laravel routes are defined in the routes/web.php file. Here's a simple example:
Route::get('/hello', function () {
return 'Hello, World!';
});This guide covers the basics to get you started with Laravel development. Stay tuned for more advanced topics!
