Most Laravel books skip PHP fundamentals. This one doesn't.

D. Melnick’s philosophy is simple:

A true master of Laravel knows that a functioning app is not necessarily a finished app. Security is baked into the framework’s core, featuring protection against SQL injection, cross-site request forgery (CSRF), and cross-site scripting (XSS). Beyond security, mastering the artisan command-line interface (CLI) is vital. Artisan automates repetitive tasks, from migrating databases to generating boilerplate code, drastically increasing development speed. Conclusion: The Path Forward