Taylor Otwell — Laravel: A Guided Tour — php[world] 2014

Session Abstract: This talk will explore the foundational architecture of the Laravel framework, with a guided tour by the creator of Laravel. We will explore the fundamental components of the framework such as the IoC container, StackPHP, service providers, and the bootstrapping process to learn how Laravel actually works under the hood. Attendees will leave with a better grasp of Laravel’s fundamental structure, and feel more comfortable extending and customizing the framework’s components.

Bio: Taylor Otwell a software engineer and the creator of the Laravel PHP framework, as well as its BDFL. I am also the creator of Laravel Forge, a server management and deployment platform for Laravel applications. I’m passionate about API UX, expressive code, architecture, and developer happiness

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