I've been looking into PHP-frameworks lately to find out which suits me best. I've had some experience with the java Play! framework which did some very nice things. One very nice feature that I haven't found in Laravel yet, is that when you edit your model, it can generate migrations for you. Is there a way in Laravel to generate migrations automatically from edits on your model? This would seem like a huge improvement to me, since migrations seem like a bit of a hassle to me right now.
I'm looking forward to your opinions and help!
You only specify the columns in the migration and not on the model, so you don't have to edit anything on the model.
You first specify the columns (properties) for a table in the migrations. Then you use those properties in your Eloquent Models.
You don't have to put all properties in the model, when you create a column with a migration it is accessable via a model, without also specifying it in the model.