The Magic of Laravel - Speaker Deck

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What makes Laravel so special?

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“Any suﬃciently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.”  - Arthur C. Clarke

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What makes Laravel so special?

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What makes Laravel so special? magical?

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@laravelmagic Coding magic (Facades, etc.) Sold-out-PlayStation theater magic Three Types of Laravel Magic 1 2 3

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1. @laravelmagic

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Three Types of Laravel Magic @laravelmagic Coding magic (Facades, etc.) Sold-out-PlayStation theater magic 1 2 3

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2. Coding magic

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Three Types of Laravel Magic @laravelmagic Coding magic (Facades, etc.) Sold-out-PlayStation theater magic 1 2 3

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@laravelmagic Coding magic (Facades, etc.) Sold-out-PlayStation theater magic Three Types of Laravel Magic 1 2 3

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

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

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Story time twitter break

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Someone whose life opportunities were transformed

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Someone who was leaving for Ruby/etc

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Someone whose business was possible

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You, the attendee

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Taylor’s story

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

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

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The Magic of Laravel

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Community Laravel’s Magic Vision Developer growth Developer happiness Docs

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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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Community KINDNESS Laravel’s Magic

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

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

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• 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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• “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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• “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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• 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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Developer Growth Laravel’s Magic

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

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

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

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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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