Now that Laravel 11 is out, we wanted to share some resources from the community for getting up-to-speed with Laravel 11. Whether you’re a seasoned Laravel developer or just stepping into the world of web development, we’ve hand-picked some content we think will help you get up to speed quickly:
Laravel 11 Highlights in 90 Seconds
If you’re already familiar with Laravel, we walk you through Laravel 11 highlights in 90 seconds:
Dive Into the Streamlined Directory Structure in Laravel 11
Our Dive into the Streamlined Directory Structure in Laravel 11 article walks you through the latest Laravel skeleton directory structure when setting up a new Laravel 11 application.
Welcome to Laravel 11
Over on the official Laravel YouTube channel, Christoph Rumpel walks through new features that landed in this week’s Laravel 11 release:
Laravel 11 is Here by Josh Cirre
Josh Cirre’s video Laravel 11 is Here (and I'm so excited) is another excellent roundup of high-level features released with Laravel 11:
Laracasts: 30 Days to Learn Laravel
Laracasts has updated their free Laravel course to Laravel 11, 30 Days to Learn Laravel. You’ll learn Laravel from scratch in one month, one video per day, and learn everything you need to start building Laravel apps. This is a free course that anyone can watch!
Laravel Reverb Documentation
Laravel Reverb, a first-party WebSocket server for Laravel applications, launched with Laravel 11 as well. The full documentation for getting started with Reverb is now available in the official documentation. It will walk you through installing, setting up, and running the Reverb server in production.
The Laravel Reverb website is beautiful, so check it out for a quick overview of Reverb, along with links to the documentation.
Upgrade to Laravel 11 with Shift
You can automate the Upgrade of Laravel 10.x to Laravel 11.x with Laravel Shift. This is an amazing way to speed up the upgrade process and get those existing Laravel applications running on the latest version of Laravel.
Laravel News creator Eric Barnes demonstrates upgrading laravel-news.com to Laravel 11 using the amazing Shift service:
The Laravel 11 shift includes streamlining your configuration files to their true customizations, consolidating service providers, getting your app to reflect the Laravel 11 application structure updates, and more.
Check out the Shift demo video for some additional insight.
Laravel 11 Documentation Prologue
Each Laravel release contains a Prologue section, which contains Release Notes, an Upgrade Guide, and a Contribution Guide. Using Laravel Shift is the best way to upgrade, but reading through the release notes and upgrade guide is an excellent way to familiarize yourself with changes to the latest Laravel version.
A quick way to stay current with Laravel releases is the laravelversions.com website (and their APIs) so that you always know where to go to find dates for release, end of bug fixes, and end of security updates for Laravel & PHP. Hat tip to Matt Stauffer, who helps maintain laravelversions.com and phpreleases.com.
At the time of release, here’s an updated support policy:
Learn More
On our Laravel News YouTube channel, we have a Laravel 11 playlist for everything we've published leading up to the release of Laravel 11. We’d love to hear what you’re building with Laravel!
