Creating a new laravel 5.8 project

Here's a step-by-step guide to creating a new Laravel 5.8 project:

Prerequisites:

Step 1: Install Composer

If you haven't already, download and install Composer from the official website: https://getcomposer.org/

Step 2: Create a new project

Open your terminal and run the following command to create a new Laravel project:

composer create-project --prefer-dist laravel/laravel project-name

Replace project-name with the desired name of your project.

Step 3: Change into the project directory

Navigate into the newly created project directory:

cd project-name

Step 4: Install dependencies

Run the following command to install the required dependencies:

composer install

This may take a few minutes to complete, depending on your internet connection and the speed of your computer.

Step 5: Configure the environment

Laravel comes with a default .env file that you can use as a starting point. You can customize this file to suit your needs.

Step 6: Run the database migrations

Laravel uses a database to store its data. You'll need to create a database and then run the database migrations to create the necessary tables:

php artisan migrate

Step 7: Start the development server

Run the following command to start the development server:

php artisan serve

This will start a development server that you can use to test your application. You can access your application by navigating to http://localhost:8000 in your web browser.

Step 8: Start coding!

You're now ready to start building your Laravel application. You can create new controllers, models, and views using the php artisan make command. For example, to create a new controller, you can run:

php artisan make:controller MyController

This will create a new MyController.php file in the app/Http/Controllers directory.

That's it! You've successfully created a new Laravel 5.8 project.