Mastering Laravel

• Convert specifications into classes and functions, using a specification-based behavioral-driven design (BDD)
• Create a deployment script for a continuous delivery environment
• Use Eloquent to interact with the database in an object-oriented manner
• Create RESTful APIs to allow an application to interact with other programs
• Easily scale software with route caching and the read/write configuration
• Use DocBlock annotations to enhance controllers and reduce the amount of code required

PHP continues to revive and Laravel is at its forefront. Laravel follows modern PHP's object-oriented best practices and reduces time-to-market, enabling you to build robust web and API-driven mobile applications that can be automatically tested and deployed.

With this book you will learn how to rapidly develop software applications using the Laravel 5 PHP framework.

This book walks you through the creation of an application, starting with behavior-driven design of entities. You'll explore various aspects of modern software including the RESTful API, and will be introduced to command bus. Laravel's annotations package is also explained and demonstrated. Finally, the book closes with a demonstration of different ways to deploy and scale your applications.