# Introduction

# About Laravel

• Laravel is a popular (more precisely, the most popular!) PHP web application framework

• Laravel is free, open-source software
• Laravel is based on Symfony
• Laravel follows the model-view-controller (MVC) architectural pattern
• Laravel's aim is to make development an enjoyable and creative experience by easing common tasks (authentication, database migrations/seeding, routing, templating, ...) used in most web projects
• Laravel was originally developed by Taylor Otwell in 2011 as a more advanced alternative to the CodeIgniter framework
• Current stable version: 6.0

# Laravel MVC pattern

# Links

• Official website of the Laravel framework
  https://laravel.com/
• Laravel 5.8 documentation
  https://laravel.com/docs/5.8/
• Laravel 5.8 API
  https://laravel.com/api/5.8/
• Laracasts - Screencasts for the Laravel developer
  https://laracasts.com/
• Coder's Tape Laravel 5.8 Tutorial - From The Ground Up
  https://coderstape.com/series/5-laravel-58-tutorial-from-the-ground-up/
• Laravel best practices
  https://github.com/alexeymezenin/laravel-best-practices/