Why this lesson matters

Understand install and create a project and apply it in a small Laravel feature. Laravel conventions connect Composer, Artisan, environment configuration and the application directory into one predictable runtime.

How to reason about it

  • For Install and Create a Project, the outcome to verify is: Start with a clean project and run the local development server.
  • In Install and Create a Project, keep this failure controlled: Do not start copying framework code before you can explain where routes, configuration, application classes and tests live.
  • Install and Create a Project practice target: Inspect a fresh project and trace one request from the route list to the file that would handle it.

Practical walkthrough

In the Install and Create a Project walkthrough: Start with a clean project and run the local development server.

terminalbash
composer create-project laravel/laravel demo-app
cd demo-app
php artisan serve

Practice it yourself

Practice

Install and Create a Project exercise

Inspect a fresh project and trace one request from the route list to the file that would handle it.

  • Record the expected result before execution
  • Test one valid path and one lesson-specific failure path
  • Explain in two lines which boundary owns the decision

Summary