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•  Elixir: Laravel 5 also looks at making front-end development easier. A lot of 

developers these days are using languages like LESS and Sass to create their 

style sheets, and concatenating JavaScript files into one, minified JavaScript 

file to reduce HTTP requests and speed up loading times. Elixir is a wrapper 

around Gulp, a Node.js based build system that simplifies the tasks 

mentioned here. This greatly reduces the time needed to get up and running 

with a new application, as you don't have to install Node.js modules or Gulp 

files from other projects. You get it free from the get-go.

Summary

In this chapter, we have introduced you to Laravel 5 and how it can help you to 

write better, more structured applications while reducing the amount of boilerplate 

code. We have also explained the concepts and PHP features used by Laravel, and 

you should now be well equipped to get started and write your first application!

In the next chapter, you will learn how to set up an environment in which you can 

develop Laravel applications and you will also be introduced to Composer for 

managing dependencies.

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