Run the App

How to Run the App

Prerequisites

Homebrew packages

brew install node
brew install redis

Install Bower and Gulp globally

npm install -g bower
npm install -g gulp

Install app packages

npm install
bower install
composer install

Set environment variables

nano .env

APP_ENV=local
APP_DEBUG=true
APP_KEY=SomeRandomString

DB_CONNECTION=sqlite

CACHE_DRIVER=redis
SESSION_DRIVER=file
QUEUE_DRIVER=redis

MAIL_DRIVER=smtp
MAIL_HOST=mailtrap.io
MAIL_PORT=2525
MAIL_USERNAME=null
MAIL_PASSWORD=null
MAIL_ENCRYPTION=null

[email protected]
MAIL_NAME="Laravel Apz"

RECAPTCHA_PUBLIC_KEY=YourCaptchaPublicKey
RECAPTCHA_PRIVATE_KEY=YourCaptchaPrivateKey

WEATHER_APPID=YOUR_WEATHER_APPID

Generate app key

php artisan key:generate

Compile assets

gulp

Create and migrate database

touch database/database.sqlite
php artisan migrate

Run

php artisan serve

redis-server

php artisan queue:listen

php artisan schedule:run

Open in the browser

open http://localhost:8000

Testing

Prerequisites

brew install selenium-server-standalone
brew install php70-xdebug

Set environment variables for testing

cp .env .env.testing
nano .env.testing

APP_ENV=testing
...
SQLITE_FILE=testing.sqlite
...

Create and migrate database

touch database/testing.sqlite
php artisan migrate --env=testing

Run servers, queues listeners and schedules

php artisan serve --env=testing

redis-server

php artisan queue:listen

Run Selenium and tests

selenium-server

vendor/bin/codecept run