The Magic of Laravel

What has made Laravel magic? What can keep it magic going forward?

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1. What makes Laravel so special?
2. “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.”
 - Arthur C. Clarke
3. What makes Laravel so special?
4. What makes Laravel so special? magical?
5. @laravelmagic Coding magic (Facades, etc.) Sold-out-PlayStation theater magic Three Types of Laravel Magic 1 2 3
6. 1. @laravelmagic
7. Three Types of Laravel Magic @laravelmagic Coding magic (Facades, etc.) Sold-out-PlayStation theater magic 1 2 3
8. 2. Coding magic
9. Three Types of Laravel Magic @laravelmagic Coding magic (Facades, etc.) Sold-out-PlayStation theater magic 1 2 3
10. @laravelmagic Coding magic (Facades, etc.) Sold-out-PlayStation theater magic Three Types of Laravel Magic 1 2 3
11. What makes Laravel so special? magical? sell out the PlayStation theater?
12. Laravel is changing people’s lives What makes Laravel sell out the PlayStation theater?
13. Story time twitter break
15. Someone whose life opportunities were transformed
17. Someone who was leaving for Ruby/etc
19. Someone whose business was possible
21. You, the attendee
22. Taylor’s story
23. Laravel is changing people’s lives What makes Laravel sell out the PlayStation theater?
24. Laravel is changing people’s lives because… What makes Laravel sell out the PlayStation theater?
25. The Magic of Laravel
26. Community Laravel’s Magic Vision Developer growth Developer happiness Docs
27. From the very beginning of Laravel, I’ve had this idea that all people want to feel like they are part of something. It’s a natural human instinct to want to belong and be accepted into a group of other like-minded people. So, by injecting personality into a web framework and being really active with the community, that type of feeling can grow in the community. - Taylor, Product and Support Interview Community BELONGING Laravel’s Magic
28. Community KINDNESS Laravel’s Magic
29. • StackOverflow • Blogs • Books • GitHub Community TEACHING AND SHARING Laravel’s Magic • IRC/Slack/Discord • Meetups & Laravel Lives • Twitter • Video courses
30. Contributions to Laravel itself Community OPEN SOURCE Laravel’s Magic Third-party packages
31. • X number of countries • No pretense about PHP devs or JavaScript devs or WordPress devs • RAD & CQRS in the same community • Rush to be the teacher = rush to be a helper Community INCLUSIVITY Laravel’s Magic
32. • “I really felt like whoever has the best documentation is gonna win. Whoever is the most accessible and approachable is gonna win. That’s why WordPress is so hugely popular.”
 - Taylor Otwell, interview with Justin Jackson • “I found a new project but the docs don’t show me how to actually use it so wtf”
 - Adam Wathan, tweeted like 50 different times • “This package would do exactly what I wanted but it’s gonna take me 3 hours to learn how to use it so I’ll just write the code in 20 minutes.”
 - Me, every time I live stream Docs Laravel’s Magic
33. • “The easiest solution wins.”
 - Taylor Otwell, interview with Justin Jackson Developer Happiness Laravel’s Magic • “Happy developers make the best code”
 - The Laravel docs • “Developer happiness from download to deploy”
 - The unofficial Laravel slogan for a while
34. • Simple, predictable, easy-to-use API • Convention over Configuration • Abstract out repetitive tasks • Learn from others • Scratch (your own/Taylor’s) itch Developer Happiness Laravel’s Magic
35. Developer Growth Laravel’s Magic
36. Vision Laravel’s Magic Look to others Look to the future Think uniquely
37. How do we keep it magic for the next 8 years?
38. Community Docs Developer happiness Developer growth Vision 1. Keep doing the same stuff
39. Keep up with new trends 2. Try some new things Innovate! Ease the onramp to Laravel developership Listen to new blood
41. Introducing… Ease the onramp
42. Onramp https://onramp.dev
44. CONCLUSIONI