Dev Setup

• Run composer install
• Rename .env.example to .env
• Execute php artisan key:generate
• Create database (skip this if already exist)

Example (MySQL/MariaDB/PostgreSQL)

create database elixir

• Configure settings in .env

Example

DB_CONNECTION=pgsql
DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
DB_PORT=5432
DB_DATABASE=elixir
DB_USERNAME=postgres
DB_PASSWORD=p@ssw0rd

• Execute php artisan migrate or php artisan migrate:refresh if tables already exist
• Execute php artisan db:seed
• Execute php artisan passport:install to generate encryption keys and necessary clients OR run php artisan passport:client --password if encryption keys already exist. Copy 'password grant' Client ID & Client Secret to .env

Example

PASSPORT_PASSWORD_GRANT_CLIENT_ID=2
PASSPORT_PASSWORD_GRANT_CLIENT_SECRET=718MQExgMeeran7cmzAzEDmRue8RAhor8uzl6Yta

Note: In case something goes wrong after following all these steps try executing

php artisan init:dev

this will reset database and can be executed after making changes in migration/seeders for resetting data.

• To start development server execute php artisan server
• GraphQL IDE can be browsed on http://localhost:8000/graphql-playground
• There is a built in log viewer that can be browsed on http://localhost:8000/logs when in development mode

Automagically fix weird problems

1. composer dump-autoload
2. php artisan cache:clear
3. php artisan config-clear
4. php artisan lighthouse:clear-cache