[moray]

I work a lot with Laravel, it is a hell of a framework, documentation is amazing, it's clean, very well done, super extensible, there are a lot of extensions (just have a look at the Spatie library) and allows me to build up a website/webapp backend with a good API, basic authentication and other basic features in minutes.

Also, and this is a really strong point, can manage assets super easily, React and Vue stacks are supported out of the box with laravel-mix.

And if you need something lighter (for building just an API for instance) Lumen is the light version of it.

I have a lot of experience with PHP and Python frameworks, Laravel comes as absolute top for me.

https://laravel.com/

https://spatie.be/open-source

https://lumen.laravel.com/

[chiefalchemist]

As someone who recently took on the Laravel learning curve, be aware that Laravel moves atypically fast. That is, something in say version X.Y might be different in X.Y+1 or Y+2. That ends up manifesting itself as a lot of noise when you're asking The Google for help.

It can be frustrating. When you're on a deadline it can be unnerving and then some.

[TheRealDunkirk]

Ha ha. Joke's on me. I just inherited at 3.x site. Getting it upgraded to 5.5 looks like it will be a half-total rewrite.

[CharlesW]

If you can get it to 4.2, you may find this helpful: https://laravelshift.com/

[tomschlick]

That's true for additional features, but rarely does documented behavior change in a point release. That usually only happens when there is a security bug.

[CleanShirt]

That’s not true. It happens quite often. Variables, classnames, php targets are changed on a whim.

[chiefalchemist]

More than twice The Google found me solutions that were out of date by Y+1 or Y+2.

I finally got into the habit of making sure what I found was current. But that doesn't prevent so much noise in the Laraval + The Google signal.

[fimdomeio]

Yes. That's probably the main reason why I keep developing in php. The fact that Laravel and Lumen are so well thought out.

[tonysickpony]

Thanks man. I have heard a lot of good words of laravel. Will definitely have some experiment with it.