Hi, I’m Valerio, a software engineer and CTO at Inspector.dev. If you are a developer then you’ve probably been pushed to learn a framework to develop your applications. However, every developer’s journey comes with a key decision-making moment and this moment is almost always the same moment in which we finally find the business idea we want to dedicate all our effort towards.

This moment is never easy. The main reason developers struggle to think about a framework is the fear of being conditioned in the future. As this article will explore, adopting a framework instead can lead to great results, and can give you the ability to build assets that can lead you to professional success.

What is a framework

For a developer, the most valuable asset is to define a process. Try to imagine how much easier your job would be if you had a clear, defined method to develop your applications that is repeatable and even automatable. The advice I repeat every day to my collaborators is to stop looking for tools or libraries to write less code. Instead, find a design that can help you to define the right process to solve a specific issue in a long-term way.

Think about the word “framework”. It consists of two words: “frame” and “work”. It’s like an organized work scheme. So each framework is like a proposal, that’s why you might prefer Symfony to Laravel, because their organizational foundations are different based on the challenge that the community has faced over time. These organizational proposals are the results of the work of many experienced developers.

Saying no to a good framework is like saying no to an international team of experienced developers who make applications for successful businesses. For example, if you spend time studying how to handle authentication using a framework instead of coding it from scratch, it doesn’t mean that you’re wasting your time because you will never be able to do it in a repeatable way or without errors. The first thing to understand is that starting with a framework is not an admission of ignorance but rather a wise way to reach our business goals as quickly as possible.

What is Laravel and why it is used?

Helping developers to simplify their development process with clean and reusable code is the claim of every framework. So the real question should be around how Laravel accomplishes this mission better than any other framework out there.

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