This Project Installation Instructions - Novice Version

[wilga]

Here are the steps I followed to run this project locally. This project purports to be Laravel ver. 5.2.39

Nineteen steps. (Or less, if you know Laravel better than me.)

1. cloned this git repo

2. cd into the local project path

3. composer install

4. npm install

5. gulp

6. set my local MySQL config in /config/database.php

7. php artisan make:auth

8. php artisan migrate --seed

9. php artisan serve
   --> all seems well so far: seeded db and gulp ran green

10. navigated to http://localhost:8000
    --> whoops page

11. checked: php artisan route:list

12. navigated to http://localhost:8000/api/users
    --> whoops page

13. bad luck, skip to 14.

14. set /config/app.php:
    'env' => env('APP_ENV', 'dev'),
'debug' => env('APP_DEBUG', true),

15. php artisan serve again and refresh browser
    --> No supported encrypter found. The cipher and / or key length are invalid. -- Ah ha! --

16. renamed .env.example to .env, updated MySQL settings, and undid credentials in step 5, above.

17. php artisan key:generate

18. php artisan cache:clear (for good measure)

19. php artisan serve and refresh browser, again
    --> Yay!! A live API example project. Pat yourself on the back.

Thank you, ratiw!

[ratiw]

@wilga Oh, sorry about that.

[davisAS]

Good Project