Yeah, my first Laravel application (actually my first use of a framework) was Laravel 4.2 because my personal project was getting more and more complex. When I

Yeah, my first Laravel application (actually my first use of a framework) was Laravel 4.2 because my personal project was getting more and more complex. When I wanted to upgrade, reading this did make me wonder a bit: "The recommended method of upgrading is to create a new Laravel 5.0 install and then to copy your 4.2 site's unique application files into the new application. This would include controllers, routes, Eloquent models, Artisan commands, assets, and other code specific to your application." My worry was: "Do I have to do this with every version??!" Fortunately not, but the updates did take some time; I still updated a few minor versions before moving to Symfony.