Laravel 1.0 Release

Taylor Otwell officially released the first version of Laravel, driven by a desire for a more elegant and feature-rich PHP framework than CodeIgniter.

Significance

Marked the official beginning of Laravel, introducing its foundational principles of elegance and developer happiness, though it was still a nascent project.

Key facts

Date
2011-06-09
Type
release
Location
Arkansas, USA (Taylor Otwell's home)