Laravel: Setting up additional development environments

If setting up an addition development environment (e.g. on a new computer)... after cloning the git repo...

1. Install composer dependencies with:

composer install

2. Install any node dependencies with:

npm install

3. Copy the .env.example to .env and complete any necessary fields. May want to consult original .env for this.

4. Generate encryption key with:

php artisan key:generate

5. Migrate the database with:

php artisan migrate

6. Ensure storage and bootstrap/cache directories are writable by the web server (e.g. www-data)

7. If using sqlite for database, ensure database directory is writable by the web server (e.g. www-data)

8. Build package files with:

npm run build