Over the past year or so, I have become enamored with the Laravel PHP framework and have a huge code crush on the soon to be released version 4.
After attending Laracon in Washington D.C. a couple of weekends ago, I was inspired to start the Baltimore Laravel meetup group. I am compiling this resource list for our first meeting. If you have any favorite Laravel learning resources that are not on this list, please leave a comment!
Laravel on the web
- Laravel: http://laravel.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LaravelCommunity
- Twitter: Laravel on Twitter (list below)
Official Docs
- Documentation: http://laravel.com/docs/
- Laravel Ins & Outs (Community News / Laravel Weekly): http://laravel.io
- Forums: http://forums.laravel.io/
- Wiki: http://wiki.laravel.io/
- GitHub: https://github.com/laravel/laravel
Tutorials and screencasts
- Laracasts – A compilation of screencasts from Youtube and Vimeo
- Tutorials & more from Dayle Rees: http://daylerees.com
- Jason Lewis: http://jasonlewis.me/laravel-tutorials
- NetTuts+ (FREE – newest to oldest):
- How to Setup Recurring Payments (example uses Laravel)
- Combining Laravel 4 and Backbone
- Whoops! PHP Errors For Cool Kids – Whoops! is the PHP library that handles errors and exceptions by default in Laravel
- Laravel 4: A Start at a RESTful API
- Testing Laravel Controllers
- Laravel 4 Mastery
- Your One Stop Guide to Larvel Commands
- Testing Like a Boss in Laravel: Models
- How To Set Up Laravel 4
- Easy Package Management With Composer – Not specific to Laravel, but a good read if you are not familiar with Composer
- TutsPremium (paid subscription – newest to oldest):
- How to Accept Payments With Stripe – Uses Laravel in example
- Custom Artisan Commands and You
- Better Testing in Laravel
- What’s New in Laravel 4
Other Resources
- Maxoffsky.com Laravel links list: http://maxoffsky.com/tag/laravel/
- Laravel Weekly – http://paper.li/akhy/1356948419
- Dries Vints – http://driesvints.com
Books
- Code Happy by Dayle Rees – Laravel 3
- Laravel Starter by Shawn McCool – Laravel 3
- Code Bright by Dayle Rees – Laravel 4
- Laravel Testing Decoded by Jeffrey Way – Laravel 4
Laracon 2013 Presentations
- Eloquence Emerging by Taylor Otwell: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyBol0X-NlU
- Better Testing in Laravel by Jeffrey Way: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajoFwWwSHTI
- When Programmers Start a Business by Shawn McCool http://heybigname.com/laracon-presentation/#/
- Laravel & Composer: Compose all the things by Phil Sturgeon:
- Simple API Development with Laravel by Aaron Kuzemchak:
- Laravel: An Unexpected Journey by Dayle Rees: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arnXNEv9954
- Per Your Request: Walkthrough of Laravel’s request cycle by Kenny Meyers
- Procrastinating Code by Zack Kitzmiller (GitHub): https://github.com/zackkitzmiller/laracon-slides
- Vagrant, Puppet, Laravel, & You by Jonathan Barronville (Bitbucket):
- The Care & Feeding Of A Robot by Eric Barnes: https://speakerdeck.com/ericbarnes/the-care-and-feeding-of-a-robot
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Laravel on Twitter
Community
- Laravel: @laravelphp
- LaravelIO: @LaravelIO
- Laravel Community: @LaravelC
- Laravel News: @laravelnews
People
- Taylor Otwell: @taylorotwell
- Dayle Rees: @daylerees
- Shawn McCool: @ShawnMcCool
- Eric Barnes: @ericlbarnes
- Phil Sturgeon: @philsturgeon
- Jonathan Barronville: @jonathanmarvens
- Ian Landsman: @ianlandsman
- Zack Kitzmiller: @zackkitzmiller
- Kenny Meyers: @kennymeyers
- Jeffrey Way: @jeffrey_way
Server Requirements
- PHP >= 5.3.7
- MCrypt PHP Extension
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