Laravel - Installation

PRE-REQUISITES FOR INSTALLING LARAVEL
Before installing Laravel, ensure that you have the following programs already installed 1. Web server 2. PHP 3. MySQL 4. Composer 5. Integrated Development Environment (IDE)

Web Server, PHP & MySQL

For this tutorial, we will use XAMPP. XAMPP comes with Apache, MySQL and PHP. The good news is XAMPP is cross platform.

Laravel - Application Structure

Introduction
The default Laravel application structure is intended to provide a great starting point for both large and small applications. Of course, you are free to organize your application however you like. Laravel imposes almost no restrictions on where any given class is located - as long as Composer can autoload the class.

Where Is The Models Directory?
When getting started with Laravel, many developers are confused by the lack of a models directory. However, the lack of such a directory is intentional. We find the word "models" ambiguous since it means many different things to many different people.

Laravel - Overview

Introduction
Laravel is a MVC framework with bundles, migrations, and Artisan CLI. Laravel offers 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.

Laravel is an Open Source framework. It has a very rich set of features which will boost the speed of Web Development. If you familiar with Core PHP and Advanced PHP, Laravel will make your task easier.