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Jinu K
Jinu K

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Laravel which version to use if starting a new project?

Hi Guys, I'm new here in dev.to. I wanted to get some help regarding the Laravel Version for Development. I am planning to start a project on Laravel. What do you think will be the best Laravel Version to start the project?

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Nicolas Bailly • Edited

Just use the latest (5.8), support for the latest Long Term Support Version (5.5) will stop only 6 months later, so it's not worth it as you'll lose some of the new features.

You can see a recap of the release process here : laravel-news.com/laravel-release-p...

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Jinu K

Thanks Nicolas. Using 5.8 Now.

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Samuel Munoz

Use the lastest (as of now 5.8). It's the quickest way to upgrade to the next LTS version (6.0) which is coming in a few weeks from now.