Introduction

The seminar “Introduction to Laravel” is organized by the specialized high-tech company Digital Academy created by the Group of Lecturers of the NTUA Multimedia Technology Laboratory. It is an intensive seminar that is carried out by the Distance Learning method, allowing the learner to follow a high-level scientific training program from his home or office or from the place and time of his choice, via the Internet.

The course is designed in such a way as to combine high-level theoretical knowledge with the ways of designing and implementing web applications using the Laravel PHP framework. The Laravel framework is a relatively new and constantly evolving PHP framework as its initial version was made in 2011. The tutorial consists of 11 sections which are: Introduction to Laravel, Routing, Views, Forms, Database, Advanced Database, MVC & REST, Controllers, Miscellaneous in Laravel. The two remaining modules are 2 projects that will be implemented during the seminar.

The 11 modules are completed over 13-15 weeks and correspond to 140-160 lesson hours. The purpose of the seminar is to learn modern technologies for creating web applications. After the seminar, the trainees will be properly prepared for the demanding job market.