Setup

Setup

Create new Laravel project using the installer

composer global require "laravel/installer"
laravel new laravel-apz

Enter in the app directory

cd laravel-apz

Change .gitignore to ignore any .env except .env.example

nano .gitignore

.env*
!.env.example

Change default database to sqlite

nano .env

...
DB_CONNECTION=sqlite
...

Create database

touch database/database.sqlite

Add database to .gitignore

echo '/database/*.sqlite' >> .gitignore

Require PHP 5.5.x and HTML/Forms helpers via composer

composer require php:~5.5.0
composer require laravelcollective/html

Add HTML and Forms helpers services providers and facades

nano config/app.php

    'providers' => [
        ...
        Collective\Html\HtmlServiceProvider::class,
    ]
    ...
    'aliases' => [
        ...
        'Form'      => Collective\Html\FormFacade::class,
        'Html'      => Collective\Html\HtmlFacade::class,
    ]

Override tokensMatch to not use token when request wants JSON

nano app/Http/Middleware/VerifyCsrfToken.php

    protected function tokensMatch($request)
    {
        if ($request->wantsJson()) {
            return true;
        }
        return parent::tokensMatch($request);
    }

Start Laravel server

php artisan serve

Open app in the browser

open http://localhost:8000

Create Git Repo, add all files and commit

git init
git add .
git commit -m "Basic Laravel app files"

Next step: Basic CRUD