Voting App

This is a simple voting application built with Laravel 11 and Vue 3. Follow the instructions below to set up and run the application on your local machine.

Prerequisites

• PHP (version 8.2 or higher)
• Composer
• Node.js and npm

Installation

1. Clone the repository to your local machine.

   git clone https://github.com/Lipppitt/fidelity-voting.git
   cd fidelity-voting

2. Install PHP dependencies using Composer.

   composer install

3. Install JavaScript dependencies using npm.

   npm install

4. Compile the assets.

   npm run dev

5. Copy the example environment file and configure your environment variables.

   cp .env.example .env
   php artisan key:generate

6. Configure Laravel Sanctum.

   • Ensure the SESSION_DOMAIN and SANCTUM_STATEFUL_DOMAINS are set in your .env file. For example:

     SESSION_DOMAIN=localhost
     SANCTUM_STATEFUL_DOMAINS=localhost:8000

   • Publish the Sanctum configuration file.

     php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Laravel\Sanctum\SanctumServiceProvider"

   • Run the Sanctum migrations.

     php artisan migrate

7. Seed the database.

   php artisan db:seed --class=PollSeeder

8. Run the development server.

   php artisan serve

9. Start the queue worker.

   php artisan queue:work

Usage

After following the installation steps, you can access the application at http://localhost:8000.

Additional Commands

• To compile assets for production, run:

  npm run production

• To run database migrations, use:

  php artisan migrate

• To run tests, use:

  php artisan test