In this video, I’m comparing the Laravel 10 and Laravel 11 directory structures side-by-side, specifically to show you which files got removed, which ones got added, and where the “missing” stuff actually went. A lot of the changes are about cleaning up the default skeleton so you’re not staring at files you never touch. For example, inside the app folder in Laravel 11 you’ll basically see HTTP, Models, and Providers—while things like Console and Exceptions aren’t sitting there by default anymore. I also walk through the HTTP folder changes: the Kernel and middleware setup you’re used to seeing is no longer there in the same way, and the base Controller is now a simple abstract controller instead of extending a bunch of things most projects don’t need. Providers are simplified too—Laravel 11 ships with only AppServiceProvider by default, because in real projects we usually don’t put much in the others unless we intentionally create them. Then I show the bootstrap changes (including a cleaner app.php), how routes are trimmed down (API and channels aren’t included by default), and what changed in database migrations: no more timestamps in filenames—just incrementing numbers. Finally, testing is simplified: CreatesApplication is removed and integrated into the TestCase. I’ll deep dive into these pieces in later videos.