Creating a new project in laravel

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

Prerequisites:

• You have Composer installed on your system.
• You have a code editor or IDE of your choice.

Step 1: Install Composer

If you haven't installed Composer yet, you can download it from the official website: https://getcomposer.org/download/

Step 2: Create a new project

Open your terminal or command prompt and run the following command:

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

Replace project-name with the name you want to give your project.

Step 3: Navigate to the project directory

Once the installation is complete, navigate to the project directory using the following command:

cd project-name

Step 4: Initialize the project

Run the following command to initialize the project:

php artisan key:generate

This command will generate a unique encryption key for your project.

Step 5: Configure the project

Open the .env file in your code editor and update the following settings:

• APP_NAME: Set the name of your application.
• APP_ENV: Set the environment (e.g., local, staging, production).
• APP_KEY: Set the encryption key generated in Step 4.
• DB_HOST, DB_DATABASE, DB_USERNAME, DB_PASSWORD: Set your database settings.

Step 6: Run the migrations

Run the following command to create the necessary database 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 the server and you can access your project at http://localhost:8000 in your web browser.

Step 8: Create a new controller

Create a new controller by running the following command:

php artisan make:controller ControllerName

Replace ControllerName with the name of your controller.

Step 9: Create a new route

Create a new route by adding the following code to the routes/web.php file:

Route::get('/hello', 'ControllerName@hello');

Replace ControllerName with the name of your controller and hello with the name of the method you want to call.

Step 10: Run the project

Run the following command to start the development server:

php artisan serve

Access your project at http://localhost:8000/hello in your web browser.

That's it! You have now created a new Laravel project and can start building your application.