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

Laravel 4: Basic Routing and Composers

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Controllers and Filters

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IOC Container Basics

laravel 4: IOC Container Basics

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Controller Injection and Unit Testing

Laravel 4: Controller Injection and Unit Testing

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Eloquent Collections and Polymorphic Relations

Laravel 4: Eloquent Collections and Polymorphic Relations

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Closing Thoughts

To stay up to date on the latest Laravel news, be sure to follow them on Twitter. Also, start getting your bags packed for the first Laravel Conference, coming early 2013!