My programming skill if rated from 1 to 10 is just playing at 5 or 6.
I have tried working with CodeIgniter previously and one thing that I like is that its very easy to set up, maybe because the framework is not as huge as the other frameworks like Laravel.
The downside I must say is the lack of development and it got left behind.
Yes, I really do agree about the setup. And I also hate their development process, each release is so delayed. But learning codeigniter is a step 1 process for learning Laravel! ;-)