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Hi all,
I'm learning Laravel because I'm looking to build an employee engagement platform.
The first part of this is sorting out some simple roles and permissions, so I found this laracast - https://laracasts.com/series/whats-new-in-laravel-5-1/episodes/16
I've watched it through and kind of get it, but before I go ahead and start to re-produce, I just wanted to ask whether this is all still the same in 5.7.
I know that there have been a lot of changes since 5.1, but is this still the best approach? What adaptations will I need to make to get this code running on 5.7 do you think? Is it suitable for a fairly novice Laravel developer? Are there any other more suitable resources I should look at?
Many thanks Kevin
@the_lar - There have been a lot of changes but nothing substantial to roles/permissions that should trip you up.
You can look at the release notes in the documentation
https://laravel.com/docs/5.7/releases
You can select each version from the drop down in the top right. I would start trying to reproduce the lesson and if you get stuck ask a specific question here if you cant find anything in the documentation.
OK, great thank you for your reply
No problem. Please raise any issues you have and hopefully we can help. It would help others with the same question to find this thread if you mark it as solved
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