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?
   

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2. “Any sufficiently advanced
   technology is indistinguishable
   from magic.”

   - Arthur C. Clarke
   

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3. What makes
   Laravel so special?
   

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4. What makes
   Laravel so special?
   magical?
   

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5. @laravelmagic
   Coding magic (Facades, etc.)
   Sold-out-PlayStation theater magic
   Three Types of Laravel Magic
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6. 1. @laravelmagic
   

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7. Three Types of Laravel Magic
   @laravelmagic
   Coding magic (Facades, etc.)
   Sold-out-PlayStation theater magic
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   2
   3
   

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8. 2. Coding magic
   

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9. Three Types of Laravel Magic
   @laravelmagic
   Coding magic (Facades, etc.)
   Sold-out-PlayStation theater magic
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   3
   

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10. @laravelmagic
    Coding magic (Facades, etc.)
    Sold-out-PlayStation theater magic
    Three Types of Laravel Magic
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    2
    3
    

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11. What makes
    Laravel so special?
    magical?
    sell out the PlayStation theater?
    

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12. Laravel is changing
    people’s lives
    What makes Laravel sell
    out the PlayStation theater?
    

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13. Story time
    twitter break
    

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15. Someone whose life
    opportunities were
    transformed
    

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17. Someone who was
    leaving for Ruby/etc
    

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19. Someone whose
    business was possible
    

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21. You, the attendee
    

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22. Taylor’s story
    

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23. Laravel is changing
    people’s lives
    What makes Laravel sell
    out the PlayStation theater?
    

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24. Laravel is changing
    people’s lives
    because…
    What makes Laravel sell
    out the PlayStation theater?
    

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25. The Magic
    of Laravel
    

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26. Community
    Laravel’s Magic
    Vision
    Developer
    growth
    Developer
    happiness
    Docs
    

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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
    

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28. Community KINDNESS
    Laravel’s Magic
    

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29. • StackOverflow
    • Blogs
    • Books
    • GitHub
    Community TEACHING AND SHARING
    Laravel’s Magic
    • IRC/Slack/Discord
    • Meetups & Laravel Lives
    • Twitter
    • Video courses
    

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30. Contributions to Laravel itself
    Community OPEN SOURCE
    Laravel’s Magic
    Third-party packages
    

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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
    

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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
    

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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
    

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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
    

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35. Developer Growth
    Laravel’s Magic
    

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36. Vision
    Laravel’s Magic
    Look to
    others
    Look to
    the future
    Think
    uniquely
    

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37. How do we keep it magic
    for the next 8 years?
    

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38. Community
    Docs
    Developer happiness
    Developer growth
    Vision
    1. Keep doing the same stuff
    

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39. Keep up with
    new trends
    2. Try some new things
    Innovate! Ease the onramp
    to Laravel
    developership
    Listen to
    new blood
    

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41. Introducing…
    Ease the onramp
    

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42. Onramp
    https://onramp.dev
    

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44. CONCLUSIONI
    

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