Laravel FTW.
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We collect, aggregate, and distribute vehicle data for the vast majority of US auto dealerships. I have developed an ETL/Reverse ETL application entirely in Laravel that receives, processes, and distributes data files in a variety of formats. We exchange upwards of 2 million records a day. Laravel has made this process a dream.
Pros
- Top notch documentation, and training resources (Laracast).
- Excellent and active developer community.
- Amazing database abstraction layer.
- Fantastic Ecosystem of supporting products, Forge, Vapor, Nova, etc.
Cons
- Performance at massive scale could use addressing.
- There are some overhead issues (N+1 query, etc.) that require careful optimization to avoid.
- The framework is constantly being updated, requiring our team to dedicate significant resources to keeping our code current.
Likelihood to Recommend
I would say that Laravel is not a suitable framework for high-frequency, high-volume, real-time interaction or processing millions of records in batch operations. It shines for standard database web applications (CRUD, Admin Panels, etc.) and is a fantastic multi-developer framework.
