Why Laravel is so popular?

More and more web developers are switching from frameworks like Zend, Symfony, YII, and CodeIgniter to Laravel. The reasons for this are described in the article.

In recent years, PHP has been increasingly regarded as a kind of obsolete technology. Especially from modern web applications, one expects a fast execution, an appealing user interface, and good security measures.

However, most frameworks were developed many years ago, in which these requirements were not necessarily important. YII, for example, came onto the market in 2006. Since then, however, things have changed. Even technologies like Zend and Symfony could not keep up.
PHP and PHP-based frameworks thus became the second choice when it came to developing web applications.

However, this changed with the appearance of Laravel. Version 1.0 was released in 2011.
The developer of the framework, Taylor Otwell wanted to create new possibilities. For example, the developer saw that there was no good way to perform user authentication in CodeIgniter. Thus, Laravel should serve as a kind of advanced alternative to CodeIgniter.

Security features as standard
Laravel offers appropriate features, which work out-of-the-box. For example, when developing a form.

Faster to learn
Web developers particularly praise quick learnability. The documentation of the software is also very clear. The documentation provided by the manufacturer is particularly helpful. Laracast is also a good way to learn the application with the help of video.

It is also easier for most developers to get started than in other frameworks. Another reason for the popularity of this technology.

Migration from other frameworks
Especially many web developers decide to migrate to Laravel nowadays. Especially those who are currently still working with Zend, YII or Codeigniter.
Symfony is less affected by this “migration trend”. This is certainly also due to the fact that Laravel is based on Symfony. It is also considered by some as an alternative to Ruby on Rails, a high-performance web development framework.

What can be developed with it?
You can use Laravel in many ways. Nowadays it is used to develop online stores, portals, and websites. It is also used more and more often in the corporate sector.
It is best suited for the implementation of medium-sized web applications.

Conclusion
Since the emergence of the framework in 2011, Laravel has spread rapidly. Many web developers are enthusiastic about this technology.

On the one hand, it is relatively easy to learn, but on the other hand, you can create highly complex applications with it. Therefore, many beginners in web development today start with this PHP framework.

However, it makes sense to look into other approaches such as Zend and Symfony, as these are still used in enterprise applications.