The following are the pros and cons of the Laravel framework.
Pros of Laravel :
* For managing the project dependencies, Laravel uses the Composer allowing developers to mention the package name, version, and the pre-built functionalities that are ready for use in your project, resulting in faster development of the application
* It comes with a blade templating engine that is easy to learn and understand. This is useful while working with the PHP/HTML languages. Web development via Laravel allows the composing of the plain PHP codes in a layout shape, thus helping in improving the execution of complex tasks.
* You can learn Laravel via Laracast that comes with both free and paid videos for easy learning
* Laravel has an object-relational mapper named Eloquent that helps implement the active record pattern and interact with the relational database. It is available as a package for Laravel.
* Laravel has a built-in command-line tool called Artisan support, where users can carry out repetitive tasks quickly and effortlessly
* With the help of the Laravel schema, developers can create database tables and add desired columns via writing a simple migration script
* It comes with a reverse routing feature that makes your application more flexible
Cons of Laravel:
* It is challenging to migrate legacy system to Laravel
* It comes with heavy documentation that might be difficult to understand for beginners
* Upgrades aren’t smooth
