Laravel 11: Key Updates And Changes For Developers
Laravel 11 brings a fresh skeleton for new apps, minimizing files by ~69 compared to v10. Key updates include middleware moved into framework, simplified app directory, and updated config directory with more options in .env.example file.
We think you’ll love the fresh skeleton you start with in a Laravel 11 app that is coming out next week! Newcomers will appreciate the minimalism, and experienced developers upgrading will not experience breaking changes. You don't have to change your Laravel 10 application structure to upgrade to Laravel 11. If you want to follow along and experiment, you can create a Laravel 10 and Laravel 11 project side by side. We used the following commands to do so: # Update the installercomposer global update laravel/installer -W cd path/to/projects # Create a Laravel 10 applaravel new laravel-10-app -...