Updating the course to use Laravel 5

I am probably going to get some heat for this... but as a developer you have to adapt when a framework changes. No one is going to sit there and hand hold you. Click around and figure it out. That is the best way to learn and what I look for when I hire. Most laravel workshops / tuts out there are based on 4.x at this time.

This might be useful: http://laravel.com/docs/5.0/upgrade

That being said, adding some more professor notes would be beneficial. Especially as TeamTreeHouse users are maybe using a PHP Framework for the first time.

For example:

If you are using the latest dist of homestead on a mac, after cloning homestead.git, run bash init.sh (as the official documentation indicates). You will then find Homestead.yaml in your home folder ~/.homestead/Homestead.yaml

Once you have installed your laravel 5 project, the following folders have changed:

/app/models - no longer a specific folder. Laravel now allows the developer to choose where to put the models. The default is in the app root. Some developers may choose to create a models folder, some may not.

/app/views - no longer there. Now /resources/views/

Routes.php is now under /app/http/

etc etc

laracasts.com also has some good screencasts going over the changes in Laravel 5 vs. 4.

So I must correct myself. not only the Laravel itself has been updated and it is a nightmare to follow, but also the Homestead has changed. for example, the yaml file is located in src/stabs folder. This has turned my 2 days fixing advanture into a nightmare and after 2 days learning Laravel I gotta delete everything and start from scratch.

That's pretty annoying. Also, I would suggest (from the point of loving Treehouse, really), to add atleast some hints for Windows users.

The only reason I was tempted into TeamTreehouse was the Laravel section. Specifically someone had stated it had good content for somebody looking to learn Laravel 5. I mean its labeled for beginners... Clearly they didn't realize this is a Laravel 4 course. I don't really see the point of learning 'ideas' and 'concepts' that have already changed. Sure Laravel will always be a moving target, but L5 will have a LTS version... why not a course on something that's going to stick around?

To make things worse it shows you how to make a todo list. Why are 90% of classes on laravel about a todo list... what a turn off. I don't see myself having a future at TeamTreehouse at this point.

Hey I found a work around. Just install xampp since your on windows. Then install composer. Then install laravel package through commandline.

http://abuango.net/2014/08/16/how-to-install-composer-on-windows-with-xampp/

I hope this helps. I didn't bother with virtualbox and vigrant. I did install vbox with ubuntu lamp server tho. Yes I'm odd guy not following convention. LOLs.

I may agree with Ryan Thomas, because there's no better moment to learn than when you most need it. There are many changes from 4.2 to 5, but i'm encouraged enough to give a try on this course. Anyway, Treehouse should update this course or teacher notes :)

Yes, I also feel that team tree house should teach the latest version of any technology.