Laravel Framework (PHP)
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.
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.
Artisan
Command line interface used in Laravel is called Artisan. It includes a set of commands which assists in building a web application. These commands are incorporated from Symphony framework, resulting in add-on features in Laravel.
Creating a new project
composer create-project --prefer-dist laravel/laravel project_name
The above command will install Laravel in the current directory. Start the Laravel service by executing the following command.
php artisan serve
After successful executing the above command, you can run project at port 8000.
Application Structure
