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Given Hirschau
Given Hirschau
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Posted by Given Hirschau
Given Hirschau
1,968 Points

The course of Laravel 4 is out dated....

When does a new version of Laravel come?

1 Answer

Justin Radcliffe
Justin Radcliffe
18,987 Points
Justin Radcliffe
Justin Radcliffe
18,987 Points

Hi Given,

Before I started the Laravel course (a couple of weeks ago). I wondered if it was worth it, considering that it was outdated. But I decided to go for it and followed along using Laravel 5.4, also there are a number of other dependencies you will use, and again I required and installed the latest versions of each.

My advice to you is go for it, follow along, there will be times when you will need to refer to the Laravel 5.4 documentation to look for the latest syntax, and the same holds true for the other dependencies you use in the project. The documentation will be your best friend, trust me!

It took me a good while to complete the course, but seriously, when I completed the course successfully with my project running bug free using all the latest packages and Laravel 5.4 I had learned WAAAAAAY more about Laravel, Composer, Blade etc.. than I would have if I had just followed along using Laravel 4.

Jason Anders
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,860 Points
Jason Anders
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,860 Points

That is a great answer Justin Radcliffe, and I completely agree. Sometimes going through an outdated course and having to find your own references to update the project is an excellent learning experience and very true to some 'real-life' situations a coder may find themselves in. :thumbsup: :smile:

:dizzy:

Joel Bardsley
Joel Bardsley
31,249 Points
Joel Bardsley
Joel Bardsley
31,249 Points

Thanks Justin, this has been a course I've been putting off doing in case it was due for a reboot, but now I'm sold!

Given Hirschau
Given Hirschau
1,968 Points
Given Hirschau
Given Hirschau
1,968 Points

Yes i totally agree with you! Thank you!