When you are creating custom software applications, one of the first decisions you need to make is what you are going to use for backend development – the programming code that works behind the scenes to improve the user experience. At Concert IDC, we are big fans of PHP, specifically the Laravel framework.
PHP Laravel is one of the most popular open-source scripting languages in the world. It runs the largest social network, Facebook, as well as the largest blogging platform, WordPress.
Many software developers have fallen in love with PHP Laravel because of its many features, including ease of use, the secure default authentication mechanism and the object-relational mapping. It has proven to be an amazing framework for developing custom solutions for many types of businesses and enterprises. Laravel Homestead makes the framework even better, allowing developers to get projects started very quickly and affordably.
In the charts below, you can see the massive popularity of PHP Laravel, which has more than a quarter of the market.
Source: https://trends.builtwith.com/framework/Laravel
Source: https://xpertlab.com/popular-php-frameworks/
Why is PHP Laravel so popular?
There are many reasons why the development team at Concert IDC prefers it to any other framework.
Template engine. The template design is a key feature that makes Laravel one of the best frameworks of all time. The built-in, lightweight templates help developers create wonderful layouts using dynamic content loading. The lightweight template also boosts performance and the page loading speed of web applications. In addition, Laravel offers multiple widgets incorporating CSS and JS code with solid structures.
MVC architecture support. One of the greatest advantages of Laravel is its support for the model-view-controller (MVC) architecture pattern, which ensures separate business logic and presentation layers. It also improves performance, documentation and several other functions. Laravel has a variety of built-in functions allowing developers to create PHP web applications of all sizes and complexity.
Eloquent ORM (object-relational mapping). Laravel offers eloquent object-relational mapping (ORM), which includes a simple PHP active record implementation for the database to work with. That means every model created in the MVC structure corresponds to a table of the database.
Security. Strong web application security is another big advantage of Laravel. The framework always uses hashed and salted password mechanisms, and never saves the password as plain text in the database.
Artisan. This is a built-in command interface that Laravel developers can use to extend the functionality and capability of the system through custom commands. In addition, it can generate basic MVC files through the command line and manage those assets as well as their respective configurations.
Object-oriented and modular libraries. Laravel comes with pre-installed object-oriented and modular libraries that are not available in many other PHP frameworks. The most popular one is an authentication library with loads of updated and useful features like password reset, monitoring active users, Bcrypt hashing and CSRF protection, and much more.
Database migration system. A migration is a neat way of specifying your table structure without having to write a bunch of SQL queries. Migrations work a little like Git, allowing you to make incremental changes, roll back changes and keep the database structure in sync when multiple teams are working on the same application. The migration process of Laravel is also very secure, since it allows developers to enlarge the database of the web app without requiring a lot of effort every time they make changes. As a result, the migration process is secure and foolproof.
Unit testing. The efficient method for unit testing also makes many developers appreciate Laravel. The framework runs several tests through the Artisan command-line utility to make sure that changes are not going to harm or make any unwanted break in the web app. This adds convenience while saving developers a lot of time.
Laravel is just one of the many high-quality web tools that Concert IDC uses to create better results for our clients. We are constantly looking for new ways to make web development faster and simpler while delivering outstanding results.
Do you have questions? Please contact us and we’ll be glad to answer them!