The Rising: How Laragon Is Giving Every Other PHP Framework a Good Run for Their Money

Frameworks are the new age solutions for everything you need to build websites. Apart from making the most of the programming language they are based on, these frameworks also offer ideal integration of database tools and design elements for frontend management.

Among all the veteran PHP frameworks, there is a new entrant that is stealing the show with its simplicity, compactness and versatility. Laragon is a windows dedicated independent development environment that supports multiple languages and uses minimal system resources.

What is Laragon?

Although Laragon claims itself to be a development environment, there is a lot that it packs alongside just being an environment. It is portable and independent, in the sense that it does not use any of the resources from the operating system. That makes it isolated, fast and powerful. Currently it supports programming languages like PHP, Node.js, Python, Java, Go and Ruby. It is both lightweight and easy to extend.

Laragon is so lean that it hardly uses 4MB of RAM while running and has a core binary of less than 2MB. Some of its features like fancy URLs, easy to use UI and speed are very popular among developers offering PHP development service. It does not use any resources from the Windows services and has its own service orchestration.

How Laragon Fares Against Its Competitors

Before we move into knowing more about how Laragon fares in today’s times, let us take a look at some of its best traits.

• URLs: Because it uses app.test instead of localhost/app, it enables developers to have pretty URLs.

• Portability: You can transfer all of your data to another location or another hardware altogether without breaking sweat. It still works fine anywhere you move its data.

• Isolated: Laragon does not use any of your system’s resources and has its own set of resources.

• Easy to operate: Laragon has a feature called auto-configs that does the entire complicated configuration for you instead of you having to pre-config it.

• Compatibility: Laragon can be used with a range of different programming languages. Other than that, a lot of its functions can be performed with just a single click.

Here is how Laragon is giving all the other frameworks a good run for their money.

Integrated Experience

Laragon brings together all the stakeholders of web application development on one platform. It’s easy integration of programming languages, web servers, database management tools, DNS services and terminal emulator makes it a unique framework. Laragon acts as a control panel to turn on/off server processes and to switch between various versions of that software.

Programming Languages

Laragon uses PHP and Node.js as its default programming languages. Other than these, Laragon also supports widely popular languages like Java and Ruby and Go. Whenever you select a new version of a language, it automatically updates all the configuration files to serve the new version. It also offers a toggle between languages with just one click.

Web Servers

Just like with programming languages, it is also very convenient to switch between web servers with just one click on Laragon. It offers a single-click operation to enable HTTPS. It automatically creates a self-signatory certificate and configures the web servers to use it.

Database

Laragon supports various leading database management tools like MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, etc. It also supports Redis and Memcached. Its versatility with databases is also a huge advantage over other niche frameworks that only work with the top few.

DNS Integration

Laragon has the ability to transform web server directories into subdomains under wildcard DNS domains like xip.io, nip.io, etc. Laragon also supports Ngrok which enables it to quickly test applications running in the local server. In simpler words, Laragon with the help of Ngrok integration can put any local web application on the internet to test with a rapid speed.

Conclusion

Despite being relatively new in the business, Laragon has risen immensely thanks to its versatility and independent nature. It has a 360 degree approach towards web development. To serve that purpose, it offers support for all major programming languages, web servers, database tools and even testing methods. Very few frameworks with this kind of versatility have the lean yet independent nature that Laragon has. It is very lightweight to use and frees Windows from any storage clutter. With a platform as powerful and resourceful as Laragon, the world of web development has just gotten a little better if not more.