Vocabulary.
COMPOSER
The dependency manager for PHP.
AUTOLOADING
Loading classes automatically when first used.
NAMESPACE
A prefix preventing name collisions.
ARTISAN
Laravel's command-line tool.
MIGRATION
A versioned description of a database structure change.
ELOQUENT
Laravel's object-relational mapper.
MODEL
A class representing a database table.
RELATIONSHIP
A defined association between models.
EAGER LOADING
Retrieving related records with the initial query, avoiding one query per record.
MIDDLEWARE
Code running before or after a request is handled.
SERVICE CONTAINER
The mechanism creating objects and supplying their dependencies.
FACADE
A concise way of reaching a service in the container.
BLADE
Laravel's template engine.
POLICY
A class defining who may perform actions on a record.
QUEUE
A mechanism for deferring work outside the request.
SCHEDULER
Laravel's timetable of recurring tasks, driven by a single cron entry.
