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Windows Installation

• Xampp
  • Apache + MariaDB + PHP + Perl
• Composer
• Git & Git Bash
• Visual Studio Code
• VS Code Integrated Terminal
  • Terminal Integration (Git Bash)
    1. Open VS Code
    2. File -> Preferences -> User Settings
    3. On the right hand side write the following then save and restart { "terminal.integrated.shell.windows": "C:\Program Files\Git\bin\bash.exe" }
• Installing Laravel
  • cd ../../xampp/htdocs
  • composer create-project laravel/laravel projectName
  • cd projectName
• Creating a Virtual Host
  • edit xampp/apache/conf/extra/vhost.conf add
    • <VirtualHost *:80>
      • DocumentRoot "C:/xampp/htdocs"
      • ServerName localhost
    • <VirtualHost *:80>
      • DocumentRoot "C:/xampp/htdocs/lsapp/public"
      • ServerName lsapp.dev
  • edit window/system32/drivers/etc/.host -127.0.0.1 localhost
    • 127.0.0.1 lsapp.dev
  • Restart Apache

Debian Installation

• Apache
  • sudo aptitude update
  • sudo aptitude safe-upgrade
  • sudo aptitude install apache2 apache2-doc
  • sudo ifconfig eth0
    • Output
      • inet addr:111.111.111.111
      • http://111.111.111.111
• MySQL
  • sudo aptitude install mysql-server php5-mysql
  • sudo mysql_secure_installation
    • Interactive
      • Change the root password? [Y/n] n
    • Interactive
      • Remove anonymous users? [Y/n] y
  • mysql -u root -p
• PHP
  • sudo aptitude install php5-common libapache2-mod-php5 php5-cli
  • sudo service apache2 restart
  • cd /var/www/html
  • sudo vi info.php
  • http://111.111.111.111/info.php
  • sudo rm -i /var/www/html/info.php
• XAMPP
  • tar xvfz xampp-linux-[VERSION].tar.gz -C /opt
  • XAMPP is now installed below the /opt/lampp directory.
  • /opt/lampp/lampp start
  • http://localhost
• Curl
  • apt-get install curl
• Composer
  • curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php
  • mv composer.phar /usr/local/bin/composer
  • chmod +x /usr/local/bin/composer
  • cd /var/www/html
• Git
  • apt-get install git
• Laravel
  • Install laravel
    • git clone https://github.com/laravel/laravel.git
    • mv laravel projectName
    • cd projectName/
    • sudo composer install
    • chown -R www-data.www-data /var/www/html/projectName
    • chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/projectName
    • cp .env.example .env
    • chown -R www-data.www-data .env
    • chmod -R 777 /var/www/html/projectName/storage
  • Set Encryption Key
    • php artisan key:generate
    • gedit config/app.php
      • 'key' => env('APP_KEY', 'KEY'),
      • 'cipher' => 'CIPHER',
  • Create Apache VirtualHost
    • gedit /etc/apache2/sites-available/laravel.peojectName.com.conf
      • <VirtualHost *:80>
        • ServerName laravel.projectName.com
        • DocumentRoot "/var/www/http/projcetName/public"
  • Enable website
    • a2ensite laravel.example.com
  • Reload Apache service
    • sudo service apache2 reload
  • Access Laravel
    • sudo echo "127.0.0.1 laravel.projectName.com" >> /etc/hosts
    • http://laravel.projectName.com

Required Packages

• VS Code Extensions
  • Ctrl + P
  • ext install laravel-blade
  • Laravel Collective Forms & HTML
  • composer require "laravelcollective/html":"^5.4.0"
  • Edit projectName/config/app.php
    • 'providers' => [
      • // ...
      • Collective\Html\HtmlServiceProvider::class,
      • // ...
    • ],
    • 'aliases' => [
      • // ...
      • 'Form' => Collective\Html\FormFacade::class,
      • 'Html' => Collective\Html\HtmlFacade::class,
      • // ...
    • ],
• laravel-ckeditor
  • composer require unisharp/laravel-ckeditor
  • Edit projectName/config/app.php
    • 'providers' => [
      • // ...
      • Unisharp\Ckeditor\ServiceProvider::class,
      • // ...
    • ],
  • php artisan vendor:publish --tag=ckeditor
    • <script src="/vendor/unisharp/laravel-ckeditor/ckeditor.js"></script>
    • <script> - CKEDITOR.replace( 'article-ckeditor' );
    • </script>
• Node Modules
  • npm install

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