Setup

Install PHP 7.4

sudo apt-get install software-properties-common
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y php7.4

Install PHP 7.4 modules

sudo apt install php7.4-common php7.4-zip php7.4-bcmath openssl php7.4-json php7.4-mbstring php7.4-xml php7.4-sqlite3

Download and install Composer

php -r "copy('https://getcomposer.org/installer', 'composer-setup.php');"
php -r "if (hash_file('sha384', 'composer-setup.php') === 'e0012edf3e80b6978849f5eff0d4b4e4c79ff1609dd1e613307e16318854d24ae64f26d17af3ef0bf7cfb710ca74755a') { echo 'Installer verified'; } else { echo 'Installer corrupt'; unlink('composer-setup.php'); } echo PHP_EOL;"
php composer-setup.php
php -r "unlink('composer-setup.php');"

Make Composer available globally

sudo mv composer.phar /usr/local/bin/composer

Install NodeJS and NPM

sudo apt-get install nodejs
sudo apt-get install npm

Install Laravel globally

composer global require laravel/installer

Add Composer to path directory

export PATH="~/.config/composer/vendor/bin:$PATH"
source ~/.bashrc

Create a new Laravel project

laravel new laravel-blog

Install Curl

sudo apt-get install -y curl

Create the ENV (.env) File with the following contents

APP_NAME=Laravel
APP_ENV=local
APP_KEY=
APP_DEBUG=true
APP_URL=http://localhost
DB_CONNECTION=sqlite

Create a database file inside project database directory

touch database/database.sqlite

Generate application key

php artisan key:generate

Common commands

Install and compile assets:

npm install && npm run dev

Run built-in webserver:

php artisan serve

Run database migrations:

php artisan migrate

Run new database migrations:

php artisan migrate:fresh

Clear route cache:

php artisan route:cache

Automatically compile CSS and JS files:

npm run watch

Clear compiled views cache:

php artisan view:clear

Clear app cache:

php artisan cache:clear

Clear config cache:

php artisan config:cache

Tinker commands

Open Tinker:

php artisan tinker

Display all users:

User::all();

Create a profile:

$profile = new \App\Profile();
$profile->title = 'This is the title';
$profile->description = 'This is the desc';
$profile->user_id = ;
$profile->save();

Find a user:

$user = App\User::find(1);

Development

Run built-in webserver

php artisan serve

Install Laravel UI package

composer require laravel/ui

Enable authentication

php artisan ui vue --auth

Install and compile assets

npm install && npm run dev

Create database file

touch database/database.sqlite

Install Sqlite

sudo apt-get install php7.4-sqlite

Run database migrations

php artisan migrate

Drop all tables and re-run all migrations

php artisan migrate:fresh

Create profile controller

php artisan make:controller ProfileController

Create user profile model with database migration

php artisan make:model Profile -m

Create user post model with database migration

php artisan make:model Post -m

Create post controller

php artisan make:controller PostController

Create a symbolic link from "public/storage" to "storage/app/public"

php artisan storage:link

Install GD Graphics Library

sudo apt-get install php7.4-gd

Install PHP image handling and manipulation library

composer require intervention/image

Create ProfilePolicy for profile model

php artisan make:policy ProfilePolicy -m Profile

Create follow controller

php artisan make:controller FollowController

Create a pivot table for storing followers

php artisan make:migration creates_profile_user_pivot_table --create profile_user

Install Laravel Telescope package

Installation may have lots of bug with the latest laravel version

composer require laravel/telescope

Install all of the Telescope resources

php artisan telescope:

Run new Telescope database migrations

php artisan migrate

Install vue2-editor based on Quill

npm install vue2-editor