Laravel was launched in 2015 and is a free open source PHP framework. The framework was designed to create web applications using the popular MVC architecture. Laravel is a strong platform on its own giving the ability to create relational databases supported by CRUD (Create Read Update Delete)operations. It also has it's own front-end framework called the Blade templating engine with the added bonus of vue.js. This platform is always ready for expansion and future growth and is highly recommended for creating complex web applications.