laravel-vscode-example

Laravel 9 starter project pre-configured for VSCode (WSL2) with extensions for syntax highlighting, intellisense, code formatting, phpunit, and more.

Full write-up: https://kleypot.com/laravel-development-windows-2022/

Installation in Windows

Requires WSL, Docker, and VSCode.

1. Clone

$ git clone https://github.com/akmolina28/laravel-vscode-example

$ cd laravel-vscode-example

2. Create .env file, edit as desired

$ cp .env.example .env
$ nano .env

3. Install Composer packages (including Sail)

$ docker run --rm \
    -u "$(id -u):$(id -g)" \
    -v $(pwd):/var/www/html \
    -w /var/www/html \
    laravelsail/php81-composer:latest \
    composer install --ignore-platform-reqs

4. Start Sail

$ ./vendor/bin/sail up -d

5. Finish Laravel Setup

$ sail artisan migrate
$ sail artisan key:generate
$ sail npm install

6. Open VSCode

$ code .

7. From the command palette (ctrl+shift+p) run "Run Test Task" and open the APP_URL

8. Install extensions (see workspace recommendations)