stevepop · September 3, 2025 08:41
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 Set up the project
 This section walks you through setting up the appointment booking application on your local machine. The GitHub repository for this project contains a Laravel application with most of the core functionality already implemented, leaving just a few key areas for you to complete as we progress through the tutorial. 
 To get started:

 Clone the repository from GitHub and change into the new project directory
 ```bash
 git clone [email protected]:stevepop/clipperly-app.git
 cd clipperly-app
 ```


 Create a new environment file by copying the example file provided:
 ```bash
 cp .env.example .env
 ```

 Start the application with Laravel Sail
 Laravel Sail is a lightweight command line interface for managing Laravel's Docker-based development environment. Being a wrapper around Docker Compose, Sail mounts the local, project directory into the container, so that any changes made locally are reflected within the container. There are two ways to get started, depending on whether you have PHP and Composer installed locally.

 If you have PHP and Composer installed on your machine, you can simply run:
 ```bash
 composer install
 ```

 This will install the required packages and then you can start Sail with:
 ```bash
 ./vendor/bin/sail up -d
 ```

 If you do not have PHP/Composer installed locally and prefer a fully containerized development environment without installing PHP and Composer on your host machine, you can use Docker Compose directly to handle the initial setup:
 ```bash
 docker run --rm -v $(pwd):/app -w /app laravelsail/php82-composer:latest composer install --ignore-platform-reqs
 ```

 After the packages are installed, start the application with:
 ```bash
 ./vendor/bin/sail up -d
 ```

 Generate the application key
 Laravel requires an application key for encrypting user sessions and other sensitive data. This key ensures your application's security by providing a unique encryption signature. Generate it with the following command:
 ```bash
 ./vendor/bin/sail php artisan key:generate
 ```
 Run the migrations and seeders

 We will now run the migrations to create our database tables as well as seeders to populate the database with test data. First, we make sure that the SQLite database file exists, then we run the migration with the `--seed` flag to populate the data.

 ```bash
 touch database/database.sqlite
 ./vendor/bin/sail artisan migrate --seed
	Set up the project
	This section walks you through setting up the appointment booking application on your local machine. The GitHub repository for this project contains a Laravel application with most of the core functionality already implemented, leaving just a few key areas for you to complete as we progress through the tutorial.
	To get started:

	Clone the repository from GitHub and change into the new project directory
	```bash
	git clone [email protected]:stevepop/clipperly-app.git
	cd clipperly-app
	```


	Create a new environment file by copying the example file provided:
	```bash
	cp .env.example .env
	```

	Start the application with Laravel Sail
	Laravel Sail is a lightweight command line interface for managing Laravel's Docker-based development environment. Being a wrapper around Docker Compose, Sail mounts the local, project directory into the container, so that any changes made locally are reflected within the container. There are two ways to get started, depending on whether you have PHP and Composer installed locally.

	If you have PHP and Composer installed on your machine, you can simply run:
	```bash
	composer install
	```

	This will install the required packages and then you can start Sail with:
	```bash
	./vendor/bin/sail up -d
	```

	If you do not have PHP/Composer installed locally and prefer a fully containerized development environment without installing PHP and Composer on your host machine, you can use Docker Compose directly to handle the initial setup:
	```bash
	docker run --rm -v $(pwd):/app -w /app laravelsail/php82-composer:latest composer install --ignore-platform-reqs
	```

	After the packages are installed, start the application with:
	```bash
	./vendor/bin/sail up -d
	```

	Generate the application key
	Laravel requires an application key for encrypting user sessions and other sensitive data. This key ensures your application's security by providing a unique encryption signature. Generate it with the following command:
	```bash
	./vendor/bin/sail php artisan key:generate
	```
	Run the migrations and seeders

	We will now run the migrations to create our database tables as well as seeders to populate the database with test data. First, we make sure that the SQLite database file exists, then we run the migration with the `--seed` flag to populate the data.

	```bash
	touch database/database.sqlite
	./vendor/bin/sail artisan migrate --seed