# Laravel project

# Start a new project

# Make a new Laravel project

# Method 1: Specific Laravel version using composer create project

• Go to the folder C:\sites_laravel and open Git Bash
• Start a new project where vinyl_shop is the folder of your new project and a specific (major) version of Laravel (for example 5.8) is specified: composer create-project laravel/laravel="5.8.*" vinyl_shop

# Method 2: Latest Laravel version using composer create-project

• Go to the folder C:\sites_laravel and open Git Bash
• Start a new project where vinyl_shop is the folder of your new project: composer create-project --prefer-dist laravel/laravel vinyl_shop

# Method 3: Latest Laravel version using the Laravel installer

• Go to the folder C:\sites_laravel and open Git Bash
  • First, download and install the Laravel installer using Composer: composer global require laravel/installer

# Configure Homestead

• Map the public folder of your new project to your Homestead environment by updating the file C:\vagrant\homestead\Homestead.yaml

sites:
    - map: homestead.test
      to: /home/vagrant/code
    - map: vinyl_shop.test
      to: /home/vagrant/code/vinyl_shop/public

• Add the new test domain to your hosts file C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts:
  192.168.10.10 vinyl_shop.test
• (Re)start Homestead
  • If Vagrant is running, stop it with the command vagrant halt
  • Execute the command vagrant up --provision
  • Browse to the project via the URL http://vinyl_shop.test

# Laravel-ide-helper

• The Laravel 5 IDE Helper Generator package generates a file (_ide_helper.php) that PhpStorm understands, so it can provide accurate autocompletion (for Laravel facades)
• Open a (Git Bash) terminal inside your project folder C:\sites_laravel\vinyl_shop
• Install the package with Composer: composer require --dev barryvdh/laravel-ide-helper
• (Re)generate the helper file yourself: php artisan ide-helper:generate
  • Generation is based on the files in your project, so the helper file is always up-to-date
• Enable the Laravel plugin in PhpStorm

# Source directories

• Enable the Directories in PhpStorm
  • If necessary: set app as Sources and prefix it with App\
  • Set public as Sources
  • Set public as Resource Root

# Update an existing project

• To update a project to the latest minor Laravel version (for example the latest version of 5.8.x), use the command
  composer update in a (Git Bash) terminal within the project folder