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I'm so glad to have decided invest my time in learning Laravel a few years ago. The framework is amazing, the community, the tools, the whole ecosystem is always surprising me. I've since done a couple personal projects as well as big client work with Laravel and couldn't be happier. Such a shame that some people dismiss it because "PHP derp derp...

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The Derp Derp does get old.

FWIW though checkout Symfony as well, a lot of what Laravel gets right Symfony got right first and a lot of what (imo) Laravel gets wrong Symfony also gets right.

Plus: It never hurts to see how the other side does things because it gives you the chance to steal bits that you might need later ;).

I've experienced the opposite: a lot of what Symfony gets wrong, Laravel gets it right at the moment (also imo).

Exactly, both contribute towards a common goal and they can easily share code thanks to a common language.

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