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To start using Laravel, you'll need Composer, a PHP development tool that manages packages and libraries on your computer. Check the teacher's notes below to learn more about Composer. You'll also need a local development environment such as MAMP, which we’ll be using throughout this course. Besides Composer and MAMP, you’ll need a code editor like Visual Studio Code, which is what I’ll be using in this course. Check the notes below for instructions on how to set those up.
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Now that your application folder is open in Visual Studio code, let's create a new
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MySQL database using phpMyAdmin by clicking on Tools,
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then phpMyAdmin.
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Next, create a database by clicking on the Databases tab.
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Name the database, click Create, then navigate to the phpMyAdmin homepage.
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Let's also create a new user under user accounts by clicking Add user,
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then entering a username such as laravel_admin.
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Select Local for Host name and create or generate a secure password.
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Note that you can also decide not to use a password since we're working locally.
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But make sure that any database and user has a secure password while in production.
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That is to say, when hosting the application live on the internet.
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Once you created a user, click on User accounts,
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then click on Edit privileges for the user you just created.
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Next, inside of Global privileges, select Check all,
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then click on Go to save your changes.
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Finally, click on Databases and select the database you created earlier and click Go.
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Out of the box, Laravel provides us with an ENV file to configure our project,
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which we'll need to update with our new database, user, and
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password in these fields.
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If you installed PHP and MySQL using Homebrew,
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you may need to add this as well.
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Next, save your changes and head to the Terminal.
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You can also use the integrated Terminal in Visual Studio Code as well.
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Finally, to confirm that our database credentials are indeed correct, type,
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php artisan migrate.
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If your database credentials are correct, you should see something like this.
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The moment of truth.
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Start up your brand new Laravel app.
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Laravel includes a command line interface named Artisan, which makes it
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easy to serve up your web pages using your local development environment.
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Serve up your site using the following command and flag.
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After executing the above command,
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Artisan will run your very own Laravel application in a web browser.
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Navigate to the URL started by Artisan, which should look something like this URL.
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The default configuration for
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map uses ports 8888, 8889, and 7888.
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So check the teacher's notes on how to change the default port settings.
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Congrats, you got a local development environment up and running.
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You created a Laravel project and
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displayed it in the browser using Artisan CLI.
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On top of that, you updated your application environment credentials and
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tested your new user and database connection.
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In the next section, we'll cover all of the essential files and
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respective folder structures that make up a Laravel application.
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See you there.
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