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When was Laravel's first beta release made available?
Who created Laravel?
What was the major new feature in Laravel 2?
Under which license is the source code of Laravel released?
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What is the purpose of class auto loading in PHP?
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What is the purpose of view composers in Laravel?
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What does the Blade templating engine do in Laravel?
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What is the purpose of IoC containers in Laravel?
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What is the purpose of database seeding in Laravel?
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What does Homestead provide for Laravel developers?
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What is the purpose of Sail in Laravel?
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What is the purpose of automatic pagination in Laravel?
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When was Laravel 4 released?
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What feature was introduced in Laravel 5.1?
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Which release focused on improving developer speed?
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What was introduced in Laravel 8?
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What is Lumen 5.0?
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Which version of Laravel brought improvements such as semantic versioning?
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What did Laravel 7 introduce?
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What is the key feature of Laravel 3?
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What was the focus of Laravel 5.3?
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What was the major change in Laravel 6?
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What is a key feature of Laravel 4?
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What is the purpose of Lumen 5.0?
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Study Notes
Evolution of Laravel Framework and Its Key Features
- Laravel 3, released in February 2012, introduced new features such as the Artisan command-line interface, database migrations, and Bundles for package management.
- Laravel 4, released in May 2013, was a complete rewrite, with the framework layout migrated into separate packages distributed through Composer, improving extensibility.
- Laravel 5, released in February 2015, introduced features such as Scheduler for task scheduling, Flysystem for remote storage, and simplified authentication through Socialite.
- Lumen 5.0, a lightweight derivative of Laravel optimized for speed, was released based on the Laravel 5.x series of PHP components.
- Laravel 5.1, released in June 2015, marked the first LTS version, with planned LTS versions every two years.
- Laravel 5.3, released in August 2016, focused on improving developer speed with additional out-of-the-box improvements.
- Laravel 5.4, released in January 2017, introduced various new features, including Laravel Dusk, Blade Components and Slots, and Route Improvements.
- Laravel 6, released in September 2019, brought improvements such as semantic versioning and compatibility with Laravel Vapor, along with the removal of frontend scaffolding from the main package.
- Laravel 7, released in March 2020, introduced features like Laravel Sanctum, Custom Eloquent Casts, and Fluent String Operations.
- Laravel 8, released in September 2020, included new features like Laravel Jetstream, migration squashing, and Tailwind CSS for pagination views.
- Laravel 9 was released on February 8, 2022, marking another milestone in the framework's development.
- Laravel 10, scheduled for release on February 14, 2023, is a highly anticipated future release, continuing the evolution of the framework.
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Test your knowledge of the evolution of Laravel Framework and its key features with this quiz. Explore the significant milestones and improvements in each version, from Laravel 3 to the highly anticipated Laravel 10.