Getting Started with Laravel 12: What's New and Exciting

Laravel 12 has landed with some incredible improvements that every developer should know about. In this article, we'll walk through the most significant changes and how to take advantage of them in your projects.

Performance Improvements

The framework now includes optimized query building, lazy collection improvements, and a revamped routing engine that can handle significantly more requests per second.

New Artisan Commands

Several new Artisan commands make common tasks faster. The new make:action command creates action classes following the single responsibility principle.

The improved optimize command now handles config, route, and view caching in a single step, simplifying your deployment process.

Better Testing Tools

Testing got a major upgrade with built-in snapshot testing, improved HTTP testing helpers, and a new assertDatabaseHas syntax that's more expressive.

These changes make Laravel 12 the most developer-friendly version yet. Start migrating your projects today to take advantage of these improvements.