Merge branch 'develop' of github.com:laravel/laravel into develop

readme.md

@@ -2,4 +2,47 @@ ## Laravel - A PHP Framework For Web Artisans
 
 Laravel is a clean and classy framework for PHP web development. Freeing you from spaghetti code, Laravel helps you create wonderful applications using simple, expressive syntax. Development should be a creative experience that you enjoy, not something that is painful. Enjoy the fresh air.
 
-### [Official Website & Documentation](http://laravel.com)
+### [Official Website & Documentation](http://laravel.com)
+
+### Feature Overview
+
+- Simple routing using Closures or controllers.
+- Views and templating.
+- Driver based session and cache handling.
+- Database abstraction with query builder.
+- Authentication.
+- Migrations.
+- PHPUnit Integration.
+- A lot more.
+
+### A Few Examples
+
+**Hello World:**
+
+	Route::get('/', function()
+	{
+		return "Hello World!":
+	});
+
+**Passing Data To Views:**
+
+	Route::get('user/(:num)', function($id)
+	{
+		$user = DB::table('users')->find($id);
+
+		return View::make('profile')->with('user', $user);
+	});
+
+**Redirecting & Flashing Data To The Session:**
+
+	return Redirect::to('profile')->with('message', 'Welcome Back!');
+
+### Contributing to Laravel
+
+Contributions are encouraged and welcome; however, please review the Developer Certificate of Origin in the "license.txt" file included in the repository. All commits must be signed off using the "-s" switch.
+
+	git commit -s -m "thie commit will be signed off automatically!"
+
+### License
+
+Laravel is open-sourced software licensed under the MIT License.