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Who created Laravel?
When was Laravel's first beta release made available?
Under which license is the source code of Laravel released?
What feature was lacking in Laravel 1, preventing it from being a true MVC framework?
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What is the purpose of class auto loading in PHP?
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What is the role 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 do migrations provide in Laravel?
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What is the role of database seeding in Laravel?
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What is the purpose of Homestead in Laravel development?
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What does Sail provide in Laravel development?
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When was Laravel 5.1 released?
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Which version of Laravel introduced semantic versioning?
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What feature was introduced in Laravel 5.4?
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Which version of Laravel added support for Laravel Vapor?
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What did Laravel 7 introduce?
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Which version of Laravel brought support for more database management systems?
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When was Lumen 5.0 released?
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What feature was added in Laravel 5?
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Which version of Laravel was the first LTS release?
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What did Laravel 4 introduce?
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When was Laravel 8 released?
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When was Laravel 10 released?
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Study Notes
Evolution of Laravel Framework and Key Features
- Laravel 3, released in February 2012, introduced features like Artisan CLI, support for more database management systems, database migrations, event handling, and Bundles packaging system
- Laravel 4, released in May 2013, was a complete rewrite with layout migrated into separate packages through Composer, and added features like database seeding, message queues, email support, and soft deletion
- Laravel 5, released in February 2015, brought support for periodically executed tasks, remote storage through Flysystem, improved package asset handling, and simplified authentication through Socialite
- Lumen 5.0, an initial release of the Lumen framework, optimized for speed, was based on Laravel 5.x series of PHP components
- Laravel 5.1, released in June 2015, was the first LTS release, followed by planned LTS versions every two years
- Laravel 5.3, released on August 23, 2016, focused on improving developer speed with additional out-of-the-box improvements
- Laravel 5.4, released on January 24, 2017, introduced features like Laravel Dusk, Blade Components and Slots, Markdown Emails, Automatic Facades, and Route Improvements
- Laravel 6, released on September 3, 2019, introduced semantic versioning, compatibility with Laravel Vapor, improved authorization responses, lazy collections, and sub-query improvements
- Laravel 7, released on March 3, 2020, added features like Laravel Sanctum, Custom Eloquent Casts, Blade Component Tags, Fluent String Operations, and Route Model Binding Improvements
- Laravel 8, released on September 8, 2020, brought new features like Laravel Jetstream, model factory classes, migration squashing, and Tailwind CSS for pagination views
- Laravel 9 was released on February 8, 2022
- Laravel 10 was released on February 14, 2023, with changes in the support timeline for bug fixes and security fixes for major releases from version 8 and onwards
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Test your knowledge of the evolution and key features of the Laravel framework with this quiz. Explore the significant releases from Laravel 3 to Laravel 10, including the introduction of new features and improvements in each version.