Development Environment:
Using Terminal, we will install Homebrew, PHP, Composer, Node and Laravel Installer.
Setting Up Your Dev Environment
We are assuming you are starting on a fresh machine.
Install Homebrew. Homebrew is the package manager for MacOS.
/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"
Install PHP using Homebrew.
brew install php
Install Composer using Homebrew. Composer is the package manager for PHP.
brew install composer
Install Node using Homebrew. Node will provide you with NPM (Node Package Manager) and Yarn.
brew install node
Install Laravel Installer using Composer.
composer global require laravel/installer
Initialize your Laravel project
Let's build the project step by step, starting in the terminal.
Create a new Laravel project
laravel new app
- Select React as the starter kit
- Choose "Laravel's built-in authentication" for the authentication provider
- Select "PEST" for the testing framework
- Select "Yes" to "run npm install and npm run build"
Navigate to your new project
cd app
Fire it up
This will start the Laravel development server and open the application in your default browser.
composer run dev
You now have a Laravel applicationrunning at http://localhost:8000.