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Laravel is a popular PHP framework used to build modern web applications, APIs and backend systems.

Artisan is the command line interface included with Laravel.

Laravel uses the MVC pattern to separate application responsibilities.

Routing maps incoming URLs and HTTP methods to application handlers.

Named routes allow developers to reference routes by name instead of hard-coded URLs.

Controllers organize request handling and application actions.

Middleware filters or processes HTTP requests before or after application handling.

The Laravel request object provides access to incoming HTTP request data.

Laravel provides response helpers for returning JSON data from controllers and APIs.

Route model binding automatically resolves route parameters into model instances.

Migrations are used to version and manage database schema changes.

Seeders populate databases with predefined or test data.