If you're keeping up on the latest news in the PHP community, then you likely know that Laravel 4 is on the near horizon. Its creator, Taylor Otwell, recently recorded a handful of screencasts to demonstrate what we can expect, including resourceful controllers, improvements to Eloquent, Composer support, and much more! Take a look after the jump!

Basic Routing and Composers

Controllers and Filters

IOC Container Basics

Controller Injection and Unit Testing

Eloquent Collections and Polymorphic Relations

Closing Thoughts

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