Module4ppt.pdf

Overview Laravel is an open-source PHP framework, which is robust and easy to understand. It follows a model-view-controller design pattern. Laravel reuses the existing components of different frameworks which helps in creating a web application. The web application thus designed is more structure...

Overview Laravel is an open-source PHP framework, which is robust and easy to understand. It follows a model-view-controller design pattern. Laravel reuses the existing components of different frameworks which helps in creating a web application. The web application thus designed is more structured and pragmatic. Advantages of Laravel Laravel offers you the following advantages, when you are designing a web application based on it: The web application becomes more scalable, owing to the Laravel framework. Considerable time is saved in designing the web application, since Laravel reuses the components from other frameworks in developing web applications. It includes namespaces and interfaces, thus helping to organize and manage resources. Features of Laravel Modularity Laravel provides 20 built in libraries and modules which helps in enhancement of the application. Every module is integrated with Composer dependency manager which eases updates. Features of Laravel Testability Laravel includes features and helpers which helps in testing through various test cases. This feature helps in maintaining the code as per the requirements. Features of Laravel Routing Laravel provides a flexible approach to the user to define routes in the web application. Routing helps to scale the application in a better way and increases its performance. Features of Laravel Configuration Management A web application designed in Laravel will be running on different environments, which means that there will be a constant change in its configuration. Laravel provides a consistent approach to handle the configuration in an efficient way. Features of Laravel Query Builder and ORM Laravel incorporates a query builder which helps in querying databases using various simple chain methods. It provides ORM (Object Relational Mapper) and ActiveRecord implementation called Eloquent. Features of Laravel Schema Builder Schema Builder maintains the database definitions and schema in PHP code. It also maintains a track of changes with respect to database migrations. Features of Laravel Template Engine Laravel uses the Blade Template engine, a lightweight template language used to design hierarchical blocks and layouts with predefined blocks that include dynamic content. Features of Laravel E-mail Laravel includes a mail class which helps in sending mail with rich content and attachments from the web application. Features of Laravel Authentication User authentication is a common feature in web applications. Laravel eases designing authentication as it includes features such as register, forgot password and send password reminders. Features of Laravel Redis Laravel uses Redis to connect to an existing session and general-purpose cache. Redis interacts with session directly. Features of Laravel Queues Laravel includes queue services like emailing large number of users or a specified Cron job. These queues help in completing tasks in an easier manner without waiting for the previous task to be completed. Composer Composer is a tool which includes all the dependencies and libraries. It allows a user to create a project with respect to the mentioned framework (for example, those used in Laravel installation). Third party libraries can be installed easily with help of composer. All the dependencies are noted in composer.json file which is placed in the source folder.