I want to learn Laravel but lots of videos seem outdated

Just use the 5.4 from scratch series to learn. Then, just review the changes of 5.5 and 5.6. There is a free Vue series as well.

As far as that 5.4 tutorial, there really isn't much of a difference between 5.4 and 5.6. That series really just covers the basics. What works in that 5.4 series should work identically in 5.6. That's really the main reason why he hasn't redone the series just for 5.6. You won't have to "unlearn" anything.

Don't worry about taking a lesson that is a little outdated, as there are still valuable lessons in there.

Granted you may take a 5.3 lesson and things are a little different in 5.6 but as you learn you will quickly learn how to adapt to changes.

As an example I think laravel from scratch is using 5.4 but by following the documentation via the changelog it is nothing to catch up to 5.6.

In fact I went from 5.1 to 5.5 I like sticking with the LTS versions.

Most of laravel 5.1 -> 5.6 hasn't changed much, it's just that more tasks that you do for the mayority of websites have now been included in an easier way.

If you're new to laravel, then I highly recommend the following series:

• https://laracasts.com/series/laravel-5-fundamentals I just went over the list, none of these are outdated.
• https://laracasts.com/series/phpunit-testing-in-laravel testing is important, the way some of the things here are done have changed slightly but it's really important to learn
• https://laracasts.com/series/design-patterns-in-php For any php programmer that hasn't gone into design patterns yet, this is a must
• https://laracasts.com/series/code-katas-in-php Have I mentioned the importance of testing?
• https://laracasts.com/series/learn-vue-2-step-by-step/ You want to learn Vue right?

After the laravel 5 fundamentals you should be good to go to do any other series including the "building your own forum" or the "whats new in laravel 5....."

Hi @CodingRanger

I've been learning Laravel for a couple of weeks/months now as my first foray into OOP PHP and my first time using a framework. I'd say that the 5.4 getting started guide is all still relevant and very worth watching.

The only major difference that I've come across between 5.4 and 5.6 as far as that video series is concerned is a file-structure change on the "Sending email" lesson, where Jeffrey references some register methods, which now exist in a different file. Naturally I got stuck there for a little while, but after asking on the forums, I was quickly given help by the awesome @Cronix and was happily continuing the series minutes later.

Thanks all!