The Laracasts site has put together a series of videos they're currently offering for free to help you get started with the latest release of the Laravel framework, version 5.

The video series covers things like:

• Virtual Machines and Homestead
• A Gentle Introduction to Routing, Controllers, and Views
• Eloquent 101
• Dates, Mutators and Scopes
• Eloquent Relationships
• Route Model Binding
• Syncing Tags

Check out the full list for a great introduction to the new features and offerings of this latest Laravel version.