Getting Started

Goal

This snapshot advances Quaycart Market by teaching you to boot Laravel with Livewire and Tailwind on port 8004.

Every numbered folder is a complete app. Run this stage independently, then compare it with the previous folder.

Prerequisites

Use PHP 8.2+, Composer, Node.js 20+, npm, and Docker for MySQL stages.

Port 8004 must be free. Copy .env.example before database stages.

• PHP and Composer
• Node.js and npm
• Docker from part 4 onward

Concepts

Laravel boots through the front controller; Vite compiles Tailwind; Livewire mounts interactive components without a separate SPA.

Livewire keeps interactive UI on the server with components; Tailwind styles the storefront; Eloquent owns persistence and authorization checks.

Walkthrough

Confirm the health endpoint, Livewire assets, and Tailwind styles load together.

Read the example, then open the matching snapshot. The repository includes validation, CSRF, and the surrounding structure.

php artisan serve --host=0.0.0.0 --port=8004
npm run build
# GET /health → {"ok":true,"store":"Quaycart Market"}

Run and verify

Enter 01-Getting-Started, install PHP and Node dependencies, copy .env.example, migrate, seed, build assets, and serve on port 8004.

Open http://127.0.0.1:8004. From data lessons onward, Ada and Grace use password123.

git clone https://github.com/michaeldunga1/fcc-laravel-ecommerce.git
cd fcc-laravel-ecommerce/01-Getting-Started
composer install
npm install
cp .env.example .env
php artisan key:generate
php artisan migrate --seed
php artisan storage:link
npm run build
php artisan serve --host=0.0.0.0 --port=8004

Troubleshooting

If styles are missing, run npm run build and hard-refresh. If Artisan fails, confirm Composer install completed.

For database failures, confirm Docker and the quaycart_NN name. Never commit .env, vendor, or node_modules.

• Read the first exception first
• Rebuild assets after Tailwind class changes
• Never commit secrets

Try this

Change the store name in config and confirm it appears on the home page.

Test a happy path and one invalid or unauthorized request.

• Make one small change
• Test it in the browser
• Compare with the next snapshot only after it works