Laravel From Scratch 2

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ENVIRONMENT & INSTALL

0) PREPARATION
- Windows 7 SP1
- Chrome Web Browser
- php version 7.2.+
- composer 1.7.2
- git 2.19.1
- visual studio 1.28.2

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1) DOWNLOAD AND INSTALL XAMPP

go to https://www.apachefriends.org/index.html


add php path to windows environment path
ie type cmd: set PATH=%PATH%;C:\xampp\php\

test for php version
ie type cmd: php --version

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2) DOWNLOAD AND INSTALL COMPOSER

go to https://getcomposer.org/doc/00-intro.md

Download Composer-Setup.exe (for windows) and install

The exe file will install Composer
and insert its path Windows Environment Path Variable

test for composer version
ie type cmd: composer --version


or manual steps,

go to https://getcomposer.org/download/

Download Composer (Latest: v1.7.2)

php -r "copy('https://getcomposer.org/installer', 'composer-setup.php');"

php -r "if (hash_file('SHA384', 'composer-setup.php') === '93b54496392c062774670ac18b134c3b3a95e5a5e5c8f1a9f115f203b75bf9a129d5daa8ba6a13e2cc8a1da0806388a8') { echo 'Installer verified'; } else { echo 'Installer corrupt'; unlink('composer-setup.php'); } echo PHP_EOL;"

php composer-setup.php

php -r "unlink('composer-setup.php');"

echo @php "%~dp0composer.phar" %*>composer.bat

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3) DOWNLOAD AND INSTALL GIT

go to https://git-scm.com/

Download git and install


During installation,
under "Adjusting your PATH environment",
select (the 3rd option) "Use Git and optional Unix tools from the Windows Command Prompt"

For the rest parts, select default options.

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4) DOWNLOAD AND INSTALL VISUAL STUDIO
go to https://code.visualstudio.com

Download visual studio and install


During installation,
under "Select additional Tasks",
select "Add 'Open with Code' action to Windows Explorer file context menu"
select "Add 'Open with Code' action to Windows Explorer directory context

Run Visual Studio

* update : VS code now lets you select or change command line shell directly, no extra effort needed. Just install git. *

You can also access via menu
select Menu File/Preferences/Settings/
select Features/Terminal
search "terminal.integrated.env.linux"

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5) START EDITING USING VISUAL STUDIO WITH BASH COMMAND TERMINAL

goto to the xampp htdocs location ie /c/xampp/htdocs

type:
composer create-project laravel/laravel lsapp

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6) ADD PROJECT FOLDER

(click folder icon, click Open Folder, select lsapp folder)


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