What is Laravel best used for?
We’ve used Laravel a ton in our work with The Commonwealth, Kids Party Finder and a popular London estate agency, for example. And we’ve made several pieces on how good it is generally as a platform. But what is Laravel best used for, and when would it make sense for your operation? We’ll break down some use cases today.
Customer portals
Laravel is great for customer portals. As we’ve stated, “When creating a customer portal, they’ll want a fast and smooth experience, first off. Login should be easy and support platforms they already have accounts with, like Facebook or Google. It should also be secure. Password hashing, two-factor authentication (2FA) and CSRF/XSS protection should come as standard, and every step on their journey should be bug-free. Your customers want intuitive dashboards, real-time notifications and mobile-responsive layouts; all things that are possible with Laravel.” The security and its ability to scale make sure that the portal can grow with you, too.
Enterprise-level solutions
Almost any framework can handle SME web app projects, but when you get into high-performance tools with hundreds of users and the need for advanced security, competitors often fall short. Using MongoDB and Laravel, you can deal with vast amounts of data easily, making it the framework of choice if you’re a massive, global organisation. And as we’ve said, the security out of the box is very good, even in highly-regulated areas like banking and fintech.
Realtime applications
Using tools like Pusher or Laravel Echo, you can build real-time chat apps, notifications or dashboards. The Laravel Wizard explains, “The Laravel PHP framework can be combined with popular front-end solutions like Vue, Angular, and React. Further, you can also use it with Node.js and others for a powerful backend. It paves the way for creating high-speed real-time apps. The framework also provides broadcasting options for publishing and receiving data in real-time via channels. So with a simple-to-use interface, you can make a high-performing real-time app in Laravel. InvoiceNinja is an excellent example of a real-time application of Laravel.”
Slick ecommerce apps
Design and performance both matter here, and Laravel is up to the task. The code is clean and simple, so you don’t get bogged down and lose SERP as a result. It’s also great for building beautiful user shopping experiences with a really intuitive UI. And its powerful ORM Eloquent, queue management and payment gateway integration capabilities are great, even at scale. Lastly, all the data passes through securely, even with very high volumes.
Repetitive tasks
This might be less obvious, but Laravel has built-in support for scheduling repetitive tasks called cron jobs and queues for background job processing. While not as glamorous as the latest trending shopfront, it does make the platform useful for sending emails, generating reports or syncing data out of hours.
Thinking one of these use cases might be right for your business? Let us help you harness the power of Laravel today.
